Table 2.
Means and Standard Deviations of Amount of Language Input, and Ratings of Use and Proficiency for the Participants (N = 58).
| Language Ability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | ||||
| TLD n = 40 |
LI n = 18 |
p | d | |
| Age in years | ||||
| Proportion of Spanish input at home | 57.91(21.23) | 60.60(16.29) | .64 | .14 |
| Proportion of English input at home | 39.45(20.02) | 39.40(16.29) | .99 | .00 |
| Parents' rating of use of Spanish | 3.76(0.60) | 3.83(0.71) | .67 | .11 |
| Parents' rating of use of English | 3.38(0.98) | 3.22(0.94) | .58 | .17 |
| Parents' rating of proficiency in Spanish | 3.81(0.40) | 3.83(0.38) | .84 | .05 |
| Parents' rating of proficiency in English | 3.43(0.80) | 3.05(1.00) | .14 | .44 |
| Teachers' rating of use of Spanish | 2.38(1.53) | 2.39(1.35) | .97 | .01 |
| Teachers' rating of use of English | 2.90(1.28) | 2.42(1.26) | .27 | .38 |
| Teachers' rating of proficiency in Spanish | 3.25(1.22) | 3.18(0.87) | .87 | .06 |
| Teachers' rating of proficiency in English | 3.10(0.92) | 2.91(.94) | .56 | .21 |
| Proportion of input at school in Spanish | 39.28(32.40) | 38.19(31.56) | .92 | .03 |
| Proportion of input at school in English | 57.59(33.30) | 52.73(33.79) | .68 | .15 |