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






2. Observable - clearly defined components of language






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






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






5. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






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






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






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






19. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






21. Two languages in a community






22. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






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






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






25. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






26. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






27. 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






28. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






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






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






31. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






32. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






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. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






41. Idea that the further the child moves to balanced bilingualism - the more likely cognitive advantages exist. 1st threshold: enough proficiency to avoid negative effects. 2nd threshold: enough for advantages to exist






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






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






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. Outward evidence of language competence






46. 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






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






48. Outcome of formal instruction






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






50. Type of second language information received when learning language