Kammasorn, N. (2008). Web-based C-Test (WBCT) as a Placement Test for Learners of English

Population: 134 Students at Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Bangkok, Thailand.

Instruments: The WBCT, the QPT, and a retrospective interview.

Details: The purposes of this study were to investigate students’ levels classified by the WBCT, the test-takers’ strategies in doing the WBCT and their opinions towards the WBCT. The WBCT consisted of five 20-word-deletion passages constructed, administered and scored through the clozeonline.us program.

Conclusions: The findings revealed that the WBCT had a reliability of .817 and it could differentiate the students into two levels: Level 0 or “Beginner” and Level 1 or “Elementary.” The two levels were significantly different at .01. The “high” achievers employed 1) reading the sentence and 2) translating words and sentences in the context while the “low” achievers used 1) guessing and 2) reading each word or parts of sentences. In addition, the “high” achievers employed vocabulary and general proficiency in restoring the words while the “low” achievers employed only vocabulary in restoring the words. The majority of the “high” achievers accepted that the test tested their general proficiency while the majority of the “low” achievers expressed that the test tested vocabulary.

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