Toward Speaking Excellence: The Michigan Guide to Maximizing Your Performance on the TSE (R) Test and Other Speaking Tests
The new edition of Toward Speaking Excellence addresses the recent changes to the Test of Spoken English (TSE®). The text introduces readers to the format of the new TSE®, typical questions, and scoring criteria. The second edition of Toward Speaking Excellence includes actual student responses that are used or modified to highlight specific characteristics of effective communication. Two complete sample TSE®-like tests are included for further practice. Also provided are practice with some...
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The new edition of Toward Speaking Excellence addresses the recent changes to the Test of Spoken English (TSE®). The text introduces readers to the format of the new TSE®, typical questions, and scoring criteria. The second edition of Toward Speaking Excellence includes actual student responses that are used or modified to highlight specific characteristics of effective communication. Two complete sample TSE®-like tests are included for further practice. Also provided are practice with some of the skills that, while no longer tested on the TSE®, are key to sounding more native-like and fluent.Toward Speaking Excellence may be used as an individual study tool or as a course text. While the material is directed toward the TSE® and SPEAK® tests, the communication strategies presented will prepare students for other types of oral exams (including the TAST®, interviews, and performance tests. Toward Speaking Excellence is a course book but may also be used for individual test-preparation/self-study.Dean Papajohn is a Specialist in Education at the Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign..
Pt. 1Introduction to oral proficiency testing11Preparing for the TSE test and other speaking tests32Test scoring103Pronunciation17Pt. 2The new TSE test434A sample test455Warm-up questions536Narrate a story617Discuss advantages and disadvantages808Share an opinion969Discuss a hypothetical situation10810Describe graph12311Analyze a graph13912Extend a greeting15713Respond to a phone message17314Give a progress report19615Final notes and test registration information22816Practice tests232Pt. 3The SPEAK test24717Recommending, giving directions, and describing questions for the SPEAK test24918Suggest and persuade questions for the SPEAK test27019Define or explain questions for the SPEAK test28020Announcement questions for the SPEAK test288
