Proficiency in Speaking English as a Second Language: Effects of Bilingual Profile

This study examines how aspects of bilingual profile, particularly learning and exposure in L2 English, relate to aspects of L2 spoken proficiency. Norwegian-English bilinguals completed a questionnaire describing their language background, proficiency, learning, and exposure in their L2 English. Next, participants performed a vocabulary depth task determining correct similar or opposite words of a target word, after which they completed a sentence comprehension task at varying levels of syntactic complexity determining the correct answer to questions referring to either the agent or patient in the sentence structure. Additionally, participants performed one of four novel partially controll…