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






2. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






3. Literacy: learning to read/write naturally for a purpose - for meaningful communication and for inherent pleasure. Reading and writing seen as connected - demands process of learning is interesting and relevant to student






4. Learning language to survive






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






6. 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






7. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






8. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






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






10. Plaintiffs sued the state to complain about appalling conditions of public schools. included specific provisions state better bilingual education instruction was needed. State settled and is making changed throughout the state






11. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






12. Simply reading and writing so one can operate in society (usu. low level) - reading and writing seen as separate skills






13. Aim is to be bilingual and bicultural without loss of achievement. form depends on when child begins.






14. Students are taught with simplified vocab






15. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






17. Bilingual doesn't equal two monolinguals in one person - can't measure against native speaker. Different languages in different contexts






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






19. A language minority separates from the language majority in order to protect their language






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. Awareness of sociocultural context in which language concerned is used by native speakers






26. Major education reform. set high standards for immigrant communities and continued federal support for bilingual programs. acknowledged benefits of bilingual education






27. Language learner is adapting to new culture - degree to which new language is gained depends on degree to which person integrates self into new culture






28. 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






29. Humans are cognitively wired for language and have universal - abstract nature of rules that underlie competence






30. Type of second language information received when learning language






31. Individual characteristics affect language input: ability - aptitude - attitude - motivation






32. Differences between two languages that might pose problems for the teacher/students - was later found that many errors couldn't be explained through a negative transfer from the first to second language






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






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






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






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






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






38. Idea that the further the child moves to balanced bilingualism - the more likely cognitive advantages exist. 1st threshold: enough proficiency to avoid negative effects. 2nd threshold: enough for advantages to exist






39. Ability to use particular social strategies to achieve communicative goals - i.e. know when to interrupt - how to initiate conversation






40. Inner - mental representation of language






41. Two languages in a community






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






43. Refers to those people whose experiences are not well represented by their language and therefore have difficulties expressing their thoughts and feelings verbally






44. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






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






46. 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






47. Changing languages at word level






48. Need to emphasize speaking and writing (ability to communicate with others) in addition to input (listening and reading) in the classroom






49. Required that immigrants learn English






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