Bilingual Certification Exam 2024 Study Guide with complete solution.

Bilingual Certification Exam 2024 Study Guide with complete solution. Acculturation - mutual respect and interchange among cultural groups assimilation - a minority group gives up their values and language to adopt those of the majority group transculturation - small scale adoption of cultural values with very little visible impact ethnoconvergence - people self-dividing themselves into smaller ethic groups within a "superethnicity" such as nationality Sheltered English instruction - involves the modification and simplification of complex English structures in order for the language to be comprehensible for ELLS Transitional/early-exit bilingual program - emphasizes L2 development but the use of L1 ensures that students will not fall behind when introducing academic concepts ESL programs - involve monolingual English instruction dual immersion - involves students from two different language groups Lau v. Nichols - Supreme Court ruled that limited-English-proficient students should receive equal access to education under the Civil Rights Act; determined that identical education does not constitute equal education; Supreme Court recognized the authority of the Department of Education to establish regulations for compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act Castaneda v. Pickard - Supreme Court case which determined the criteria schools should use to educate students with limited English proficiency; implementation of bilingual programs must be based on sound research Meyer v. Nebraska - overturned the 1919 Nebraska statue claiming that "no person, individually or as a teacher, shall, in any private denominational, parochial or public school teach any subject to any person in any language" Plyler v. Doe - court ruled that children could not be denied an education based on immigration status; resulted in the guarantee of the rights of undocumented immigrants to free public education.