Table 5.
Percentage of young bilinguals in Experiment 1whose self-rated language dominance matched or differed from objective measures of dominance. For cases in which self-ratings and objective classifications of dominance do not match the range of discrepancy in scores is indicated in parentheses.
| Young Bilinguals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-rated as Spanish-Dominant (n=10): | |||
|
Objectively Spanish-dominant |
Objectively Balanced |
Objectively English-dominant |
|
| Proficiency Interview (OPI) | 40% | 50% (0%) |
10% (10.0%) |
| Multilingual Naming Test | 40% | 20% (−4.4% – (−2.9%)) |
40% (5.9% – 11.8%) |
| Boston Naming Test | 40% | 0% | 60% (6.7% – 21.7%) |
| Self-rated as Balanced (n=7): | |||
|
Objectively Spanish-dominant |
Objectively Balanced |
Objectively English-dominant |
|
| Proficiency Interview (OPI) | 0% | 0% | 100% (5.0% – 15.0%) |
| Multilingual Naming Test | 0% | 0% | 100% (7.3% – 25.0%) |
| Boston Naming Test | 0% | 0% | 100% (16.7% – 41.7%) |
| Self-rated as English-dominant (n=35): | |||
|
Objectively Spanish-dominant |
Objectively Balanced |
Objectively English-dominant |
|
| Proficiency Interview (OPI) | 3% (−5.0%) |
11% (0%) |
86% |
| Multilingual Naming Test | 3% (−7.4%) |
6% (1.5%) |
91% |
| Boston Naming Test | 0% | 3% (1.7%) |
97% |