Table . Overview of parental questionnaires measuring bilingual language experience in children Questionnaire Administration (Main) output Population Language ALEQ (Alberta Interview with Current language use, incorporating child’s Primary school children, but could be used English research assistant input and output with toddlers and preschoolers Language Exposure Questionnaire; Paper Language richness scores in both languages Sequential bilinguals but could be used Calculated by hand with simultaneous bilinguals Paradis 2011) Cattani et al. (2014) Parent % exposure in typical week in last year of Toddlers, but could be used with older English Paper child’s life children Optional Excel file, Calculated by hand or using Excel file Simultaneous and sequential bilinguals available from the authors Gathercole & Thomas Interview with Current language use by parents and child Primary school children English research assistant Previous language use by parents and child Welsh (2007)a Similar versions Parents’ current language skills Spanish also available for Frequency of contact with languages from other parent to complete sources Paper Gutiérrez-Clellen & Parent No. of years’ exposure Up to 8 years, but could be used with older English Kreiter (2003) Paper Current % exposure at home children No. of hours of reading and other literacy Simultaneous and sequential bilinguals activities in L2 Calculated by hand Language Exposure Interview with Current % exposure at home Toddlers / preschoolers English Questionnaire (LEQ) research assistant No. of hours per week of input in each language Spanish for range of activities and input-providers (Hoff et al., 2012)b No. of monolingual / bilingual / native Calculated by hand
Table . Overview of parental questionnaires measuring bilingual language experience in children Questionnaire Administration (Main) output Population Language ALEQ (Alberta Language Exposure Questionnaire; Paradis 2011) Interview with research assistant Paper Current language use, incorporating child’s input and output Language richness scores in both languages Calculated by hand Primary school children, but could be used with toddlers and preschoolers Sequential bilinguals but could be used with simultaneous bilinguals English Cattani et al. (2014) Parent Paper Optional Excel file, available from the authors % exposure in typical week in last year of child’s life Calculated by hand or using Excel file Toddlers, but could be used with older children Simultaneous and sequential bilinguals English Gathercole & Thomas (2007)a Interview with research assistant Similar versions also available for parent to complete Paper Current language use by parents and child Previous language use by parents and child Parents’ current language skills Frequency of contact with languages from other sources Primary school children English Welsh Spanish Gutiérrez-Clellen & Kreiter (2003) Parent Paper No. of years’ exposure Current % exposure at home No. of hours of reading and other literacy activities in L2 Calculated by hand Up to 8 years, but could be used with older children Simultaneous and sequential bilinguals English Language Exposure Questionnaire (LEQ) (Hoff et al., 2012)b Interview with research assistant Current % exposure at home No. of hours per week of input in each language for range of activities and input-providers No. of monolingual / bilingual / native Calculated by hand Toddlers / preschoolers English Spanish