CSET SPANISH subtest IV

 A   student   enters   your   class   who   speaks   a   different   dialect   of   the   primary   language   than   the   rest   of   the students.   You   should   ....

• a)support   the   student   in   acquiring   the   dialect   of   the   class   in   order   to   have   smooth   communication between   all   children.

• b)ask   the   student’s   parents   to   expose   him   or   her   to   more   media   in   the   class’s   dialect   so   that   he   or   she acquires   it   at   home.

• c)allow   the   student   to   continue   to   speak   in   his/her   dialect   and   seek   out   printed   materials   that   utilize   it, thus   validating   the   student’s   home   culture.

• d)allow   the   student   to   continue   to   speak   his/her   dialect   and   assume   that   he/she   will   acquire   the   dialect of   the   class   with   time.

True   or   false:   Trying   to   learn   two   or   more   languages   simultaneously   can   cause   speech   problems   in children   under   age   8.

• True

• False

Your   ideal   class   library   ...

• contains   books   that   reflect   the   backgrounds   of   the   students   in   the   class   as   well   as   of   other   cultures.

• contains   books   that   primarily   reflect   mainstream   culture   so   that   students   can   become   acculturated while   they   read.

 Language   is   best   acquired   ...

• through   active   and   meaning-oriented   use.

• through   sequenced   instruction   that   builds   in   difficulty.

• through   practice   of   at   least   one   uninterrupted   hour   per   day.

• through   implementation   of   21st-century   media   and   technology.

The   goal   of   a   subtractive   bilingual   program   is   ...

• to   replace   the   home   language   with   the   target   language.

• to   have   students   maintain   and   continually   increase   fluency   in   their   home   language   while   adding   on and   eventually   mastering   a   second   language.

A   common   model   of   dual   immersion   kindergarten   is   ....

• instruction   in   50%   the   primary   language   and   50%   in   the   target   language.

• instruction   in   10%   the   primary   language   and   90%   in   the   target   language.

• instruction   in   90%   the   primary   language   and   10%   in   the   target   language.

• instruction   in   75%   the   primary   language   and   25%   in   the   target   language.

  Transitional   language   programs   are   _____.

• additive

• subtractive

Switching   between   languages   in   a   single   utterance   is   known   as   ...

• interlanguage

• additive   language

• code-switching

• subtractive   language

Which   of   the   following   found   that   students   in   California   could   not   be   segregated   based   on   home   language or   ethnicity?

• Mendez   v.   Westminster

• Proposition   227

• Castañeda   v.   Pickard

• Lau   v.   Nichols

The   goal   of   Proposition   227   was   to   ...

• create   a   minimum   of   three   dual   immersion   programs   in   every   California   school   district.

• create   an   educational   system   similar   to   international   ones   that   result   in   every   student   speaking   two or   three   languages   by   the   time   they   graduate   high   school.

• implement   programs   that   would   have   students   with   limited   English   proficiency   moved   to   English-only classes   as   soon   as   possible.

• support   bilingual   education   with   new   funding   from   a   gasoline   tax.