How to get best score in PTE? PTE Academic Coaching in Hyderabad
Follow the 12 best
tips for highest score in SPEAKING Test of PTE Academic
For scoring high in
PTE Academic it is important to know where one stands initially. So that one
can know the weaknesses and strengths and be able to improve accordingly.
Knowing your strengths boosts you up to do the test better. As it is known PTE
Academic has speaking, writing, Reading and listening aspects Your Speaking
section is judged based on oral fluency and pronunciation. Unlike IELTS
Exam the speaking section is not done manually but with a computer. So
a feeling of nervousness sitting in front of English professor may not scare
you out. This is one plus point with PTE Academic. The scores are
given accordingly as referred below.
5 – Native-like
4 – Advanced
3 – Good
2 – Intermediate
1 – Intrusive
0 – Non English
Follow the tips for
scoring your best in Speaking test of PTE Academic
Tip – 1
Search on ‘schwa
sound’ on you tube and learn the linking like Consonant to vowel,
vowel to vowel and Consonant to consonant. Try to repeat the native English
speakers of British, American or Australian origin.
Learning the word linking is easy but mastering the same requires lots of
practice. To improve pronunciation, go through IPA and phonemes and practice on
the same.
Tip – 2
The oral fluency can
be gained with constant mock tests by one’s self through recording and
listening, thereby improving the speech to mimic a native speaker. Reading
Newspaper, watching and listening to English movies, News channels with an ear
for detail and implementing accordingly fetches a good score in PTE
Academic.
1.
Repeating
the Sentence:
The candidate’s skills
are tested here in the area of explaining and giving information with proper
pronunciation. The speech must be fluent, with correct vocabulary. Scoring is
based on insertions, omissions.
3 – All words from the
prompt should be responded in a correct sequence
2 – 50% of the given
sequence should be correct
1 – Less than 50% of
the given sequence should be correct
0 – When nothing was
uttered in response to the prompt
Tip – 3 Listen with full concentration speak it out
what you’ve heard. Start speaking after the computer stops speaking. Give
importance to keywords in the sentence you heard while attempting the initial
aspect of the speaking test of PTE Academic.
2.
Illustrating
the Image:
Your skills are tested
here in the area of boosting an expressed opinion with examples, explanations,
presenting logically with complex ideas, with a remarkable flow of fluency,
using appropriate phrases, grammar, at a natural instinct.
Scoring: 5 –
Description of the image should be comprehensive and balanced and concluded
with implications.
4 – Description with
all the elements of the image, concluding in connection to inference
3 – Description of
most of the elements of the image, concluding in connection to inference
2 – Shows basic
knowledge and understanding of the image and explains one of the basic elements
with clear implications
1 – Describing the
image with basic understanding and no clear implications
0 – Irrelevant
elements during presentation
Tip – 4
Practice a lot
with ‘Tell what chart’ learn to use proper vocabulary such as illustrates,
depicts, and so on. Don’t use simple words such as ‘show’ often. Know the types
of images such as Bar-chart, Line-graph, Pie-chart.
Tip – 5
While illustrating the
image use the words ‘above, at the top, bottom, foreground, background, right hand
side, left hand side, next to, below and so on.
Tip – 6
Never be silent, say
something about the image. Take not more than 30 – 35 seconds.
Incomplete sentences do not give marks.
3.
Re-telling
a lecture: The skills
tested here are how the test taker understands the topic, key themes and main
ideas, understanding the perspective, purpose of the speaker, comprehending the
information, able to categorize the information, and sequencing verbally
Scoring:
5 – Restates all the
elements during presentation, aspects, concluding with implications
4 –Illustrate all the
essential elements of presentation, with proper conclusions
3 –Illustrates most of
the elements with proper conclusions
2 – Focuses on one
major point, showing that the test taker understands the implication.
1 – Focuses on some
elements during presentation but no clear implications
0 – No co-relation in
between the elements
Tip – 7
Describe the lecture
by stating ‘According to the speaker’, ‘the given lecture gives a brief account
on’ ….
Tip – 8
Make note of the key
words and use them appropriately
Tip – 9
Simplify 3-5 sentences
while re-telling lecture.
Tip – 10
Avoid the vowels and
take only key words to save your precious time and practice accordingly
4.
Short
answer questions: The skills
tested in this aspect of speaking section of PTE Academic is to identify the
main theme, use of vocabulary, concluding with implications
Scoring: 1 –
proper word choice selection
0 – improper word
choice selection
Tip – 11
Even if you don’t know
the answer for the question, try repeating the question
Tip – 12
Always remember the
articles a, an, and the. Use them before words as and when necessary. It gives
an impression about the test taker of PTE Academic that you know the correct usage of
articles.
Following the tips
with lots of practice and mock tests is not just enough for your best score. It
is very well required to be guided by experienced professor to put the tips and
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