CTEL 3 questions and answers 2024\2025
GradeA+
A two-way process when both the mainstream culture and minority culture adapt to each other.
- correct answer Accommodation
Being able to function successfully in two cultures.
Ex. The English and French cultures in Canada.
- correct answer Biculturalism
When a person adopts the behavior patterns of their own surrounding culture.
Synonym: socialization
Ex. Enculturation can naturally occur as part of culturally diverse school curriculum.
- correct answer Enculturation
When one culture adapts to another without giving up one's first culture.
Ex. Some educators believe acculturation contributes to greater academic success. Schools should strive
for acculturation.
- correct answer Acculturation
An immigrants conscious and unconscious choice about which cultural aspects to preserve or modify.
Ex. Mingling languages - "Spanglish" - or incorporating both cultures food in one meal like Mexican pizza
- correct answer Cultural Adaption
Occurs when certain cultural characteristics are common across cultures like valuing respect, but it is
demonstrated differently.
, Ex. Courtship, how to introduce elders or women to others, shunning
- correct answer Cultural Universalism
shelter, clothing, food, arts/literature, religion, language, government
- correct answer External Elements of Culture
Agreement, or lack thereof, between mainstream and minority cultures in daily contact.
Ex. Asians are rewarded for sitting quietly where an AA might be chastised for speaking out when it's
encouraged in their culture.
- correct answer Cultural Congruence
Sum total of a way of life of a people, experienced by individuals as normal ways of acting, feeling and
being. It is universal.
Ex. Culture is very important to those involved because it is the cornerstone of quality of life.
- correct answer Culture
An inquiry process that seeks to provide cultural explanations for behavior and attitudes.
Ex. Linguists and educators turn to ethnography to help understand the impact current immigrants have
in the US.
- correct answer Ethnography
A pattern of migration in which people settle and establish relations in a new country while maintaining
ongoing social connections with the country from which they originated.
Ex. Asian culture in Orange County or Mexicans in US.
- correct answer Transnational Migration
The ways in which different language systems interact in a language learner's mind and affect the
learner's language development and/or performance.
Ex. My friend's cross-linguistic influence has an impact on his use of pronouns and words with W and V.
The English language doesn't have gender.
- correct answer Cross-linguistic Influence
Culturally inappropriate gestures or proximity.
GradeA+
A two-way process when both the mainstream culture and minority culture adapt to each other.
- correct answer Accommodation
Being able to function successfully in two cultures.
Ex. The English and French cultures in Canada.
- correct answer Biculturalism
When a person adopts the behavior patterns of their own surrounding culture.
Synonym: socialization
Ex. Enculturation can naturally occur as part of culturally diverse school curriculum.
- correct answer Enculturation
When one culture adapts to another without giving up one's first culture.
Ex. Some educators believe acculturation contributes to greater academic success. Schools should strive
for acculturation.
- correct answer Acculturation
An immigrants conscious and unconscious choice about which cultural aspects to preserve or modify.
Ex. Mingling languages - "Spanglish" - or incorporating both cultures food in one meal like Mexican pizza
- correct answer Cultural Adaption
Occurs when certain cultural characteristics are common across cultures like valuing respect, but it is
demonstrated differently.
, Ex. Courtship, how to introduce elders or women to others, shunning
- correct answer Cultural Universalism
shelter, clothing, food, arts/literature, religion, language, government
- correct answer External Elements of Culture
Agreement, or lack thereof, between mainstream and minority cultures in daily contact.
Ex. Asians are rewarded for sitting quietly where an AA might be chastised for speaking out when it's
encouraged in their culture.
- correct answer Cultural Congruence
Sum total of a way of life of a people, experienced by individuals as normal ways of acting, feeling and
being. It is universal.
Ex. Culture is very important to those involved because it is the cornerstone of quality of life.
- correct answer Culture
An inquiry process that seeks to provide cultural explanations for behavior and attitudes.
Ex. Linguists and educators turn to ethnography to help understand the impact current immigrants have
in the US.
- correct answer Ethnography
A pattern of migration in which people settle and establish relations in a new country while maintaining
ongoing social connections with the country from which they originated.
Ex. Asian culture in Orange County or Mexicans in US.
- correct answer Transnational Migration
The ways in which different language systems interact in a language learner's mind and affect the
learner's language development and/or performance.
Ex. My friend's cross-linguistic influence has an impact on his use of pronouns and words with W and V.
The English language doesn't have gender.
- correct answer Cross-linguistic Influence
Culturally inappropriate gestures or proximity.
