<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear typologists</div><div><br></div><div>I apologize in advance if this question is outside the scope of linguistic typology. However, given that many of us work with minority/low resource language communities, I think this could be a good forum for finding some perspectives.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm looking for opinions on methods for establishing metrics for language proficiency in bilingual communities in which one of the languages is a minority/endangered/low resource language and many of the participants are non-literate. </div><div><br></div><div>Previously, I have used the <a href="https://blp.coerll.utexas.edu/">BLP</a> when doing fieldwork in bilingual communities in South America, but I have found that survey-style "rate your ability to speak/understand X language on a scale from 1-6" are not always useful. </div><div><br></div><div>Likewise, there can be issues with other tests like the MINT or other picture-naming tests, depending on how interpretable the line drawings are or whether loan words are commonly used for the objects represented therein. </div><div><br></div><div>Overall, I'm curious if anyone here has experiences they'd like to share or refer to about attempting to measure language proficiency in these kinds of situations.</div><div><br></div><div>best,</div>Alex<div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><font size="1"><span style="color:black!important;font-family:Segoe UI,sans-serif">Alexander Rice, PhD</span></font></p>
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