Table 4.

Pearson Correlations between language background and L2 Chinese reading comprehension.

	–	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. L1 Language Proficiency (1–10)	–	0.113	−0.104	−0.058	−0.149	−0.041	−0.125
2. L2 Learning History (years)		–	0.663**	0.759**	0.677**	0.701**	0.812 **
3. L2 Chinese Listening Proficiency (1–10)			–	0.855**	0.749**	0.731**	0.676 **
4. L2 Chinese Speaking Proficiency (1–10)				–	0.821**	0.803**	0.766 **
5. L2 Chinese Reading Proficiency (1–10)					–	0.938**	0.718 **
6. L2 Chinese Writing Proficiency (1–10)						–	0.698 **
7. L2 Chinese Reading Comprehension							–

^**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed). The bold indicates the analysis focus.