Why PTE ?
Like IELTS, PTE (Pearson Test of English) consists of two modules:
- PTE Academic (applicable in Top Universities)
- PTE General (for acquiring good jobs)
PTE is acknowledged by almost all the big universities of United States and United Kingdom. The credibility of Pearson Test of English has 100% recognition in Australia. The best part of this test is that the result is announced within 5 days.
PTE Institute Polaris best PTE institute in Amritsar, providing PTE classes with outstanding results
Pearson Test of English-Academic is used to assess English proficiency of candidates who want to study or settle in English speaking nations.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 multiple choice through to essay writing and interpreting information.
PTE Academic assesses real-life, academic English, so you will hear excerpts from lectures and view graphs and charts. You will hear a range of accents in the test, from British and American to non-native speakers, so you will be exposed to the type of accents you will encounter in everyday life
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 2: Reading
(32 – 41 minutes)
- Multiple choice, choose single answer
- Multiple choice, choose multiple answers
- Re-order paragraphs
- Reading: Fill in the blanks
- Reading & writing: fill in the blanks
Part 3: Listening
(45 – 57 minutes)
- Summarize spoken text
- Multiple choice questions
- Fill in the blanks
- Highlight the correct summary
- Multiple choice questions
- Select missing word
- Highlight incorrect words
- Write from dictation
How the test is scored
All items in PTE Academic are machine scored using PTE Academic’s automated scoring system. Scores for some item types are based on correctness alone, while others are based on correctness, formal aspects and the quality of the response. Formal aspects refer to the form of the response: for example, whether it is over or under the word limit for a particular item type. The quality of the response is represented in the enabling skills. For example, in the item type Re-tell lecture the response is scored on skills such as oral fluency and pronunciation. There are two types of scoring: correct or incorrect, and partial scoring.
Who accepts PTE Academic?
PTE Academic is accepted by thousands of universities worldwide, including prestigious institutions such as Harvard Business School, INSEAD and Yale. PTE Academic is also accepted for visa purposes by the Australian and New Zealand governments.
We teach the students in two phases. In the first phase, named approach builder for PTE, we build the fundamentals of a student so that he or she understands HOW TO ATTEMPT various types of questions in different modules of PTE .EVERY RESPONSE IS DISCUSSED WITH THE STUDENT to let him or her know the mistake and the best solution to the problem faced. FEEDBACK IS GIVEN FOR EVERY RESOPONSE to ensure continuous learning to enable a student to score desired band score in less time.
In the second phase, named SCORE BUILDER FOR PTE, students attempt the test on a computer and gets the CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK FOR ALL THE ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS. All teachers at our institute have band score 7.5 or above to ensure best quality teaching. In addition to this ,daily FREE grammar class is provided to students of our institute.
A lot of effort is put into the preparation of the students so that everyone enrolled at the institute can get the best possible return on the time and money invested with us. We have a well furnished computer lab with hi-speed internet connection(40 Mbps) for the best experience .Students can do the practice on more than 100 online tests for their preparationn in our centre.
IELTS-PTE SCORES COMPARISON
