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CSET Spanish Subtest

Subjects : cset, languages, spanish
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Major education reform. set high standards for immigrant communities and continued federal support for bilingual programs. acknowledged benefits of bilingual education






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Outward evidence of language competence






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






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






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






14. Two languages in a community






15. Learning language to survive






16. 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






17. Students are taught with simplified vocab






18. What is actually assimilated. more important than input






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






20. Majority member learning second language without losing first languages






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






25. Observable - clearly defined components of language






26. Both languages operate through the same central processing system






27. Apx 50% immersion throughout infant and junior schooling






28. 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






29. Required that immigrants learn English






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Someone who is equally competent in two languages






37. Idea that readers bring their own meaning to text






38. Ability to communicate accurately in different contexts






39. Outcome of formal instruction






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






41. 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






42. Receptive skill: listening - Productive skill: speaking






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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'