Multilingualism Calculator Reveals True Language Strengths
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Key Points:
- New York University researchers have developed a multilingualism calculator that quantifies an individual's multilingual proficiency by combining age of acquisition with self-rated listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills across languages.
- The tool generates both a multilingualism score, ranging from monolingual to perfect polyglot, and a language-dominance profile indicating the strongest language based on comparative proficiency.
- Validated on young and older bilingual adults, the calculator produces results comparable to complex existing methods, offering a simpler and accurate alternative for assessing language backgrounds.
- The calculator supports nearly 50 languages, including American Sign Language, and allows users to add custom languages, making it versatile for diverse multilingual populations.
- This evidence-based tool aims to improve clarity in
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