The Speaking Proficiency English Assessment Kit (SPEAK®) is an oral test developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), publishers of the Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL®), an industry standard for assessing English proficiency for non-native speakers. The SPEAK is administered to non-native English speakers. Its aim is to evaluate the examinee's proficiency in spoken English. It is usually taken as a professional certification, especially for graduate teaching assistants in the American college and university system, who are often required to hold office hours and converse in English with students. It is also used in the medical profession, where communication with patients is required. The SPEAK® test is very similar to the Test of Spoken English (TSE®), and is in fact a form of the TSE® developed for institutions that consists of retired forms of the TSE®. Thus, both exams use the same scoring system.
