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CSET Spanish Subtest

Subjects : cset, languages, spanish
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






3. Inner - mental representation of language






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






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






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






7. Changing languages at word level






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






28. 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






29. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






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






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






32. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






33. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






34. Two languages in a community






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






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






44. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






46. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






47. 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






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






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






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







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