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dc.contributor.authorDe Cat, Cecile Marie-Rose
dc.contributor.authorKascelan, Drasko
dc.contributor.authorSerratrice, Ludovica
dc.contributor.authorTuller, Laurie
dc.contributor.authorUnsworth, Sharon
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-14T07:07:08Z
dc.date.available2023-02-14T07:07:08Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-04
dc.description.abstractWhile most investigations of bilingualism document participants’ language background, there is an absence of consensus on how to quantify bilingualism. The high number of different language background questionnaires used by researchers and practitioners jeopardises data comparability and cross-pollination between research and practice. Using the Delphi consensus survey method, we asked 132 panellists (researchers, speech and language therapists, teachers) from 29 countries to rate 124 statements on a 5-point agreement scale. Consensus was pre-defined as 75% agreement threshold. After two survey rounds, 79% of statements reached consensus. The need for common measures to quantify bilingualism was acknowledged by 96% of respondents. Agreement was reached to document: language exposure and use, language difficulties, proficiency (when it cannot be assessed directly), education and literacy, input quality, language mixing practices, and attitudes (towards languages and language mixing). We discuss the implications of these findings for the creation of a new tool to quantify bilingual experience.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDe Cat CM, Kascelan D, Prévost P, Serratrice L, Tuller L, Unsworth S. How to quantify bilingual experience? Findings from a Delphi consensus survey. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2022;26(1):112-124en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2123597
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1366728922000359
dc.identifier.issn1366-7289
dc.identifier.issn1469-1841
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/28542
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalBilingualism: Language and Cognition
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleHow to quantify bilingual experience? Findings from a Delphi consensus surveyen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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