#3948. A novel approach to assessing language proficiency in adults: A pre-pilot classification accuracy study

September 2026publication date
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Abstract:
This research 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. For this pre-pilot study, participants were Spanish–English bilingual university students. Forty likelihood ratios (LRs) were calculated. For the overall proficiency and formal speaking proficiency outcomes in Spanish, positive LRs met the benchmark for strong agreement. These results are important for two reasons. They suggest that Spanish–English bilingual adults can accurately judge their overall proficiency levels in Spanish.
Keywords:
Bilingualism; classification accuracy; language use questionnaire; pre-pilot; proficiency; self-report

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