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CSET Spanish Subtest

Subjects : cset, languages, spanish
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






2. Ability for person to come up with multiple answers to a problem (more creative thinkers)






3. Authorized by Congress in 1978 - allowing native language to be used only as much as necessary to develop English skills






4. Second language acquisition depends on the extent to which first language is developed






5. Requires that language sub skills are repeated until they move from being controlled to automatic; difficult to delete.






6. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






7. Most supported by VII funds. students are temporarily allowed to use native tongue until they are competent enough to move into mainstream education






8. Happens when learner has weak identification with own ethnic group - does not regard their ethnic group as inferior to dominant group - finds their position mobile and wishes to move into 'out - group'






9. When equal numbers of minority and majority language students are in the same classroom. aim is to produce balanced bilinguals. language compartmentalization






10. Someone who does not have total competency in either language






11. Language learning is made possible by acquiring distinct set of speech habits. Lessons should move from simple to complex linguistics






12. Minority students in submersion programs but are pulled out to have ESL lessons. Students fall behind on classroom content and seen as remedial






13. Hearing/reading a lesson/passage in one language and the development of the work in another. Promotes more thorough understanding






14. Awareness of social nature and communicative functions of language (when to use which language - etc.). Allows bilinguals to correct errors faster and understand needs of listener






15. Moving back and forth between registers - dialects - or languages. change languages at phrase level






16. Starts with 100% immersion in second language - reducing after 2-3 yrs to 80% for next 3-4 yrs - then ending junior schooling with apx. 50% immersion






17. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






18. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






19. Decline in speaker's first language proficiency while a second language is being learned






20. Ability to use verbal and non - verbal communication strategies to compensate for gaps in language user's knowledge






21. Learning language to survive






22. Promoted foreign language acquisition due to Cold War; fear that US wouldn't be able to compete in international world






23. IQ tests - force students to converge onto one answer






24. Effect on self - esteem and ego - new cultural reference






25. People who translate and sometimes transform ideas into socially acceptable terms






26. Skills in literacy of primary language can be transferred to second language






27. Idea that languages constitute two 'balloons' in the brain and there's only so much room for both of them. Incorrect - languages share






28. Chinese student against San Francisco School District - said that students didn't receive equal education when taught in language they don't understand. Result: ESL classes - English tutoring and bilingual education for English Language Learners






29. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






30. Supreme Court declared a state law prohibiting the teaching of a foreign language unconstitutional under 14th Amendment. Found that proficiency in other language was not 'injurious to health or morals of child






31. Occurs when there are contextual supports and props to support language (functional meaning)






32. Can be measured in six different ways. need to measure in ways beyond linguistic competence






33. Immersion: optional - thrives on conviction - students generally start with same lack of experience in second language - additive bilingualism.






34. Allows around 40% of classroom teaching in the mother tongue until the 6th grade






35. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






36. Required that immigrants learn English






37. The ability to think about the nature and functions of language






38. Majority language students learn minority language. works better if there is high incentive (economic - social) for students to learn language






39. Federal case that determined segregation of Mexican and Mexican - American students in Orange County was unconstitutional






40. The ability to interact with text in reading or writing in order to produce meaning






41. Outward evidence of language competence






42. Minority language student taught entirely in majority language - first language is replaced. Students cannot develop cognitively






43. Two years maximum in mother tongue






44. Literacy can be used to maintain hegemony/control masses and it can also be a liberator






45. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






46. Language teaching is about conveying meaning - focus on socially appropriate forms of communication; suggests learners need to identify some of their own errors. Implicit rule formation rather than explicit habit






47. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






48. Ralph Yarborough introduced Bilingual Education Act as an amendment. Enacted in 1968. Indicated that bilingual programs were part of the federal education system.






49. Learn second language with little pressure to replace/remove first






50. Language is a matter of habit forming; careful control of input by teacher very important