Correct Response: C. Bridging-level English language learners are approaching grade-level English language proficiency. With appropriate support, students at this level can write in Standard English. Thus, recording the interviewers' paraphrases in correct English on chart paper with guidance from the teachers is an appropriate task for this group of students. A is incorrect because students at this level may or may not be fluent in their first language, or in the language of the entering-level students in the class, making the task of translating not possible. In addition, translating would not promote the writing development of this group of students because translating in this scenario is an oral task. B is incorrect because paraphrasing in this scenario is also an oral task, not a written task, and thus would not promote the writing development of bridging-level English language learners in the class. Finally, simply copying down the sentences on the chart paper in a writing notebook is too simple of a task for students at the bridging level, making D incorrect. This task would be more appropriate for students at the entering and emerging levels of proficiency.
