Juan has played soccer but has never played football. Football was not a popular sport where he grew up. Despite excellent word recognition skills, Juan, who generally has little difficulty comprehending selections, is unable to answer most of the questions about a boy who leads his team to the state football championship. What seems to be the main source of Juan’s difficulty?

Juan has limited background knowledge for understanding the story.

Explanation:

Background knowledge is what an instructor, provide as information to help students make sense of a new concept. So in this situation, Juan has a limited background knowledge hence, he could not give proper responses to most of the questions thrown at him about the boy who led the team to the football championship.

abolish

do away with

unanimous

in complete agreement

secede

separate; break free

inauguration

starting a new position with a formal ceremony.

cooperationist

people who wanted the north to cooperate with the south

surrender

to give up

volunteer

perform a service for free

draft

involuntary service in military

retreat

withdraw; move away from enemy

advisor

expert who gives advice

explanation:

no one should discriminated against because he or she is not from a minority group