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






3. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






4. 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






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






6. Outcome of formal instruction






7. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






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






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






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






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






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






13. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






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






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






28. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






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






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






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






33. Two languages in a community






34. Required that immigrants learn English






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. 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






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






38. Inner - mental representation of language






39. Type of second language information received when learning language






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






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






42. Two years maximum in mother tongue






43. 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






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






45. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






46. 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






47. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






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






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






50. Students are taught with simplified vocab