Self-evaluations and the language of the beholder: objective performance and language solidarity predict L2 and L1 self-evaluations in bilingual adults
Esteban Hernández-Rivera, Alessia Kalogeris, Mehrgol Tiv, Debra Titone · 2024
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Esteban Hernández-Rivera and co-authors study how bilingual adults judge their own language skills. Their 2024 study compares self-ratings with a real vocabulary test, and asks how loyalty to a language, called solidarity, bends those judgments. Two groups in Montreal took part, one with English as first language and one with French, two tongues with a charged shared history.
Patterns split by group. French-first speakers who felt warm toward English tended to rate their English below their true level, while those with cooler feelings judged it about right. English-first speakers with warm feelings toward French judged their French more accurately. The study shows self-ratings reflect identity and feeling, not skill alone.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Esteban Hernández-Rivera, Alessia Kalogeris, Mehrgol Tiv, Debra Titone |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 61 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |