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






2. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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. Outcome of formal instruction






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Two languages in a community






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






22. Essentially wanted to end bilingual education - only leaving sheltered English programs. Largely decreased enrollment in bilingual education programs - but still some parents/schools could opt in to bilingual






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






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






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






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






27. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






29. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






30. Learning language to survive






31. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






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






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






34. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






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






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






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






38. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






39. Outward evidence of language competence






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






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






42. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






43. Observable - clearly defined components of language






44. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






45. Two years maximum in mother tongue






46. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






48. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






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






50. Inner - mental representation of language