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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Required that immigrants learn English






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






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






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






5. Changing languages at word level






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






15. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






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






18. 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'






19. Minority language speakers are denied access to programs/schools






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






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






22. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






23. Observable - clearly defined components of language






24. Inner - mental representation of language






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






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






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






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






29. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






30. Two languages in a community






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. Type of second language information received when learning language






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Outward evidence of language competence






44. 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






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






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






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






49. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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