NYSTCE Cantonese (120) case studies
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The Cantonese test appears on the NYSTCE test list as both "Cantonese" and "BEA-Cantonese," and the New York State Education Department announced on 7/23/24 that registration opened for the redeveloped 171 BEA-Cantonese alongside nine other redeveloped Bilingual Education Assessments. Candidates for bilingual education positions in New York schools use this assessment as part of the certification pathway for teaching in Cantonese-speaking classrooms. The NYSTCE Cantonese (120) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,372 words.
1Newcomer Placement: Strong Cantonese Oral Language, Limited Chinese Literacy
At a K–5 dual-language school in Queens, a 9-year-old newcomer from Guangzhou enrolls in fourth grade in March. Her oral Cantonese is strong: she retells a folk tale with vivid vocabulary, uses idioms appropriately, and explains a playground disagreement to a classmate.
755 words, about 4 min2Taishanese at Home, Cantonese at School: Dialect, Proficiency, and Placement
At a suburban elementary school, a second-grade boy speaks Taishanese at home with his grandparents and Cantonese with his parents, who immigrated from a village near Taishan. He understands most Cantonese classroom talk but answers in short Cantonese phrases, sometimes substituting Taishanese sounds and words; when anxious, he switches to English or gestures.
696 words, about 3 min3On-the-Fly Translation During a Content Test: Validity and Equity
In a seventh-grade social studies class, students take a 25-item unit test in English on the Silk Road and map skills. A Cantonese-dominant English learner, who has been in the U.S.
650 words, about 3 min4Colloquial Cantonese in an Academic Essay: Register, Dialect, and Rubric
In a middle school Cantonese heritage language class, seventh graders write a 250-word letter to a community newspaper about a proposed bus route change. One student, born in the U.S.
614 words, about 3 min5Pre-Referral for Special Education: A Bilingual First Grader
A first-grade teacher at a suburban school refers a 6-year-old Cantonese-speaking boy for special education evaluation. He was born in the U.S.; his parents speak Cantonese and limited English.
657 words, about 3 min