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






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






3. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






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






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






6. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Learning language to survive






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






15. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






16. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






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






18. Changing languages at word level






19. 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






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






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






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






23. Two languages in a community






24. Most supported by VII funds. students are temporarily allowed to use native tongue until they are competent enough to move into mainstream education






25. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






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






28. 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






29. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






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






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






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






33. Required that immigrants learn English






34. Outward evidence of language competence






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






36. Immersion: optional - thrives on conviction - students generally start with same lack of experience in second language - additive bilingualism.






37. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






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






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






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






41. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






43. 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






44. Students are taught with simplified vocab






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






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






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






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






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






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