Aadele Training Centre – Coaching classes for PTE Preparation in Chennai

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  • Short listing of Universities before appearing for the test

PTE Academic Test

PTE Academic Exam is a computer based secure English Language test which assesses the four key language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing. PTE Academic Test delivers a real-life measure of test takers’ language ability to universities, higher education institutions, government departments and organizations requiring academic English.

PTE Academic Exam offers fast, flexible English testing. Candidates can schedule their test as little as twenty-four hours in advance, and typically receive their results within five business days.

PTE Academic test is scheduled in over 50 countries worldwide, 363 days of the year, at one of over 200 locations, so you can choose a time and place that suits you.

PTE Academic Examis approved by the Australian Government for visa applications and accepted by thousands of institutions in the UK, Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand, and Ireland, including prestigious institutions such as Harvard Business School, INSEAD and Yale University.

PTE Academic Test Format

Task Type Communicative skills assessed Number of Tasks Time allowed
Part 1: Speaking and writing
Personal introductionn/a (unscored)11 Minute
Read aloud reading and speaking 6-7 30-35 minutes
Repeat Sentence Listening and speaking 10-12
Describe Image speaking 6-7
Re-tell lecture listening and speaking 3-4
Answer short question listening and speaking 10-12
Summarize written text Reading and writing 2-3 50-60 minutes
Write essay writing 1-2 50-60 minutes
Part 2- Reading
Multiple-choice, choose single answer reading 2-3 32-41 minutes
Multiple-choice, choose Multiple answers reading 2-3
Re-order paragraphs reading 2-3
Reading: Fill in the blanks reading 4-5
Reading & writing: Fill in the blanks reading and writing 5-6
Part 3- Listening
Summarize spoken text listening and writing 2-3 20-30 minutes
Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers listening 2-3 23-28 minutes
Fill in the blanks listening and writing 2-3
Highlight correct summary listening and reading 2-3
Multiple-choice, choose single answer listening 2-3
Select missing word listening 2-3
Highlight correct words listening and reading 2-3
write from dictation listening and writing 3-4

PTE Academic Exam Scoring

Overall score

The overall score is based on performance on all test items (tasks in the test consisting of instructions, questions or prompts, answer opportunities and scoring rules). Each test taker does between 70 and 91 items in any given test and there are 20 different item types.For each item, the score given contributes to the overall score. The score range is 10–90 points.

Communicative skills scores

The communicative skills measured are listening, reading, speaking and writing. Items testing these communicative skills also test specific subskills. For integrated skills items (that is, those assessing reading and speaking, listening and speaking, reading and writing, listening and writing, or listening and reading) the item score contributes to the score for the communicative skills that the item assesses.The score range for each skill is 10–90 points.

Enabling skills scores

The enabling skills are used to rate performance in the productive skills of speaking and writing. The enabling skills measured are grammar, oral fluency, pronunciation, spelling,vocabulary, and written discourse. The scores for enabling skills are based on performance on only those items that assess these skills specifically. The score range for each skill is 10–90 points.