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. 2011 May 11;106(1):470–478. doi: 10.1152/jn.00343.2011

Table 2.

Behavioral proficiency scores

Subject Native Language (L1) Age at Time of Scanning, yr (mo) Age Started English, yr English Experience, yr Use of English* (maximum score, 21) CPE Speaking Grade
1 Greek 24 (10) 12 12 18 C1+
2 Italian 25 (2) 7 18 14 C2
3 German 25 (5) 11 14 18 nd
4 Dutch 32 (7) 11 21 12 C2
5 French 24 (2) 14 10 21 nd
6 French 26 (7) 12 14 14 nd
7 Spanish 27 (7) 20 7 11 C1
8 Chinese 26 (10) 11 15 13 nd
9 Chinese 26 (4) 12 14 13 C1+
10 Spanish 26 (5) 8 18 17 B2+
11 Indonesian 23 (6) 17 6 21 B2+
12 Polish 31 (6) 13 18 13 C1
13 Russian 26 (8) 11 15 17 B2+
14 Polish 25 (11) 12 13 18 C1+
15 Spanish 32 (11) 5 27 15 C1
16 Italian 28 (5) 13 15 19 B2+
17 Greek 20 (11) 9 11 9 C1
18 French 35 (10) 21 14 12 nd
*

Subjects were asked to describe their current use of English on a sliding scale from 1 to 7, with native language only as 1 and English only as 7, for 3 categories: at work, at home, and other places. A score of 21 would show that the subject only uses English, and a score of 3 would means that they only use their native language.

There are 11 grades in the Cambridge ESOL Examinations Assessments scales for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) (from low to high: A1, A1+, A2, A2+, B1, B1+, B2, B2+, C1, C1+, C2). nd, data are not available for these subjects.