Cantonese speech and language assessments

A/Prof Kathy Lee demonstrating the soon to be released
Cantonese Tone Identification Test (CanTIT)

I spent time in Hong Kong talking about speech assessments with both Dr Carol To and A/Prof Kathy Lee. They both have great insights into test construction, validation, computerization, and norming. Here are the tests that they have been involved in constructing:

• Cheung, P. S. P., Ng, A., & To, C. K. S. (2006). Hong Kong Cantonese Articulation Test (HKCAT). Hong Kong: Language Information Sciences Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong.
• Lee, K. Y. S. (2006). Cantonese Basic Speech Perception Test. Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• Lee, K. Y. S. (2011). Hong Kong Cantonese Tone Identification Test (CanTIT). Hong Kong: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• Lee, K.Y.S., Lee, L.W.T. & Cheung, P.S.P. (1996). Hong Kong Cantonese Receptive Vocabulary Test (HKCRVT). Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Society for Child Health and Development.
• T’sou, B., Lee, T. H.-T., Tung, P., Chan, A. W. K., Man, Y. Y. H., & To, C. K. S. (2006). Hong Kong Cantonese Oral Language Assessment Scales (HKCOLAS). Hong Kong: Language Information Sciences Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong.