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






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






3. Two languages in a community






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






13. Two years maximum in mother tongue






14. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






15. 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






16. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Learning language to survive






25. 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






26. Required that immigrants learn English






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






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






29. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






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






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






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






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






43. Students are taught with simplified vocab






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






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






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






47. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






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






49. Type of second language information received when learning language






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