Strategies Used in Taking a Computer-based Speaking Test: A Retrospective Verbal Protocol Study
Sutthirak Sapsirin
sapsirin@yahoo.com
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Kanchana Prapphal
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Lyle F. Bachman
fb@humnet.ucla.edu
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Abstract

This study investigated the strategies used by examinees when performing a computer- based speaking test. The data were collected from nine university students through a retrospective interview. The results showed that the examinees used several strategies, ranging from goal setting, assessment, planning to communication strategies. These strategies seemed to be associated with the constructs the CBST aimed to measure. It can be concluded that the findings provide evidence that supports the validity of the CBST score interpretations.

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