Table 1.
Means (and standard deviations) for background measures
| Monolingual | Bilingual | |
|---|---|---|
| N | 40 | 40 |
| Age (years) | 7.2 (0.38) | 7.4 (0.51) |
| Number of males | 22 | 24 |
| Mother’s education (years) | 3.6 (0.82) | 3.7 (1.23) |
| Raven’s matrices (standardized to 100) | 95.6 (14.6) | 92.4 (18.8) |
| PPVT (standardized to 100) | 103.3 (12.5) | 91.8 (14.9) |
| L2 proficiency (out of 5) | ||
| Speaking | 0.35 (0.70) | 2.38 (1.3) |
| Understanding | 0.45 (0.82) | 2.75 (1.08) |
| L2 practice/exposure (out of 10) | 0.22 (0.52) | 5.16 (2.6) |