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Table 8 Comparison between the scores of Arabic and English Narration Test in the first story (the doll) in age group A

From: A preliminary evaluation of some language aspects in normal bilingual Egyptian kindergarten children

Group A (4 to < 4.5)

First English story

First Arabic story

p value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Story structure features

10.57

1.46

9.60

1.47

< 0.001*

Events

21.30

1.82

19.19

2.33

0.008*

Language structure

5.51

0.86

5.72

0.68

0.002*

Reference clarity

2.94

0.25

2.91

0.28

0.143

Sentence structure

1.91

0.41

1.70

0.72

0.235

Phrasal structure

11.00

1.68

10.96

1.57

0.002*

Noun forms

7.83

0.56

7.53

0.95

0.325

Verb forms

7.45

1.00

7.62

0.90

0.002*

Narrative productivity

245.96

6.63

238.85

6.23

< 0.001*

Total

316.30

12.06

306.09

11.08

< 0.001*

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