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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages






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






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






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






14. Need to emphasize speaking and writing (ability to communicate with others) in addition to input (listening and reading) in the classroom






15. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






16. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. Changing languages at word level






24. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






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






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






35. Two years maximum in mother tongue






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






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






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






39. Outcome of formal instruction






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






41. Observable - clearly defined components of language






42. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






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






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






46. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






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






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






49. 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






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