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PTE Self-Study: You Know Your Strengths If You Track Your Practice Regularly

  PTE Exam preparation is the first thing that is on your checklist soon after you enroll for the PTE Exam. Because, what you know by now is only that PTE stands for the Pearson Test of English which tests your enabling and communicative skills via speaking, reading, writing, and listening section. Apart from these your grammar, spelling, oral fluency, pronunciation skills are put to the test. And the other thing you know that it can help you settle abroad or is helpful if you are planning to study abroad. But this is the first puzzle you have to figure out your way; you have to plan properly if you are planning to study by yourselves. As without preparation, it is not easy to score as you have heard of it being.   Find out the answers to the questions for a better and planned PTE Self-study: How are you going to start? From where are you going to find a reliable resource for practice materials? How many hours do you have to put in to achieve your desired score? What level of coaching

PTE Test Day: Do Not Stress Yourself, Treat It Like A Normal Day

  PTE- Pearson Test of English is believed to be easier in comparison to the other English language skill tests. And that is the reason some of the test-takers jump in without knowing what amount of practice it will take to clear the PTE Test. And there are the others who fail to clear the exam because of the phobia they carry along with them of doubting themselves of not being capable enough to clear the PTE Exam. These two types of failures can be dealt with proper coaching and PTE practice with high-quality study materials and proper guidance from the certified PTE experts. But the strangest thing is that even after months of preparation, there are students who fail to clear the exam. No, it’s not the deficit coaching or improper guidance or lack in the  PTE tips & tricks  they learnt were not enough that lead to the failure; it is the fear of the big day –the PTE Test day. In the PTE exam, it is not the four sections reading, writing, learning, or speaking alone the exam tests

PTE Score: Know How the PTE-A Is Scored & Get Started With Mock Tests

 If you want to take the PTE-Academic Exam, you need first to understand how it is scored. The PTE is different from typical English-language tests. It uses integrated scoring. Getting the perfect PTE score is as much a function of proper understanding of the scoring pattern, as it of flawless performance. Experts recommend that even before taking a PTE Mock Test, you should first know in detail about how your PTE Test is scored. In this blog, we will address the scoring part of the test. Understanding Your PTE Score: How the PTE-Academic Is Scored All questions in the PTE Academic Exam are scored using an automated scoring method (Artificial Intelligence-scoring).  There are two types of questions, depending on how they are scored: Questions based on correctness. (Correct or incorrect) Questions based on correctness, response quality and formal aspects. (Partial credit) The quality of the response is based on something called 'Enabling Skills'. We've explained that in deta

PTE Speaking: Avoid These Mistakes Made by Aspirants & Score High

  "I am a native speaker, but I lost marks in the PTE Speaking section," is a common refrain often heard amongst PTE-A aspirants.   Let us understand what the common mistakes made by PTE Aspirants in the PTE Academic Exam are:   One of the fundamental errors that the aspirants make is of placing the mic incorrectly. And as a result of this mistake, your answers recorded will not be clear and you might end up losing marks in the PTE Speaking section. Other common Mistakes that aspirants make in the PTE Speaking section: PTE Speaking is not a speed speaking competition. Don't speak too fast! When you are attempting tasks in the Speaking section, it is possible that if you are a native speaker, you become overconfident. Or, if you do not know the answer, you become anxious. In both these cases, you might speak fast, very fast. And it is essential to remember that the PTE Speaking test is not a speed speaking competition.    This will affect your oral fluency score. So, it is

Practical Tips for PTE Essay Writing & Summarise Written Text

  The PTE Writing Section is not as easy as it seems. There are instances where native English speakers have failed to clear the tasks. And often aspirants are found looking for the tips. Still, many of them keep on getting confused about the right and helpful tips and waste a lot of time. But what if you get a manual for  PTE Writing  section that can help in your PTE Preparation? It would be best if you break the stereotype which asks you to keep writing the essay and the things will fall in place. If you don't do so, you end up writing a story in place of an essay. Or else you might write every supporting point in one paragraph without it making any sense. And this is not only with the PTE Essay Writing; it's the same scenario with Summarise Written text. In Summarise Written text, aspirants keep on writing non-semantically. There are no points that anyone can tell you to include in your essay and are correct. However, here are a few points that can help you proceed semantic

PTE-A Exam: Add these seven tips to your preparation plan to stay ahead

  PTE-A Exam: Add these seven tips to your preparation plan to stay ahead Bifurcation of the questions A PTE Aspirants taking the exam has to answer 73-80 questions in 20 different tasks. You can bifurcate the questions according to: The questions that contribute to the score of another section and are challenging. The questions that contribute to the score of another section and are your strong areas. The questions that carry negative marking. The questions that need skill polishing. You can also refer to the  PTE Score guide  to understand how much marks do a question carry. A perfect study plan One can never get enough practice for the  PTE-A exam . However, you need to make a study plan and stick to it. A perfect study plan is a perfect combination of preparation method, practice time, and self-analysis. For the questions that contribute to the score of another section and are difficult for you: Devote at least 2 hours a day to preparing for them. Practice with the repeated questio

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  What if you had only four weeks to prepare for the PTE Academic Test? Consider this for a second: You have only four weeks to become an expert in different tasks across the four test modules. And to make things worse, let’s imagine that you don’t have the time for classroom coaching. Sounds overwhelming, right? Too little time for thorough  PTE Academic preparation ? But if you have a study plan and a well-thought-out strategy, you still have a good shot at getting your desired  PTE score . In this blog post, we will share a study plan prepared by our in-house PTE Academic experts. The PTE study plan involves free practice questions on the PTE Tutorials Mobile App. It is available for free on both Android and iOS platforms. PTE Preparation Starts Let's start with Mondays and Tuesdays first   Mondays and Tuesdays For Mondays, you can start by practising with the following question types: Read Aloud Highlight Incorrect Words Listening Fill in the Blanks Summarize Spoken Text Readin