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Table 9 Comparison between the scores of Arabic and English Narration Tests in the first story test (the doll) in age group B

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*

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