CSET Spanish Subtest IV Exam with
correct answers
Elective bilingualism - correct answer -majority member learning second language without losing first
languages
Circumstantial bilingualism - correct answer -learning language to survive
Language skills - correct answer -observable, clearly defined components of language
Language competence - correct answer -inner, mental representation of language
Language performance - correct answer -outward evidence of language competence
Language achievement - correct answer -outcome of formal instruction
Balanced bilingual - correct answer -someone who is equally competent in two languages
Semilingual - correct answer -someone who does not have total competency in either language
Oracy - correct answer -Receptive skill: listening, Productive skill: speaking
Literacy - correct answer -Receptive skill: reading, Productive skill: writing
Holistic view of bilingualism - correct answer -bilingual doesn't equal two monolinguals in one person,
can't measure against native speaker. Different languages in different contexts
Diglossia - correct answer -two languages in a community
, Simultaneous language acquisition - correct answer -acquires both languages at the same time and prior
to the age of 3
Codeswitching - correct answer -moving back and forth between registers, dialects, or languages.
change languages at phrase level
lexical gaps - correct answer -refers to those people whose experiences are not well represented by
their language and therefore have difficulties expressing their thoughts and feelings verbally
Language loss - correct answer -decline in speaker's first language proficiency while a second language is
being learned
Codemixing - correct answer -changing languages at word level
Language borrowing - correct answer -foreign words that have become permanent part of recipient
language. part of continuum of codeswitching
Language interference - correct answer -pejorative term for borrowing between languages
Translanguaging - correct answer -hearing/reading a lesson/passage in one language and the
development of the work in another. Promotes more thorough understanding
language brokers - correct answer -people who translate and sometimes transform ideas into socially
acceptable terms
Bilingual Dual Coding Model - correct answer -people have two separate language systems for each
language then share a separate non-verbal system that is shared by both
Convergent thinking - correct answer -IQ tests, force students to converge onto one answer
Divergent thinking - correct answer -ability for person to come up with multiple answers to a problem
(more creative thinkers)
correct answers
Elective bilingualism - correct answer -majority member learning second language without losing first
languages
Circumstantial bilingualism - correct answer -learning language to survive
Language skills - correct answer -observable, clearly defined components of language
Language competence - correct answer -inner, mental representation of language
Language performance - correct answer -outward evidence of language competence
Language achievement - correct answer -outcome of formal instruction
Balanced bilingual - correct answer -someone who is equally competent in two languages
Semilingual - correct answer -someone who does not have total competency in either language
Oracy - correct answer -Receptive skill: listening, Productive skill: speaking
Literacy - correct answer -Receptive skill: reading, Productive skill: writing
Holistic view of bilingualism - correct answer -bilingual doesn't equal two monolinguals in one person,
can't measure against native speaker. Different languages in different contexts
Diglossia - correct answer -two languages in a community
, Simultaneous language acquisition - correct answer -acquires both languages at the same time and prior
to the age of 3
Codeswitching - correct answer -moving back and forth between registers, dialects, or languages.
change languages at phrase level
lexical gaps - correct answer -refers to those people whose experiences are not well represented by
their language and therefore have difficulties expressing their thoughts and feelings verbally
Language loss - correct answer -decline in speaker's first language proficiency while a second language is
being learned
Codemixing - correct answer -changing languages at word level
Language borrowing - correct answer -foreign words that have become permanent part of recipient
language. part of continuum of codeswitching
Language interference - correct answer -pejorative term for borrowing between languages
Translanguaging - correct answer -hearing/reading a lesson/passage in one language and the
development of the work in another. Promotes more thorough understanding
language brokers - correct answer -people who translate and sometimes transform ideas into socially
acceptable terms
Bilingual Dual Coding Model - correct answer -people have two separate language systems for each
language then share a separate non-verbal system that is shared by both
Convergent thinking - correct answer -IQ tests, force students to converge onto one answer
Divergent thinking - correct answer -ability for person to come up with multiple answers to a problem
(more creative thinkers)
