Language Use and Exposure Calculator

Language Exposure & Use Calculator

Quickly gather information about the language use of your bilingual kids with this language exposure and use calculator.

Easily Gather Language Use Information

Gather language use from parents and teachers in three easy ways:

Adjust the sliders below during an interview.
Download these Parent and Teacher Questionnaires. Move these sliders below with their responses.
For bilingual forms, download the teacher and language-specific questionnaires from our Parent Questionnaire Docs Page: Bilingual Speech Language Parent Questionnaire

Select Option:

Teacher Input

Speaking at School

With Primary Teacher(s)

50% - Speaks English at School

With Students

50% - Speaks English at School

With Other School Personnel

50% - Speaks English at School

Area	Total Hours in English
With Primary Teacher(s)	7.50 hours
With Students	7.50 hours
With Other School Personnel	5.00 hours
Total Overall Hours in English	20.00 hours
Percentage of Time Speaking in English at School	50%
Percentage of Time Speaking in Home Language at School	50%
Assumptions: 168 hours in a week, 8 hours per day sleeping, 40 hours at school, and 72 hours outside of school. We assume students spend 3 hours per day with students and with teachers for 5 days a week, bringing a total of 15 hours per week. We assume students spend 2 hours a day with other school personnel for 5 days a week, bringing the total to 10 hours per week with other school personnel. In total, the weekly hours combined to be 40 hours.

Listening at School

With Primary Teacher(s)

50% - Listens to English at School

With Students

50% - Listens to English at School

With Other School Personnel

50% - Listens to English at School

Area	Total Hours in English
With Primary Teacher(s)	7.50 hours
With Students	7.50 hours
With Other School Personnel	5.00 hours
Total Overall Hours in English	20.00 hours
Percentage of Time Listening in English at School	50%
Percentage of Time Listening in Home Language at School	50%
Assumptions: 168 hours in a week, 8 hours per day sleeping, 40 hours at school, and 72 hours outside of school. We assume students spend 3 hours per day with students and with teachers for 5 days a week, bringing a total of 15 hours per week. We assume students spend 2 hours a day with other school personnel for 5 days a week, bringing the total to 10 hours per week with other school personnel. In total, the weekly hours combined to be 40 hours.

Parent Input

Speaking outside of School

After School

50% - Speaks English outside of School

Evenings/Nights

50% - Speaks English outside of School

Weekends

50% - Speaks English outside of School

Area	Total Hours in English
After School	7.50 hours
Evenings/Nights	7.50 hours
Eeekends	16.00 hours
Total Overall Hours in English	31.00 hours
Percentage of Time Speaking in English Outside of School	50%
Percentage of Time Speaking in Home Language Outside School	50%
Assumptions: 168 hours in a week, 8 hours per day sleeping, 40 hours at school, and 72 hours outside of school. We assume students spend 3 hours per day with students and with teachers for 5 days a week, bringing a total of 15 hours per week. We assume students spend 2 hours a day with other school personnel for 5 days a week, bringing the total to 10 hours per week with other school personnel. In total, the weekly hours combined to be 40 hours.

Listening outside of School

After School

50% - Listens to English outside of School

Evenings/Nights

50% - Listens to English outside of School

Weekends

50% - Listens to English outside of School

Area	Total Hours in English
After School	7.50 hours
Evenings/Nights	7.50 hours
Eeekends	16.00 hours
Total Overall Hours in English	31.00 hours
Percentage of Time Listening in English Outside of School	50%
Percentage of Time Listening in Home Language Outside School	50%
Assumptions: 168 hours in a week, 8 hours per day sleeping, 40 hours at school, and 72 hours outside of school. We assume students spend 3 hours per day with students and with teachers for 5 days a week, bringing a total of 15 hours per week. We assume students spend 2 hours a day with other school personnel for 5 days a week, bringing the total to 10 hours per week with other school personnel. In total, the weekly hours combined to be 40 hours.

Why Gather Information about Language Exposure and Use?

Why is it important to gather information about language exposure and use? When we evaluate and work with bilingual students, knowing what their current exposure to each language is helps us to understand what types of language patterns we might hear them use. What’s more, current research by Peña, Bedore, and colleagues (Bedore et al., 2018; Peña et al., 2020) indicates that, when children have current exposure and use that is less than 30% in one language, it was found that the results of standardized testing in that language did not inform the diagnostic decision. In their case, the research focused on the Bilingual English Spanish Assessment (BESA), which has a Spanish portion and an English portion. Knowing this information helps us to plan our evaluation and potentially save a lot of time.

Bedore, L. M., Peña, E. D., Anaya, J. B., Nieto, R., Lugo-Neris, M. J., & Baron, A. (2018). Understanding disorder within variation: Production of English grammatical forms by English language learners. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 49(2), 277-291.

Peña, E. D., Bedore, L. M., Shivabasappa, P., & Niu, L. (2020). Effects of divided input on bilingual children with language impairment. International journal of bilingualism, 24(1), 62-78.

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