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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Equial (</SPAN><SPAN
class=MsoHyperlink><A href="http://www.ucm.es/info/equial"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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color=#000000>www.ucm.es/info/equial</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">) has finished and
published the european Spanish version of the MacArthur CDIs.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>TEA (Madrid) is the publisher.<BR>This
work includes, for the first time in these Inventories, a section on
Vocalizations, both for CDI-1 and CDI-2.<BR>It has also added certain
innovations in the Grammar parts, which make it easier for parents to understand
and reply, and it includes three types of responses for every grammatical
structure.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Its
use for research is basic, as it contains a rich description of the
acquisition process of Spanish, from ages 8 to 30 months, and a norming study
which allows translinguistic comparisons.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Its
use for clinical applications is strongly recommended, both in pediatrics and in
pedagogy.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The norming study has been
done on a sample of 1.105 children from all Spain.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns
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<H1><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">REFERENCE: </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">S.López Ornat, C.Gallego, P.Gallo, A.Karousou,
S.Mariscal y M.Martínez (2005) MacArthur: Inventario de desarrollo comunicativo.
Madrid, TEA Ediciones. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext">ISBN:
84-7174-820-7. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H1>
<H1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </H1>
<H1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=3>Susana López
Ornat<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.ucm.es/info/equial"><FONT
size=3>www.ucm.es/info/equial</FONT></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<H1><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT size=3>Facultad de
Psicología<BR>Universidad Complutense de
Madrid<BR>28223<BR></H1></FONT></SPAN></BODY></HTML>