The Language Experience and Proficiency Questionnaire (LEAP-Q): Assessing language profiles in bilinguals and multilinguals

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 940-967

  Marian, Viorica ^a   Blumenfeld, Henrike K ^a   Kaushanskaya, Margarita ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Language proficiency; Questionnaire development; Second language; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RELIABILITY; SPEECH; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; LANGUAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH;

EID: 34548585644     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/067)     Document Type: Article

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