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CSET Spanish Subtest

Subjects : cset, languages, spanish
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Type of second language information received when learning language






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






8. 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






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






22. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






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






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






26. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






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






29. Outward evidence of language competence






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






31. Outcome of formal instruction






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






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






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






35. 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'






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. Refers to those people whose experiences are not well represented by their language and therefore have difficulties expressing their thoughts and feelings verbally






38. 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






39. Changing languages at word level






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






41. 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






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






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






44. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






45. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






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






47. 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






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






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






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