Khru Loy: Please develop a new Thai tones test something like my previous test.
On this test I want single-syllable sounds that are all NOT real Thai words (or at least would be very rare words).
Limit the consonants to my 32 principal Thai consonants plus ศ and ษ (as final consonants only)
That will mean that people will have to assign tones based solely on the consonants, tone markers and live or dead final consonants, not on how they learned to pronounce a real word. That is, they must completely know how to use tone rules, not memory.
The test should include a variety of vowels.
Not more than 30% of the sounds should have tone markers.
Some sounds will have no final consonant but most will have final consonants.
You can add ะ to a few sounds to shorten some vowels.
There should be 60 total "non-words" on the test.
It can be on a form like the one I used in my test with five columns for marking the sounds.
Also make an answer sheet.
I will see how well I can do on the test too but staff and students will take it too to standardize it and it will be the new final test of a "basic skill".
Do not share the new test with anyone else yet.