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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. 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






2. The argument that the human brain contains a limited set of rules for organizing language. In turn - there is an assumption that all languages have a common structural basis.






3. An extended metaphor that is carried through an entire narrative like 'Everyman'






4. Emergent speech/grammar explosion






5. Occurs in grades k to 1: letters are conenected tro sounds






6. An accurate history ofa single person






7. During initial instruction - children start to realize that the letter - sound correspondence is a principal...may spell words with a single letter like 'u' instead of 'you'






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






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






10. Story that is short enough to be read in a single sitting - anything longer than that is a novel or any shorter is a novella






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






12. Skills can increase learning's efficiency and effectiveness






13. Sounds that signal different meanings like'b' and 't'






14. Sentences that have two clauses that could be independent but are connected by a conjunction.






15. Refcognizes word recognition out of context






16. Can be defined by its agenda and purpose






17. Knows about books and that books tell stories






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






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






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






21. The ability to connect two letters together - also known as 'sounding out'






22. An irrelevant point used to distract from an argument at hand






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






24. Cooing to babbling






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






26. Language that does not literally mean what it says - like the 'black bat night has flown the coop'






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






28. Two letters that make one speech sound - like 'th' or 'sh'






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






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






31. Being convineced by a position's popularity






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






33. Works that are invented by the writer






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


35. Spelling has been traditionally taught through memorization but phonemic awareness may be the key to improving spelling in its five stages of development






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






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






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






39. When infants and childrne repeat sounds that are reinforced






40. Models of patterns recognizable for their characteristics like the wicked stepmother






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






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






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






44. The ability to read with the appropriate speed and intonation






45. Decoding and creating written words - using proper spelling - also includes the ability to listen - speak - read - and write and obtain and retrieve information






46. Intermediate language fluency






47. An author's account of their life






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






49. An opinion that is disgiuised as a fact






50. Ongoing classroom activities focused on individual achievements