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CSET Spanish Subtest

Subjects : cset, languages, spanish
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Context reduced situations: pronunciation - grammar - vocab






3. 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






4. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






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






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






7. Outward evidence of language competence






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






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






14. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






29. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






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






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






32. Learning language to survive






33. 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






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






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






36. Receptive skill: reading - Productive skill: writing






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






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






43. Includes pressure to replace or demote first language






44. Type of second language information received when learning language






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Pejorative term for borrowing between languages