CSET SPANISH SUBTEST 2 EXAM SCRIPT
2026 EXAM STUDY GUIDE FULL SOLUTION
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⩥ Circumstantial bilingualism. Answer: learning language to survive
⩥ Language skills. Answer: observable, clearly defined components of
language
⩥ Language competence. Answer: inner, mental representation of
language
⩥ Language performance. Answer: outward evidence of language
competence
⩥ Language achievement. Answer: outcome of formal instruction
⩥ Balanced bilingual. Answer: someone who is equally competent in
two languages
⩥ Semilingual. Answer: someone who does not have total competency
in either language
, ⩥ Oracy. Answer: Receptive skill: listening, Productive skill: speaking
⩥ Literacy. Answer: Receptive skill: reading, Productive skill: writing
⩥ Holistic view of bilingualism. Answer: bilingual doesn't equal two
monolinguals in one person, can't measure against native speaker.
Different languages in different contexts
⩥ Diglossia. Answer: two languages in a community
⩥ Simultaneous language acquisition. Answer: acquires both languages
at the same time and prior to the age of 3
⩥ Codeswitching. Answer: moving back and forth between registers,
dialects, or languages. change languages at phrase level
⩥ lexical gaps. 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. Answer: decline in speaker's first language proficiency
while a second language is being learned
⩥ Codemixing. Answer: changing languages at word level
2026 EXAM STUDY GUIDE FULL SOLUTION
VERIFIED
⩥ Circumstantial bilingualism. Answer: learning language to survive
⩥ Language skills. Answer: observable, clearly defined components of
language
⩥ Language competence. Answer: inner, mental representation of
language
⩥ Language performance. Answer: outward evidence of language
competence
⩥ Language achievement. Answer: outcome of formal instruction
⩥ Balanced bilingual. Answer: someone who is equally competent in
two languages
⩥ Semilingual. Answer: someone who does not have total competency
in either language
, ⩥ Oracy. Answer: Receptive skill: listening, Productive skill: speaking
⩥ Literacy. Answer: Receptive skill: reading, Productive skill: writing
⩥ Holistic view of bilingualism. Answer: bilingual doesn't equal two
monolinguals in one person, can't measure against native speaker.
Different languages in different contexts
⩥ Diglossia. Answer: two languages in a community
⩥ Simultaneous language acquisition. Answer: acquires both languages
at the same time and prior to the age of 3
⩥ Codeswitching. Answer: moving back and forth between registers,
dialects, or languages. change languages at phrase level
⩥ lexical gaps. 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. Answer: decline in speaker's first language proficiency
while a second language is being learned
⩥ Codemixing. Answer: changing languages at word level
