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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. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






2. Type of second language information received when learning language






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






4. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






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






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






8. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






9. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






10. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






11. Inner - mental representation of language






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






13. 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






14. Learning language to survive






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






16. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






18. Students are taught with simplified vocab






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






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






21. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






27. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






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






30. Observable - clearly defined components of language






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






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






33. Changing languages at word level






34. Promoted foreign language acquisition due to Cold War; fear that US wouldn't be able to compete in international world






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Required that immigrants learn English






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






48. 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






49. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






50. Language is a matter of habit forming; careful control of input by teacher very important