CLAD Bilingual Education and Program Models 3

Question 1

A teacher notices that an EL student mixes Spanish and English within a single sentence during class discussion. This behavior is best understood as:

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Code-switching, a normal and sophisticated bilingual behavior

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A sign of language confusion that should be immediately corrected

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Evidence that the student needs a lower reading level assignment

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A symptom of a language learning disability

Question 2

According to research on bilingual program effectiveness, which model has shown the strongest long-term academic outcomes for English learners?

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Long-term bilingual or dual language programs

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Structured English immersion with no L1 support

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Submersion (sink-or-swim)

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Short-term pull-out ESL only

Question 3

In a dual language program, the term 'language allocation' refers to:

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The planned distribution of instructional time between the two languages

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How many students are assigned to each language group

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The assessment used to determine language dominance

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The budget assigned to language resource materials

Question 4

Which of the following instructional practices violates the principle of language separation in dual language classrooms?

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Translating a lesson word-for-word into the other language immediately after teaching it

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Assigning Monday and Wednesday to Spanish and Tuesday and Thursday to English

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Using different teachers for each language

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Displaying bilingual word walls with clear language labels

Question 5

Heritage language learners in bilingual programs are students who:

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Grew up in homes where a language other than English is spoken and have varying proficiency in that language

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Have no prior exposure to a language other than English

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Are native English speakers enrolled in a foreign language course

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Were born outside the United States and speak no English

Question 6

When evaluating a bilingual program, which data source best measures whether the program is achieving its biliteracy goals?

Accepted Answer

Literacy assessments administered in both languages across grade levels

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English-only standardized test scores

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Attendance and suspension rates

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Number of parent volunteer hours