Question

Which actions would most help a student conduct research about the development of the English language? Check all that apply.

Answer 1

1, 2, 4, 6 and don't forget to cite your work.

Answer 2

1)reading an article that summarizes the history of the English language  

2)using the keywords "English language AND development"

4)accessing information from a university website about language development

6)keeping track of the content and location of relevant sources

The only two options that are incorrect here are option 3 and 5. Option 3 discusses using a blog post about why the English language is difficult to learn. This post may give a brief background on the English language, but the focus is to talk about why the language is difficult. Any background information the post contains would be short and chosen specifically to help the poster's claim that English is difficult to learn. Also, the blogger may or may not be considered reliable. Option 5 is also not valid because just searching the word "development" would be too broad. Development is anything that is built or put together. The student would get search results about housing developments. the development of film, the definition of development, companies with the word development in their name, and various other results. This would not be useful at all.