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






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. Required that immigrants learn English






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






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






11. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






12. 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'






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






14. Learning language to survive






15. Outcome of formal instruction






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






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






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






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






20. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






21. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Students are taught with simplified vocab






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






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






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






38. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






40. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






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






43. Type of second language information received when learning language






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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