Table 2.
Means and standard deviations of amount of language input, and ratings of use and proficiency for the Southwestern English-only proficient participants (N = 56).
Language ability |
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Characteristic | Typical (N = 28) | Impaired (N = 28) | p | d |
Age (years;months) | 4;10 | 4;10 | .91 | 0.03 |
Proportion of English input at home | 0.86 (0.11) | 0.74 (0.19) | .02 | 0.78 |
Proportion of Spanish input at home | 0.14 (0.11) | 0.26 (0.19) | .02 | 0.78 |
Parents' rating of use of English | 4.0 (0.0) | 3.6 (0.94) | .07 | 0.62 |
Parents' rating of use of Spanish | 1.6 (0.75) | 1.6 (1.3) | .99 | 0.00 |
Parents' rating of proficiency in English | 3.8 (0.40) | 3.7 (0.57) | .48 | 0.20 |
Parents' rating of proficiency in Spanish | 1.3 (0.79) | 1.4 (1.2) | .83 | 0.10 |
Teachers' rating of use of English | 3.8 (0.39) | 3.6 (0.56) | .32 | 0.41 |
Teachers' rating of use of Spanish | 0.5 (0.79) | 0.69 (0.85) | .63 | 0.78 |
Teachers' rating of proficiency in English | 3.8 (0.44) | 3.2 (0.88) | .02 | 0.83 |
Teachers' rating of proficiency in Spanish | 1.0 (1.5) | 0.86 (0.95) | .77 | 0.12 |
Proportion of input at school in English | 0.63 (0.42) | 0.80 (0.27) | .25 | 0.49 |
Proportion of input at school in Spanish | 0. 37 (0.42) | 0.20 (0.27) | .25 | 0.49 |