From: A preliminary evaluation of some language aspects in normal bilingual Egyptian kindergarten children
Group B (4.5 to <5) | First English story | First Arabic story | p value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Story frame features | 11.88 | 0.48 | 10.42 | 1.09 | 0.002* |
Events | 22.30 | 1.26 | 20.70 | 1.70 | 0.254 |
Language structure | 6.00 | 0.00 | 5.88 | 0.48 | 0.265 |
Reference clarity | 3.00 | 0.00 | 2.91 | 0.29 | 0.929 |
Sentence structure | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.82 | 0.58 | 0.446 |
Phrasal structure | 11.94 | 0.35 | 11.70 | 0.73 | 0.014* |
Noun forms | 7.94 | 0.35 | 7.88 | 0.48 | 0.058 |
Verb forms | 8.00 | 0.00 | 7.82 | 0.58 | 0.262 |
Narrative productivity | 253.45 | 4.01 | 244.88 | 4.94 | < 0.001* |
Total | 328.91 | 5.11 | 316.00 | 8.20 | < 0.001* |