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...