Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions:

Speech–language pathologists who speak more than one language and who are members of the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association self-identify in one yes/no question whether they have the proficiency level to be bilingual service providers. This research note describes a preliminary attempt to address the very practical issue of whether and in what circumstances Spanish–English bilinguals can accurately judge their proficiency levels in both languages. The research question is: Will bilingual adults accurately identify their first language and second language proficiency levels using a self-assessment when compared to a commonly used standardized norm-referenced test (SNRT) in both formal and informal contexts across the following outcome measures: (a) overall proficiency; (b) listening; (c) speaking; (d) reading; and (e) writing?

Design/methodology/approach:

Classification accuracy studies require at least 34 participants. Thirty-nine participants completed the commonly used Language Use Questionnaire (LUQ) self-assessment and the commonly used Woodcock–Muñoz Language Survey SNRT (WMLS-III). For this pre-pilot study, participants were Spanish–English bilingual university students.

Data and analysis:

Forty likelihood ratios (LRs) were calculated. Benchmarks for interpreting LRs for classification accuracy studies were applied to identify the likelihood of an individual being proficient or non-proficient in two languages.

Findings/conclusions:

For the overall proficiency and formal speaking proficiency outcomes in Spanish, positive LRs met the benchmark for strong agreement.

Originality:

The current study is the first to show that Spanish–English bilingual adults can accurately judge their Spanish proficiency levels for two specific outcome measures.

Significance/implications:

These results are important for two reasons. First, they suggest that Spanish–English bilingual adults can accurately judge their overall proficiency levels in Spanish. Second, they identify which outcome measures from the LUQ and WMLS-III should be considered in a future classification accuracy study.

中文翻译：

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评估成人语言能力的新方法：飞行员前分类准确性研究

目的和宗旨/目的/研究问题：

会说多种语言并且是美国语音-语言-听力协会成员的语音-语言病理学家会以一种/是的方式自我确定自己是否具备成为双语服务提供商的熟练程度。该研究说明描述了一个初步尝试，以解决非常实际的问题，即西班牙语-英语双语者是否以及在什么情况下可以准确地判断其两种语言的熟练程度。研究的问题是：在以下结果指标中，与正式和非正式情况下的常用标准化规范参照测试（SNRT）相比，双语成年人会使用自我评估准确地识别出他们的第一语言和第二语言水平吗？ a）总体熟练程度；（b）聆听；（c）说话；（d）阅读；和（e）写作？

设计/方法/方法：

分类准确性研究至少需要34名参与者。39名参与者完成了常用的语言使用调查表（LUQ）自我评估和常用的伍德考克–穆尼兹语言调查SNRT（WMLS-III）。在这项先行研究中，参加者是西班牙语-英语双语的大学生。

数据与分析：

计算了四十个似然比（LRs）。运用分类标准研究中的LR解释基准来确定一个人精通或不精通两种语言的可能性。

结果/结论：

对于西班牙语的整体熟练程度和正式口语水平，积极的LR达到了强有力协议的基准。

独创性：

当前的研究首次表明西班牙语-英语双语的成年人可以针对两种特定的结果指标准确地判断其西班牙语水平。

意义/含义：

这些结果之所以重要，有两个原因。首先，他们建议西班牙语-英语的双语成人可以准确地判断其西班牙语的整体熟练程度。其次，他们确定了在将来的分类准确性研究中应考虑使用LUQ和WMLS-III的哪些结果度量。