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






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






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






4. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






5. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






6. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






7. 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






8. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Type of second language information received when learning language






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Two languages in a community






28. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






29. Outward evidence of language competence






30. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






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






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






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






49. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






50. Inner - mental representation of language