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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. 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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Outcome of formal instruction






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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'






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






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






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






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






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






25. Required that immigrants learn English






26. Changing languages at word level






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






28. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






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






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






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






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






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






34. Observable - clearly defined components of language






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Type of second language information received when learning language






48. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






49. Inner - mental representation of language






50. Outward evidence of language competence