Correct Response: D. The teacher in the scenario sets up an open-ended problem-solving situation for students, in which they need to work together (engage in meaningful communication) to decide what the characters in the television episode might be saying and then jointly develop a script. A is incorrect because students in this scenario are not explicitly prompted to use cohesive devices, words that help link sentences together in a discourse. B is incorrect because the students must use the soundless television episode as their stimulus, thus they need to work out meaning by relying on visual clues rather than on oral conversation. C is incorrect because the teacher has turned the sound off, and therefore the stimulus does not offer the students exposure to proficient English speakers.
