Reassessment of English-only approach in EFL context in view of young learners’ attitudes, language proficiency, and vocabulary knowledge

Multilingual Education

Table 3 Correlation between the criterion and predictor variables

Variables	1	2	3	4	5
1. English proficiency	---
2. Korean proficiency	0.50**	---
3. Vocabulary knowledge	0.69**	0.38**	---
4. Attitudes towards English-only	0.25**	0.08	0.26**	---
5. The amount of teachers’ English I can understand	0.47**	0.21**	0.39**	0.31**	---