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CSET Spanish Subtest

Subjects : cset, languages, spanish
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Outward evidence of language competence






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






3. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






4. 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






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






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






7. 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'






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






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






10. Differences between two languages that might pose problems for the teacher/students - was later found that many errors couldn't be explained through a negative transfer from the first to second language






11. 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






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






13. Learning language to survive






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






15. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






16. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






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






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






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






20. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






21. 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






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






23. Two languages in a community






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






25. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






26. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






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






28. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






29. Type of second language information received when learning language






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






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






43. Someone who does not have total competency in either language






44. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






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






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






47. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






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






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






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