Communicative skills tested: Listening and speaking. Subskills tested: Identifying the topic, theme or main ideas; understanding academic vocabulary; inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words. Speaking for a purpose (to repeat, to inform, to explain); using words and phrases appropriate to the context; speaking under timed conditions Scoring: Communicative skills Listening and speaking Correct/incorrect: 1 Appropriate word choice in response 0 […]
Communicative skills tested: Listening and speaking. Subskills tested: Identifying the topic, theme or main ideas; identifying supporting points or examples; identifying a speaker’s purpose, style, tone or attitude; understanding academic vocabulary; inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words; comprehending explicit and implicit information; comprehending concrete and abstract information; classifying and categorizing information; following an oral sequencing of information; comprehending variations in […]
Communicative skills tested: Speaking Subskills tested: Speaking for a purpose (to repeat, inform, explain); supporting an opinion with details, examples and explanations; organizing an oral presentation in a logical way; developing complex ideas within a spoken discourse; using words and phrases appropriate to the context; using correct grammar; speaking at a natural rate; producing fluent speech; using correct intonation; using […]
Communicative skills tested: Listening and speaking. Subskills tested: Understanding academic vocabulary; inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words; comprehending variations in tone, speed and accent. Speaking for a purpose (to repeat, to inform, to explain); speaking at a natural rate; producing fluent speech; using correct intonation; using correct pronunciation; using correct stress; speaking under timed conditions. Scoring: Communicative skills Listening and […]
Communicative skills tested: Reading and speaking. Subskills tested: Identifying a writer’s purpose, style, tone or attitude; understanding academic vocabulary; reading a text under timed conditions. Speaking for a purpose (to repeat, to inform, to explain); reading a text aloud; speaking at a natural rate; producing fluent speech; using correct intonation; using correct pronunciation; using correct stress; speaking under timed conditions. […]
Communicative skills tested: ReadingSubskills tested: Identifying the topic, theme or main ideas; identifying supporting points or examples; identifying the relationships between sentences and paragraphs; understanding academic vocabulary; understanding the difference between connotation and denotation; inferring the meaning of unfamiliar words; comprehending explicit and implicit information; comprehending concrete and abstract information; classifying and categorizing information; following a logical or chronological sequence […]
Part 1: Speaking & Writing(77 – 93 minutes) Personal introduction Read aloud Repeat sentence Describe image Re-tell lecture Answer short question Summarize written text Essay (20 mins) Part 1: Speaking & Writing (77 – 93 Minutes) In Part 1 you will be tested on your speaking and writing skills. The time given to this section is 77-93 minutes. To assess […]
All test takers should prepare for PTE Academic, even if English is your first language. Test takers who consider themselves to be fluent in English sometimes score less well in English tests than they could have, because lack of preparation affects their performance on the day. Complete the preparation path to give yourself the best chance of performing well on […]
To complete a PTE Academic test, you will need to attend a secure Pearson test center. You will use a computer and headset to listen to, read and respond to questions. During the three-hour test session there will be three main parts to the test: speaking and writing (together), listening and reading. There are twenty different question formats, ranging from […]