Table 4.
Mean (standard deviation) proportion of genre features included in discourse by discourse type by language group
| Discourse Condition | Monolingual | Bilingual | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrative | |||
| Personal story | 0.42 (0.20) | 0.38 (0.21) | ns |
| Frog story | 0.44 (0.22) | 0.38 (0.21) | ns |
| Explanatory | |||
| Home routine | 0.69 (0.19) | 0.64 (0.24) | ns |
| Magnet task | 0.57 (0.24) | 0.54 (0.22) | ns |