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CSET Subtest English

Subjects : cset, english
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. A test that evaluates how well the learning has come along






2. The study of word structures based on the prefixes and suffixes that the words come from






3. The study of the way sounds function in a language






4. A combination of opposites - like 'feather of lead'






5. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






6. Occurs in grades 1 to 2: vowels are included






7. Increasing fluency. An elementary student acquires 12 words daily!






8. Intermediate language fluency






9. The act to write dow nany idea as they come without regard to structure or grammar






10. The study in which the ways words - sentences and sounds are used to convey language aka VOCABULARY






11. The technqiue designed to help the writer develop and organize their thoughts






12. When a young child can use the context to quickly arrive to the understanding of a word's meaning






13. Sound sequences that convey meanings like the words 'bat' and 'rat'






14. Written representation of a 'phoneme' (the letter 'b' or 'p')






15. Developing a phonemic awareness - starts with distinguishing different phonemes - then morphemes and then syntax. Then - children decode words and practice reading texts of ascending difficulty until they become a fluent reader






16. The stage in which a child learns how to spell a word correctly by memory






17. Awareness that language is something that can be mastered






18. The idea that the written language represents that sounds of spoken languages






19. Human brains are structured to make sense of language that belongs to specifically wordly language






20. A blending of vowel words like 'ou' in 'out






21. Through spelling tests - teachers can determine the spelling stage that a student is at






22. A story that exposes humorously the foibles - vices and follies of a group or a system






23. Developed by Stephen Krashen - children can naturally gain a language unconcsciously if exposed to it through a comprehensive input - aka a teacher - that can set a limit to how much the language is learned without overcomplicating the language or lo






24. The realization that occurs in kindergarten that words should be read from left to right






25. An author's account of their life






26. A sentence that is often the last or next - to - last sentence and is the least essential in the paragraph






27. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements






28. An accurate history ofa single person






29. Treating two or more coincidences as if one caused the other 'Martin Luther King's birth caused the civil rights march'






30. A story that was used to make sense of the world - like a story about a higher power






31. A reference to something outside a work of literature - like to a literary event - person or work






32. A story that odriginated and deeloped over time and was passed on from generations to generations






33. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






34. Works that are invented by the writer






35. The social - physical and cultural backgrounds that affect how language is learned






36. When a vowel is combined with an 'r' like 'or' or 'ur'

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37. Understanding the fact that words are comprised of sounds known as phonemes






38. A write - up of the essay that gets every idea down on the sheet of opaper






39. Works that have happened in real life. usually with a purpose and especially to inform






40. The phase in which a reader looks over punctuation and spelling and grammatical correctness -






41. A modifier that is placed to close to a word that it should not modify






42. Graded passages that show at what level a student can read at






43. Occurs before kindergarten in which text progresses left to right






44. Developed by Leo Vygotsky - the area where a child can solve problems on their own - best observed during unstructured play. social environment influences the way that language is developed. language determines the nature of our thoughts - our person






45. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






46. Occurs grades two to three: children can read larger words in print and accuracy and speed in reading are stressed






47. Adults modify their speech to make it easier for children to learn languages - including sentence structures and repeating key words






48. Idenetify letters and can form letters






49. The idea of stereotyping - don't trust someone over thirty






50. Telegraphic speech(words without affixes or function words)