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CSET SUBTEST IV – WORLD LANGUAGE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST
UPDATE 2026/2027 | GRADED A+.
Fourteen Amendment - CORRECT-ANSWER-Established the
constitutional basis for the educational rights of language minority
students.
Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954 - CORRECT-ANSWER-Ordered
desegregation of schools. Established the principle of equal educational
opportunity for all students.
Title VI Civil Rights Act, 1964 - CORRECT-ANSWER-Prohibited
discrimination in federally funded programs. Established the principle of
equal opportunity for national origin minority groups.
Late-exit Bilingual Programs - CORRECT-ANSWER-Allows around
40% of classroom teaching in L1 until the end of 4th or 6th grade.
Produce better achievement outcomes for ELLs.
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Maintenance Bilingual Programs - CORRECT-ANSWER-Follow the
phase-in of English as a medium of instruction, but not reduces Spanish
instruction. A 50/50 balance in Spanish/English instruction is maintained
through 6th grade.
Mainstream Education (with foreign language teaching) - CORRECT-
ANSWER-Majority language students learn minority language. Works
better if there is high incentive (economic, social) for students to learn
language.
Mendez vs. Westminster (preceded Brown by 9 years) -
CORRECTANSWER-Ended segregation of Mexican and Mexican
American students in Orange County.
Total Immersion - CORRECT-ANSWER-Starts with 100% immersion
in L2. Uses SDAIE or sheltered instruction as instructional
methodology.
Dual Immersion or Two Way Bilingual Immersion - CORRECT-
ANSWERStudents with different first languages are grouped so that
each learns the other group's language. Promotes true additive
bilingualism and biculturalism, enhances cognitive abilities as well as
language and academic skills.
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Principles of Effective Dual Language Program Design -
CORRECTANSWER-Scope, sequence, articulation, continuity, and
balance.
Common terms & labels for Bilingual Education - CORRECT-
ANSWER-
Dual language instruction, transitional bilingual educ., language
maintenance progr., two way or dual immersion, bilingual/bi cultural
educ.
Communicative Competence - CORRECT-ANSWER-Ability to use
language system appropriately in any circumstances.
Learning vs. Acquisition Hypothesis - CORRECT-ANSWER-States that
we acquire L2 in the same way we acquire our native language, by using
it.
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Natural Order of Acquisition Hypothesis - CORRECT-ANSWER-
Linguistic forms emerge in L2 acquisition in much the same order as
they do in L1. This is what makes language assessment possible. It also
calls into question the "grammar syllabus."
Teaching for Transfer - CORRECT-ANSWER-Embedded in the design
of transition bilingual education programs to support students'
acquisition of L1 literacy as foundation for acquisition of L2.
Inter language Hypothesis - CORRECT-ANSWER-States that the
learner naturally develops an interim form of language that is a mixture
of L1 and L2 because they fill in with the first language skills where the
learner doesn't know the form in L2.
Monitor Hypothesis - CORRECT-ANSWER-As learners develop skills
and competence in L2, they begin to correct and modify their speech and
written production to conform to the model speech of native speakers of
the target language.
Grammar Instruction - CORRECT-ANSWER-Helps language learners
become aware of patterns and rules in the target language so they can
self-correct or search their mental banks for forms that follow the rules.
CSET SUBTEST IV – WORLD LANGUAGE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | LATEST
UPDATE 2026/2027 | GRADED A+.
Fourteen Amendment - CORRECT-ANSWER-Established the
constitutional basis for the educational rights of language minority
students.
Brown vs. Board of Education, 1954 - CORRECT-ANSWER-Ordered
desegregation of schools. Established the principle of equal educational
opportunity for all students.
Title VI Civil Rights Act, 1964 - CORRECT-ANSWER-Prohibited
discrimination in federally funded programs. Established the principle of
equal opportunity for national origin minority groups.
Late-exit Bilingual Programs - CORRECT-ANSWER-Allows around
40% of classroom teaching in L1 until the end of 4th or 6th grade.
Produce better achievement outcomes for ELLs.
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Maintenance Bilingual Programs - CORRECT-ANSWER-Follow the
phase-in of English as a medium of instruction, but not reduces Spanish
instruction. A 50/50 balance in Spanish/English instruction is maintained
through 6th grade.
Mainstream Education (with foreign language teaching) - CORRECT-
ANSWER-Majority language students learn minority language. Works
better if there is high incentive (economic, social) for students to learn
language.
Mendez vs. Westminster (preceded Brown by 9 years) -
CORRECTANSWER-Ended segregation of Mexican and Mexican
American students in Orange County.
Total Immersion - CORRECT-ANSWER-Starts with 100% immersion
in L2. Uses SDAIE or sheltered instruction as instructional
methodology.
Dual Immersion or Two Way Bilingual Immersion - CORRECT-
ANSWERStudents with different first languages are grouped so that
each learns the other group's language. Promotes true additive
bilingualism and biculturalism, enhances cognitive abilities as well as
language and academic skills.
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Principles of Effective Dual Language Program Design -
CORRECTANSWER-Scope, sequence, articulation, continuity, and
balance.
Common terms & labels for Bilingual Education - CORRECT-
ANSWER-
Dual language instruction, transitional bilingual educ., language
maintenance progr., two way or dual immersion, bilingual/bi cultural
educ.
Communicative Competence - CORRECT-ANSWER-Ability to use
language system appropriately in any circumstances.
Learning vs. Acquisition Hypothesis - CORRECT-ANSWER-States that
we acquire L2 in the same way we acquire our native language, by using
it.
, Page 4 of 48
Natural Order of Acquisition Hypothesis - CORRECT-ANSWER-
Linguistic forms emerge in L2 acquisition in much the same order as
they do in L1. This is what makes language assessment possible. It also
calls into question the "grammar syllabus."
Teaching for Transfer - CORRECT-ANSWER-Embedded in the design
of transition bilingual education programs to support students'
acquisition of L1 literacy as foundation for acquisition of L2.
Inter language Hypothesis - CORRECT-ANSWER-States that the
learner naturally develops an interim form of language that is a mixture
of L1 and L2 because they fill in with the first language skills where the
learner doesn't know the form in L2.
Monitor Hypothesis - CORRECT-ANSWER-As learners develop skills
and competence in L2, they begin to correct and modify their speech and
written production to conform to the model speech of native speakers of
the target language.
Grammar Instruction - CORRECT-ANSWER-Helps language learners
become aware of patterns and rules in the target language so they can
self-correct or search their mental banks for forms that follow the rules.
