Hello,
For a linguistic research project about emotion recogniton ability, I am looking for a convenient way to test my participants' proficiency level in (standard) Mandarin. I'll test both native and nonnative speakers' proficiency, so I would like to use the same test for both groups. Nonnatives will come from all over the world, so I think a test of Mandarin formulated in English would be the best option.
I would also like to focus on verbal proficiency rather than written skills / literacy, but I don't know how to tackle this problem since this test have to be integrated in an online survey. Maybe only a listening test?
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Kind regards,
Pernelle
Thank you Stephen! I actually did a very similar research project in the past about English instead of Mandarin, and I did use the LexTALE! It would be awesome if there would be a Mandarin version. I will contact Annie Tremblay about this, thank you for letting me know!
Actually, when I used the LexTALE, I also administrated to native speakers, and I did find variation in proficiency level among native speakers. That's why I am also interested in testing native speakers' proficiency in Mandarin.
I wanted to have a look to the link you sent me... But I cannot speak/read any word in Mandarin! ;-) I will ask a colleague to check.
I know professor Boping Yuan at Cambridge often used a cloze to test L1 and L2 speaker's proficiency.You may want to contact him about the cloze test.Chunsheng
@Pernelle Lorette Sorry to disturb but I wonder whether you have got access to the cloze test by professor Yuan. I'm looking for such a proficiency test.
Dear Jianhui Li I am so sorry, I only see your message now. I guess you have found something else in the meantime?