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






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






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






4. Changing languages at word level






5. Outward evidence of language competence






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






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






8. 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






9. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






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






11. Required that immigrants learn English






12. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






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






15. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






16. 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






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






18. Ability to develop appropriate cultural meaning from texts






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






20. Students are taught with simplified vocab






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Two languages in a community






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






29. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






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






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






32. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






33. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






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






37. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






38. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






39. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






40. Observable - clearly defined components of language






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






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






43. Type of second language information received when learning language






44. Inner - mental representation of language






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






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






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






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






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






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