<html><head><base href="x-msg://204/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi All,</div><div>Twila Tardif and her colleagues have work on this as well (see below for references). I'm told that the actual CDI plus manuals can be ordered for both Mandarin & Cantonese long & short forms, infants and toddlers, by contacting Twila (<a href="mailto:twila@umich.edu">twila@umich.edu</a>) or Temuulen Johnson (email: <a href="mailto:temuulen@umich.edu">temuulen@umich.edu</a>). <br><br>Tardif, T., Fletcher, P., Zhang, Z.X., Liang, W.L., & Zuo, Q.H. (2008). The Chinese Communicative Development Inventory (Putonghua and Cantonese versions): Manual, Forms, and Norms. Peking University Medical Press.<br><br>Tardif, T., Fletcher, P., Liang, W.L, & Kaciroti, N. (2009). Early vocabulary development in Mandarin (Putonghua) and Cantonese. Journal of Child Language, 36, 1115-1144. PMID: 19435545.<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Ping Li <<a href="mailto:pingpsu@gmail.com">pingpsu@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">July 19, 2011 10:39:20 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">"<a href="mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com">info-childes@googlegroups.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com">info-childes@googlegroups.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><b>Re: Vocabulary assessment in bilingual children</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Reply-To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><a href="mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com">info-childes@googlegroups.com</a><br></span></div><br><div>To follow up on Annick's message, you might be interested in the following paper related to Chinese CDI (downloadable from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://cogsci.psu.edu/">http://cogsci.psu.edu/</a>):<br><br>Hao, M, Shu, H., & Li, P. 2008. Early vocabulary inventory for Mandarin Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 728-733.<br><br>Ping Li<br><br><br><br>On Jul 19, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Annick De Houwer <<a href="mailto:annickej@yahoo.com">annickej@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Dear Leher,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I would strongly advise using the CDI. I know it is not usually used<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to measure receptive vocabulary, but the Dutch CDI (Toddler form) does<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">include receptive vocabulary and the parents in our study of Dutch-<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">French bilingual toddlers had no trouble ticking those Dutch words<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">they thought their 20-month-old understood. Of course, you're dealing<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with older children, but I think that if the main purpose is to have a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">rough idea of comparative vocabulary size in each language it is OK to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">use the CDI as suggested. However, there are some methodological<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">issues involved in collecting the data. A description of how we did<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">this for a group of bilingual children can be found in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">De Houwer, A., M.H. Bornstein & S. De Coster, 2006. Early<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">understanding of two words for the same thing: A CDI study of lexical<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">comprehension in infant bilinguals. International journal of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">bilingualism 10(3): 331-348.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Good luck!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Annick<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">De Houwer<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 19, 9:52 am, Leher Singh <<a href="mailto:leher.si...@gmail.com">leher.si...@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Dear all,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">We are looking for ways to assess receptive vocabulary in bilingual children<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">(30 and 36 months) in each of their languages (Mandarin Chinese and<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">English). We are looking for a way to administer a vocabulary test to<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">estimate vocabulary sizes in each language. Essentially, we want to<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">compare receptive vocabulary across languages to get a sense of dominance<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">with which to associate our experimental data on word recognition. One idea<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">we have considered is to administer the PPVT version A in English/Mandarin<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">and version B in the other language, but any other ideas would be much<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">appreciated.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Thanks, Leher<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To post to this group, send email to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com">info-childes@googlegroups.com</a>.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To unsubscribe from this group, send email to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info-childes+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">info-childes+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">For more options, visit this group at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en">http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en</a>.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group.<br>To post to this group, send email to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com">info-childes@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info-childes+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">info-childes+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a>.<br>For more options, visit this group at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en">http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en</a>.<br><br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Susan A. 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