Este artículo aborda el tema de la adquisición de una lengua extranjera, el inglés, en relación al bilingüismo en el País Vasco. El artículo analiza diversas dimensiones del bilingüismo euskara-castellano (bilingüismo temprano, competencia bilingüe, bilingüismo familiar, bilingüismo escolar y bilingüismo sociocultural) en relación al rendimiento en inglés como lengua extranjera.
La muestra está formada por estudiantes monolingües y bilingües de seis centros de secundaria de Gipuzkoa donde tienen bien el euskara o el castellano como lenguas de instrucción. Los sujetos completaron cuestionarios y realizaron pruebas de inglés que incluian varias medidas de competencia en la lengua (comprensión oral, comprensión escrita, producción oral, producción escrita, vocabulario y sintaxis. En el artículo se presentan y discuten los resultados en relación a los efectospositivos del bilingüismo en el desarrollo de las habilidades lingüisticas y metalingüisticas en el País Vasco y en otros contextos.
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