| Toward Speaking Excellence: The Michigan Guide to Maximizing Your Performance on the TSE Test and Other Speaking Tests Contributor(s): Papajohn, Dean Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472030868 ISBN-13: 9780472030866 Publisher: University of Michigan Press ELT OUR PRICE: $28.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2005 Annotation: The new edition of "Toward" "Speaking Excellence" addresses the recent changes to the Test of Spoken English (TSE(R)). The text introduces readers to the format of the new TSE(R), 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(R)-like tests are included for further practice. Also provided are practice with some of the skills that, while no longer tested on the TSE(R), 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(R) and SPEAK(R) tests, the communication strategies presented will prepare students for other types of oral exams (including the TAST(R), 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.. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Study Aids | English Proficiency (incl. Toefl & Ielts) - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 428.007 |
| LCCN: 2005280648 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.06" W x 10.1" (1.45 lbs) 303 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Michigan |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The new edition of TowardSpeaking Excellence addresses the recent changes to the Test of Spoken English (TSE(R)). The text introduces readers to the format of the new TSE(R), 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(R)-like tests are included for further practice. Also provided are practice with some of the skills that, while no longer tested on the TSE(R), 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(R) and SPEAK(R) tests, the communication strategies presented will prepare students for other types of oral exams (including the TAST(R), 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.. |