Table 7.
Percentage of bilingual children in Experiment 2 whose parent-rated language dominance matched or differed from objective measures of dominance. For cases in which parent-ratings and objective classifications of dominance do not match the range of discrepancy in scores is indicated in parentheses.
| Rated by Parents as Mandarin dominant(n=5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| Objectively Mandarin-dominant | Objectively balanced | Objective English-dominant | |
| Oral proficiency interview | 40% | 40% | 20% |
| (0%) | (10%) | ||
| Multilingual naming test | 0% | 40% | 60% |
| ((-1.5%) - 4.4%) | (26%-38%) | ||
| Rated by Parents as Balanced(n=3) | |||
| Oral proficiency interview | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| (10%) | |||
| Multilingual naming test | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| (7%-60%) | |||
| Rated by Parents as English-dominant(n=19) | |||
| Oral proficiency interview | 21% | 5% | 74% |
| (-10.0%) | 0% | ||
| Multilingual naming test | 0% | 0% | 100% |