About the TSE of Test
The Test of Spoken English measures the ability of nonnative speakers of
English to communicate orally in English. The test is approximately 20 minutes
long.
Your performance on the Test of Spoken English indicates how your oral
language ability might affect your ability to communicate successfully in an
academic or professional environment. TSE scores are used by many North American
institutions of higher education to select international teaching assistants,
sometimes called ITAs. The scores also are used for selecting and certifying
health professionals, such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and
veterinarians.
The test requires you to demonstrate your ability to communicate in English
by responding orally on tape under timed conditions to a variety of printed and
recorded information.
On the day of the test, an interviewer on tape will ask you questions. The
questions will be printed in the test book, and the time you will have to answer
each one is printed in parentheses after the questions.
While most of the questions on the test may not appear to be directly related
to your academic or professional field, each question is designed to tell the
raters how well you communicate in English.
Important: While the TSE test is given at some TOEFL test locations, it is
NOT administered as part of the TOEFL test. It is administered separately.
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