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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. 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






2. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






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






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






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






6. Learning language to survive






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Inner - mental representation of language






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






22. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






23. Outward evidence of language competence






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






25. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






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






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






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






30. Language learner is adapting to new culture - degree to which new language is gained depends on degree to which person integrates self into new culture






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






32. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






33. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






34. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Students are taught with simplified vocab






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






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






43. 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'






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






45. Required that immigrants learn English






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






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






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






49. Type of second language information received when learning language






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