• Comparison of children’s performance between the two post tests within each
linguistic condition revealed the same pattern for the Inference, Analogy and Lexical
contrast condition. There was a trend for significance for the Definition condition.

To what extent does children ^,s performance on the multiple choice task differ by their
existing vocabulary ?

• Children with high existing vocabulary performed better than the children with low
existing vocabulary. However, the differences were not significant.

• The same pattern was found within each age group and each linguistic condition
however, the differences were not significant.

To what extent does children ^,s performance on the multiple choice task differ by their
phonological memory?

• Children with high phonological memory performed better than the children with low
phonological memory. Significant differences were found during the delayed post
test.

• The same pattern was found within each age group. However the differences were not
significant. Furthermore, the same pattern was evident within each linguistic
condition. Significant differences were found for the Definition and Lexical contrast
condition during the delayed post test.

Concluding remarks from the multiple choice task

► Age group differences were found with the 5- and 6- year-olds performing better
than the 4 year-olds. The same pattern was evident within each linguistic condition.
Significant differences were found for the Lexical contrast group. Overall, children’s
performance on the multiple choice task did not differ by linguistic condition.
Children also performed better in the immediate than the delayed post test. Last, there
was a trend for the children with high existing vocabulary to perform better than the
children with low existing vocabulary. Children with high phonological memory
performed better than children with low phonological memory.

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