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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. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






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






3. Outward evidence of language competence






4. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






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






13. Inner - mental representation of language






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






15. Minority language speakers are denied access to programs/schools






16. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






18. Type of second language information received when learning language






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






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






21. Brain is a complex network of links between information - links are strengthened when repetitively activated






22. Required that immigrants learn English






23. 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






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






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






26. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






27. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






28. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






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






30. Changing languages at word level






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






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






33. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






34. Two languages in a community






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






36. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






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