Investigating Arabic-speaking EFL learners’ understanding of French gender markers: a typological primacy model approach to a third language

Figures & data

Table 1. T-test results of the differences between two groups’ answers on the multiple-choice test.

Group	Mean	SD	SEM	df	t value	Sig
Second Year (A)	10.29	6.05	1.47	16	2.7247	0.015
Fourth year (B)	12.53	5.11	1.24

Table 2. Number of correct answers on the words that have similar gender in Arabic and French.

	Group A	Group B
Le kiosque	10	11
Le magasin	15	18
Le tarif	6	7
La boussole	7	8
La médaille	1	12
	39	56

Table 3. Number of correct answers on the words that have a masculine ending but they are feminine and some resemble English pronunciation.

	Group A	Group B
La ferveur	16	16
La lueur	0	8
La douleur	9	18
La candeur	15	15
Le mausolée	17	19
Le trophée	8	15
	65	91

Table 4. Number of correct answers on the words that have either masculine or feminine endings.

	Group A	Group B
La sculpture	2	7
La mission	16	17
Le virement	16	19
Total	34	43