Test your basic knowledge |

CSET Spanish Subtest

Subjects : cset, languages, spanish
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. Most supported by VII funds. students are temporarily allowed to use native tongue until they are competent enough to move into mainstream education






3. Changing languages at word level






4. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






5. 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






6. Required that immigrants learn English






7. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






8. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






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






11. Outcome of formal instruction






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






13. 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






14. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






20. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






22. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






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






32. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






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






35. Students are taught with simplified vocab






36. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






37. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






38. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






39. Observable - clearly defined components of language






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






41. Language learning is made possible by acquiring distinct set of speech habits. Lessons should move from simple to complex linguistics






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






47. Learning language to survive






48. 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






49. 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






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