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Intelligibility testing

Index of SIL publications on Intelligibility testing listed by country.

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General works

• BERGER, R. A., author. 1998. Factorial design model for assessing second language proficiency.
• BERGMAN, Ted G., author. 2001. To test comprehension of a translation by those of a different speech.
• CASAD, Eugene H., author. 1991. "State of the art: Dialect survey 15 years later."
• CASAD, Eugene H., author. 1992. "State of the art: Dialect survey fifteen years later."  
• FOSTER, Michael, author. 2000. Field testing in Russia and cental Asia.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1986. Evaluating bilingual proficiency in language groups for cross-cultural communciation.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1987. Good surveys: diagnosing vernacular literature need.
• GRIMES, Barbara F., author. 1992. "Notes on oral proficiency testing (SLOPE)."  
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1988. Correlations between vocabulary similarity and intelligibility.
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1992. "Calibrating sentence repetition tests."  
• GRIMES, Joseph E., author. 1992. "Correlations between vocabulary similarity and intelligibility."  
• HASSELBRING, Sue, author. 1996. Sampling techniques for sociolinguistic surveys.
• HOCHSTETLER, J. Lee; TILLINGHAST, Tim, authors. 1996. Discussion on sociolinguistic questionnaires.
• KLUGE, Angela, author. 2007. RTT Retelling Method: An Alternative Approach to Intelligibility Testing.  
• SIMONS, Gary F., author. 1979. Language variation and limits to communication.
• SIMONS, Gary F., author. 1979. Language variation and limits to communication.
• SIMONS, Gary F., author. 1983. Language variation and limits to communication.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Burkina Faso

• HATFIELD, Deborah H.; SHOWALTER, Stuart D.; SOUTH, Marie C., authors. 2007. The sentence repetition test (SRT) revisited: evaluation of the SRT against the Second Language Oral Proficiency Evaluation (SLOPE) as an assessment tool for community bilingual proficiency.  

Cameroon

• AYOTTE, Michael; LAMBERTY, Melinda, authors. 2002. "Intelligibility testing of Bafia among Lefa speakers."  
• BOMBAY, Elaine; CRAWFORD, Karyn, authors. 2007. "A Survey (RTT) of the Bambili-Bambui Language."  
• BRYE, Edward, author. 2002. "Intelligibility testing and lexicostatistics of Buwal and Gavar."  
• BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth, authors. 2002. "Rapid appraisal and intelligibility testing surveys of the Eastern Beboid group of languages (Northwest Province)."  
• BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth, authors. 2004. "Intelligibility testing survey of Bebe and Kemezung and synthesis of sociolinguistic research of the Eastern Beboid cluster."  
• CRAWFORD, Karyn, author. 2005. "Lexicostatistics and intelligibility testing survey with simplified SLOPE of the Mefele language."  
• HATFIELD, Deborah H.; SHOWALTER, Stuart D.; SOUTH, Marie C., authors. 2007. The sentence repetition test (SRT) revisited: evaluation of the SRT against the Second Language Oral Proficiency Evaluation (SLOPE) as an assessment tool for community bilingual proficiency.  
• LAMBERTY, Melinda, author. 2002. "A survey of Mofu intelligibility for Cuvok speakers (Mayo-Tsanaga Division, Far North Province)."  

Central African Republic

• STALDER, Jürg, author. 1996. Update on rapid appraisal.

Ethiopia

• AHLAND, Colleen Anne, author. 2004. Linguistic variation within Gumuz: a study of the relationship between historical change and intelligibility.

Mozambique

• LYNDON, Ada; LYNDON, Chris, authors. 2007. "Enatthembo: An Appraisal of Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Factors."  

Sudan

• AHLAND, Colleen Anne, author. 2004. Linguistic variation within Gumuz: a study of the relationship between historical change and intelligibility.

Americas

Colombia

• WEST, Birdie, author. 1977. "Resultados de un cuestionario de sintaxis tucano."  

Ecuador

• MOORE, Bruce R.; MOORE, Paul, authors. 1984. What is a passing grade on a comprehension test?.

Guatemala

• JOHNSON, Merieta K., author. 1991. "Slippery lingualism: Are all bilinguals really bilingual: Some preliminary thoughts."

Mexico

• EGLAND, Steven T., compiler. 1978. La inteligibilidad interdialectal en México: Resultados de algunos sondeos.  

United States

• HICKERSON, Harold; HICKERSON, Nancy P.; TURNER, Glen D., authors. 1962. "Testing procedures for estimating transfer of information among Iroquois dialects and languages."

Asia

Indonesia

• COLLIER, Kenneth J., author. 1977. Predicting intelligibility: a suggested technique.
• JONES, Larry B., author. 1988. A sentence-based method for intelligibility testing.

Malaysia

• MOODY, David C., author. 1984. "The Tidong language."

Pakistan

• RADLOFF, Carla F., author. 1991. "Avenues of acquisition of Urdu proficiency for Hindko-speaking women of Hazara division (Pakistan)."

Pacific

Australia

• HANSEN, Kenneth C., author. 1984. Communicability of some Western Desert communilects.

New Caledonia

• SCHOOLING, Stephen J., author. 1982. A sociolinguistic survey of New Caledonia (Une enquête sociolinguistique de la Nouvelle Calédonie).
• SCHOOLING, Stephen J., compiler. 1981. A linguistic and sociolinguistic survey of French Polynesia.

Papua New Guinea

• COLLIER, Kenneth J., author. 1977. Predicting intelligibility: a suggested technique.
• SIMONS, Linda, author. 1977. Guidelines for intelligibility testing in Papua New Guinea.