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






2. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






4. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






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






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






7. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






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






9. Foreign words that have become permanent part of recipient language. part of continuum of codeswitching






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






11. Outcome of formal instruction






12. 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






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






14. 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






15. Type of second language information received when learning language






16. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






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






20. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






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






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






23. Changing languages at word level






24. People have two separate language systems for each language then share a separate non - verbal system that is shared by both






25. Learning language to survive






26. A language minority separates from the language majority in order to protect their language






27. Two languages in a community






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






29. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Observable - clearly defined components of language






36. 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'






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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Students are taught with simplified vocab






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






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






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