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CSET Spanish Subtest

Subjects : cset, languages, spanish
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. People have two separate language systems for each language then share a separate non - verbal system that is shared by both






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






3. Two years maximum in mother tongue






4. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






5. The ability to think about the nature and functions of language






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






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






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






16. Required that immigrants learn English






17. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






18. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






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






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






22. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






23. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






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






25. 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






26. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






28. 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'






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






30. 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






31. Learning language to survive






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






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






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






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






41. Outcome of formal instruction






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Type of second language information received when learning language






48. 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






49. Observable - clearly defined components of language






50. Both languages operate through the same central processing system