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

by Dean Steven Papajohn (Author)

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The new edition of TowardSpeaking 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 TowardSpeaking 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..

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Michigan Press ELT; Second edition (February 16, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0472030868
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0472030866
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.9 x 10 inches

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- #16,700 in English as a Second Language Instruction

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PEDRO R.

It's a good book,I love it.

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2013

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I shoose these book because it's an exelent book to learn how to write, read and to speak,I love it.

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2012

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Good book, good price. Even though some pages drop apart, I still like it. I may recommend it to my friends.

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2016

excellent

Lots of practice material

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2007

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Very nice book and lot of practice material. But sad side is that it doesn't have CD.

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An ESL student

This is a very bad book

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2006

I can only assume that the authors are the ones that wrote the other reveiws. Half of the book has pictures for oral exercies, but it has no explaination or examples about how to speak correctly. The other half has exercises without explaination or answers. How can I learn if the book does not provide correct speaking examples. It may work for an instructor, but it is definately not a self study book. It might be an okay book if it contained a CD, but it does not so the book is really useless. I know this is a harsh review, but I don't want anyone else to waste their money.

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Edgar Manukyan

Toward Speaking Excellence (2nd ed.): The Michigan Guide to Maximizing Your Performance on TSE

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2007

This book is an indispensable tool for ESL/EFL instructors implementing speaking courses as well as tutoring for TSE test. It is really focused on enhancing non-native speakers' English communication skills.

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Aleksandr Dzyuin

Great Book

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2005

I read the book! What a wonderful tool! Very helpful reccomendations! I am very impressed with exercises! I follow the guidlines of the book and I get 50 out of 60 on my TSE! I get 50 without real studying! I just read the book, complete all exercises while reading it and follow recommendations. If I would study a bit harder I would get 60, but 50 is my score and it is the score to pass....So I stay very pleased with the book. It helps a lot.

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ross som

Hopeless book

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2006

This is one of the useless book i have come across...the TSE exam which you will encounter is totally different than what they tell you in the book, furthermore, this book does not have good examples to practice... the authors should understand that TSE is about speaking and not writing or reading so by just reading this book there is no way anyone will understand how to speak in TSE.. I would not recommend this book to anyone

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