Toward Speaking Excellence, Second Edition The Michigan Guide to Maximizing Your Performance on the TSE(R) Test and Other Speaking Tests

Name: Toward Speaking Excellence, Second Edition The Michigan Guide to Maximizing Your Performance on the TSE(R) Test and Other Speaking Tests
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ISBN: 9780472030866

ISBN-10: 0472030868

ISBN-13: 9780472030866

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Dean Steven Papajohn

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The new edition of Toward Speaking Excellence addresses the recent changes to the Test of Spoken English (TSEreg;). The text introduces readers to the format of the new TSEreg;, 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 TSEreg;-like tests are included for further practice. Also provided are practice with some of the skills that, while no longer tested on the TSEreg;, are key to sounding more native-like and fluent. Toward Speaking Excellence may be used as an individual study tool or as a course…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 2/16/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English




Introduction to oral proficiency testing



Preparing for the TSE test and other speaking tests



Test scoring



Pronunciation



The new TSE test



A sample test



Warm-up questions



Narrate a story



Discuss advantages and disadvantages



Share an opinion



Discuss a hypothetical situation



Describe graph



Analyze a graph



Extend a greeting



Respond to a phone message



Give a progress report



Final notes and test registration information



Practice tests



The SPEAK test



Recommending, giving directions, and describing questions for the SPEAK test



Suggest and persuade questions for the SPEAK test



Define or explain questions for the SPEAK test



Announcement questions for the SPEAK test