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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






11. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






12. Outward evidence of language competence






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






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






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






16. Two languages in a community






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






18. When children use their home language as a means of instruction with goal of full bilingualism. native language protected and developed alongside English. minority language used 50%+ of the time. Mostly elementary schools






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






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






21. Students are taught with simplified vocab






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






23. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Two years maximum in mother tongue






48. Learning language to survive






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






50. Outcome of formal instruction