TSE并不是非考不可的，但若真感兴趣，不妨一考，对口语是有帮助的。

  上东方的班应该说是有必要得，当然这也应人而异，尤其是有一段there will be a teacher from USA.from she or he, you can improve your pronounciation greatly. and from Du,Zihua, you can master kinds of boring skills to deal with the TSE test, and it is really important. Remember, TSE is not equal to spoken english, so technics is important,you have to master all of them if you want to get high score in TSE.I mean,55 or 60. Just in the way you deal with TOEFL and GRE.

Another important thing is that you have to practice a lot. Which means whenever and wherever possible. Just speak and speak. You can speak everything and you can speak to yourself. Speak about the sceen, about the things happened to you, or about your own feeling. Speak out louder and form this habbit. This is the most important thing, in this way, you can form your way of thinking in English , which is called english mentality.

Finally, you have to read some formal materials. New Concept English(2) is a god one. You can recite it. This book contains nearly every words which are most likely to be used in everyday english. And you can record the teacher\'s lecture and listen to it and repeat. It is also very helpful to both your pronunciation and your mentality.

So,if you want to take TSE and get enough score, you had better spend on hour a day in reading easy english and practice your spoken english whenever and wherever possible. At last, you must pray for good luck. If your english proficiency is fairly well and you have good luck, you will suceed. If you fail , i think your endeavor is still very helpful for your spoken english.