Table 3.
Pearson bivariate correlations between self-rated proficiency and objective measures of proficiency in each language, language dominance difference scores, and bilingual index scores for young adult bilinguals in Experiment 1 (n = 62).
| English | Mandarin | ||||||
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| Self-rating | OPI | MINT | Self-rating | OPI | MINT | ||
| OPI | 0.67 | OPI | 0.68 | ||||
| p-value | <.001 | p-value | <.001 | ||||
| MINT | 0.58 | 0.53 | MINT | 0.65 | 0.79 | ||
| p-value | <.001 | <.001 | p-value | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| BNT | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.90 | BNT | 0.67 | 0.77 | 0.93 |
| p-value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | p-value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |
| Language dominance (English minus Mandarin) | Bilingual index scores | ||||||
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| Self-rating | OPI | MINT | Self-rating | OPI | MINT | ||
| OPI | 0.81 | OPI | 0.62 | ||||
| p-value | <.001 | p-value | <.001 | ||||
| MINT | 0.83 | 0.83 | MINT | 0.64 | 0.65 | ||
| p-value | <.001 | <.001 | p-value | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| BNT | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.93 | BNT | 0.62 | 0.60 | 0.91 |
| p-value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 | p-value | <.001 | <.001 | <.001 |