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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. Changing languages at word level






2. Two languages in a community






3. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






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






5. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






15. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






16. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






17. Inner - mental representation of language






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






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






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






21. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






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






24. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






25. Outward evidence of language competence






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






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






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. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






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






32. 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'






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






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






35. Students are taught with simplified vocab






36. 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






37. 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






38. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






44. 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






45. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






46. 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






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






48. Learning language to survive






49. Observable - clearly defined components of language






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