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






2. Awareness of social nature and communicative functions of language (when to use which language - etc.). Allows bilinguals to correct errors faster and understand needs of listener






3. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






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






5. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






6. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Inner - mental representation of language






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






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






16. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






17. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






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






27. 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






28. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






29. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






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






32. Outward evidence of language competence






33. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






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






35. Outcome of formal instruction






36. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






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






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






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






40. Required that immigrants learn English






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






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






43. Two languages in a community






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. IQ tests - force students to converge onto one answer