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






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






3. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. Two languages in a community






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






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






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






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






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






14. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






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






16. Students are taught with simplified vocab






17. 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






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






19. Outward evidence of language competence






20. 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






21. 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'






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






23. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






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






25. Two years maximum in mother tongue






26. 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






27. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






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






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






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






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






32. Learning language to survive






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






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






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






36. Language is a matter of habit forming; careful control of input by teacher very important






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






38. Observable - clearly defined components of language






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






40. Outcome of formal instruction






41. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






42. Type of second language information received when learning language






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






44. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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