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Table 4 Comparison between the scores of Arabic and English Semantic Test in age group A

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

 

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*

  1. SD standard deviation, bold: higher value, *significant p value < 0.05