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highest and lowest mean numbers of identified stimuli and elicited descriptive words,
descriptive sentences and pronouns was obtained.
Table 17 indicates the responses provided by the three socio-economic groupings of
the Black pre-schoolers from both samples, to the revised small and large SA and UK
pictures.
Table 17
The responses given to the small and large revised SA and UK pictures for each socio-
economic group for the Black pre-schoolers of sample 1 and 2
AGE SMALL
PICT-
URES
SES Mean no.
of Stimuli
identified
Mean
no. of
Stimuli
SAMPLE 1 SAMPLE 2
LARGE SA PICTURE
Mean
no. of
Descriptive
words
Mean
no. of
Descriptivesentences
Mean
no. of
Pronouns
SMALL
PICT-
URES
Mean no.
of Stimuli
identified
Mean
no. of
Stimuli
LARGE UK PICTURE
Mean
no. of
Descriptive
words
Mean
no. of
Descriptivesentences
U 15 17 1 2 0 16 15 1 2 1
M 15 15 1 1 0 15 14 1 2 0
L 15 15 2 2 1 15 15 3 3 0
U = upper SES; M = middle SES; L = lower SES
Mean
no. of
Pronouns
As evident in Table 17, none of the three socio-economic groups elicited the highest
mean number for all five of the possible scoring categories for the revised small and large
pictures. Hence, a diverse array of results was obtained. This finding is in accordance with
Mothuloe (1990) who found no significant differences amongst the 5 to 7 year-old South
African Black Setswana-speaking children from all three socio-economic groups.
Table 18 indicates the Xhosa-, English- and Afrikaans- speaking Black pre-schoolers'
responses to the revised small and large SA and UK pictures.
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