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CSET Spanish Subtest

Subjects : cset, languages, spanish
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Most supported by VII funds. students are temporarily allowed to use native tongue until they are competent enough to move into mainstream education






2. Acquires both languages at the same time and prior to the age of 3






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






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






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






13. Ability to use appropriate strategies in constructing texts and spoken discourse






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






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






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






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






18. Castaneda argued that Texas school district was violating his children's rights by not offering them bilingual education to help them overcome their language barriers. Decision: district had to provide bilingual education to help students overcome hu






19. 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






20. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






21. Goal: assimilation. contain bilingual kids but are barely bilingual in nature






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






23. Students are taught with simplified vocab






24. Changing languages at word level






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






26. Type of second language information received when learning language






27. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






29. Learning language to survive






30. People have two separate language systems for each language then share a separate non - verbal system that is shared by both






31. 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






32. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






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






34. Outward evidence of language competence






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






36. Foreign words that have become permanent part of recipient language. part of continuum of codeswitching






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






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






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






40. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






41. 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






42. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






48. 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






49. Essentially wanted to end bilingual education - only leaving sheltered English programs. Largely decreased enrollment in bilingual education programs - but still some parents/schools could opt in to bilingual






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