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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. 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






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






3. Observable - clearly defined components of language






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






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






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






13. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






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






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






17. Type of second language information received when learning language






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






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






33. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






35. Two languages in a community






36. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






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






39. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. Students are taught with simplified vocab






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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