The BEST Dataset of Language Proficiency

Frontiers in Psychology

Angela de Bruin¹ 

关键词: Basque language;    Spanish language;    English language;    proficiency test;    multilingualism;    language skills;    Basque Country;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00522

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Researchers investigating processes stemming from or related to multilingualism often face the challenge of correctly characterizing their multilingual samples in terms of language use, proficiency, dominance, and exposure. This is typically done by using a variety of objective (e.g., normed tests) and/or subjective (e.g., self-reports) measures which tend to vary largely across laboratories and studies, since to date the existence of a comprehensive set of measures and norms is limited to certain language combinations (see Gollan et al., 2012). The current study provides a compelling dataset of norms obtained from a large number of Spanish–Basque–English multilinguals from the Basque Country that will facilitate participant selection and classification as a function of their background and language skills.

【 授权许可】

CC BY