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xcviii9.2.3 Language and reasoning experienceThis sub-component has been subdivided into nine activities—receptor language; listeningopportunities, expressive language—speaking opportunities, classroom environment,activities, materials for developing, activities for reading, writing and number readiness,activities for reading, writing and number, children’s participation in outdoor activities forgross motor development, and activities for fine motor development; their analysis is shownin Table 9.4. It may be noted that the largest percent of AWCs on the all the activities falls inthe levels 0 (poorest level), except classroom environment and activities for reading, writingand number. The mean score for the intervention AWCs is mostly less than 1. The score inthe control district is more than 1, suggesting that condition/situation of the AWCs in thecontrol district on the dimension under study is better than the intervention/intermediateAWCs.Table 9.4: Distribution of AWCs by levels of language and reasoning experienceand mean scores(Percentage)Q.No. Scoring on language andreasoning experiencesInterventionAWCsIntermediateAWCsControlAWCs(n=) 62 60 621. Receptor Language- ChildrenLess than one third of the childrenseem to understand the languageused by the teacher.43.5 41.7 6.5About half of the children seem tounderstand the language used bythe teacher.33.9 35 25.8More than half of the childrenseem to understand thelanguage used by the teacher. 22.6 23.3 67.7Mean score 0.791 0.816 1.6122 Listening opportunitiesChildren have no opportunities tolisten to language through aplanned activity, other than theteacher’s instructions.45.2 51.7 14.5Children have opportunity to listento language through at least oneplanned activity in a day such asstorytelling, rhyme or a listeninggame.25.8 25 24.2Children have opportunities tolisten to more than oneplanned activity for listening tolanguage in a day such asstorytelling, rhyme or alistening game. 29 23.3 61.3Mean score 0.838 0.716 1.468Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012