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* |