From: A preliminary evaluation of some language aspects in normal bilingual Egyptian kindergarten children
Group A (4 to < 4.5) | English Semantic Test | Arabic Semantic Test | Â | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p value | |
Receptive categorization | 12.00 | 0.00 | 11.91 | 0.41 | 0.160 |
Expressive categorization | 19.45 | 1.08 | 18.83 | 1.17 | < 0.001* |
Total categorization | 31.45 | 1.08 | 30.74 | 1.29 | < 0.001* |
Receptive characteristic property | 5.87 | 0.49 | 5.64 | 0.79 | 0.078 |
Expressive characteristic property | 15.47 | 0.97 | 15.36 | 0.97 | 0.574 |
Total characteristic property | 21.34 | 1.11 | 21.00 | 1.41 | 0.128 |
Total function | 19.66 | 0.76 | 19.15 | 0.91 | < 0.001* |
Number | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.85 | 0.51 | 0.051 |
Color | 4.00 | 0.00 | 3.62 | 0.77 | 0.001* |
Shape | 3.87 | 0.49 | 3.55 | 0.83 | 0.002* |
Time | 3.96 | 0.29 | 3.79 | 0.59 | 0.088 |
Total linguistic concepts | 17.83 | 0.56 | 16.77 | 1.80 | < 0.001* |
Total analogy | 23.66 | 0.76 | 23.49 | 1.14 | 0.160 |
Total similarity and difference | 19.28 | 0.97 | 18.79 | 1.18 | 0.003* |
Total feminine and masculine | 11.57 | 0.83 | 10.91 | 1.23 | < 0.001* |
Total | 132.56 | 3.85 | 130.85 | 3.55 | 0.002* |