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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. Outward evidence of language competence






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






3. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






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






5. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






7. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






8. 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






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






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. 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






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






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






14. Students are taught with simplified vocab






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






21. Outcome of formal instruction






22. 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






23. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






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






31. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






33. Changing languages at word level






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






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






37. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






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






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






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. Happens when learner has weak identification with own ethnic group - does not regard their ethnic group as inferior to dominant group - finds their position mobile and wishes to move into 'out - group'