Nager I heard may mga bagong options for English test. Dun sa mga nakapagtake na ng IELTS and TOEFL and PTE pacompare naman yung difficulty. Nabasa ko lang sa website na to: <a href="http://www.ntrust.com.sg/news/toefl-and-pte-academic-now-accepted-as-ielts-alternative-for-english-test">IELTS vs TOEFL vs PTE</a>
kimchiboi I took the PTE Academic last Feb 14. I cannot tell kung mas mahirap sya pero ang problem ko kasi sa IELTS is writing....manually. At least sa PTE Academic computerized so nadalian ako sa writing. Speaking is more difficult though.
whizler @kimchiboi "2015FEB14: PTE Academic (L:79, R:87, S:77, W:84)" with scores like that almost 8 na lahat ah based sa chart na ito http://www.ntrust.com.sg/downloads/equivalent-score-chart-ielts-toefl-pte-oet.pdf Where did you take it and how much? Also, results are given at once?
kimchiboi @whizler Oo sayang yung Speaking ko kasi kinapos ako ng 2 points to get the 20 points for English. Pero ok na rin kasi nasa 65 na total points ko. Dito sa Seoul, South Korea ako kumuha. Mas mura sya ng konti sa IELTS. Price is around Php9000. Nag-exam ako ng Feb 14 ng umaga tapos I got the result around 9pm that day so mabilis talaga sya.
shye428 hi @kimchiboi, can you somehow enlighten us about how the exam goes? how many items in each category and the level of difficulty compare to ielts. TIA 🙂
kimchiboi @shye428: Actually wala syang fix number for each category. Meron syang alloted number of time per section and the computer will randomly assign a number of questions from the test bank. For example sa case ko in Writing, I got 3 items in summarizing and 1 essay question. Some people get 2 items in summarizing and 2essay. I suggest you try the free offline practice test sa site ng PTE Academic. Note that the essay writing is only 20 minutes each. <a href="http://pearsonpte.com/test-takers/preparation/free-pte-academic-preparation/">http://pearsonpte.com/test-takers/preparation/free-pte-academic-preparation/</a>
filipinacpa Nakakabuhay talaga ng loob yung mga nakukuhang scores ng nagtake ng PTE Academic after giving so many attempts in IELTS.. Dun sa ibang forum, yung iba more than 3x na laging short ng .5 sa IELTS then nakakalusot pag dating sa PTE. Hays! Feeling hopeful na ako from the time nalaman ko to. I almost give up na talaga Lol
kimchiboi @filipinacpa : Base sa experience ko kasi, medyo subjective yung IELTS in terms of grading since it is dependent on human scorer specially sa writing and speaking. Tapos kung hindi ka maganda magsulat kagaya ko...medyo mahirap pumasa sa writing.... 🙁(
filipinacpa @kimchiboi ako po twice na nagtake ng ielts and lagi short ng 0.5. 1st take: L-7.5, R-6.5, W-7.5, S-7.5 2nd take: L-8, R-8.5, W-7.5, S-6.5 Nakakapanlumo lang diba 🙁
Xiaomau82 <blockquote rel="kimchiboi">@shye428: Actually wala syang fix number for each category. Meron syang alloted number of time per section and the computer will randomly assign a number of questions from the test bank. For example sa case ko in Writing, I got 3 items in summarizing and 1 essay question. Some people get 2 items in summarizing and 2essay. I suggest you try the free offline practice test sa site ng PTE Academic. Note that the essay writing is only 20 minutes each. <a href="http://pearsonpte.com/test-takers/preparation/free-pte-academic-preparation/">http://pearsonpte.com/test-takers/preparation/free-pte-academic-preparation/</a> </blockquote> same level of difficult ba ung summarizing and essay question? kasi if not, parang lugi ata kung mas mahirap ung summarizing than essay.
kimchiboi sa tingin ko same level of difficulty lang...mas prefer ko actually ang essay...but for me, mas ok ang design ng PTE Academic. Tapos some categories are overlapping. For example, you are required to write a summary of a lecture sa listening, tapos you are required to re-tell a lecture you just listen sa speaking.
Xiaomau82 <blockquote rel="kimchiboi">sa tingin ko same level of difficulty lang...mas prefer ko actually ang essay...but for me, mas ok ang design ng PTE Academic. Tapos some categories are overlapping. For example, you are required to write a summary of a lecture sa listening, tapos you are required to re-tell a lecture you just listen sa speaking. </blockquote>have u tried taking the IELTS? based on your experience, did u find PTE easier than IELTS?
oyams90 <blockquote rel="kimchiboi">I took the PTE Academic last Feb 14. I cannot tell kung mas mahirap sya pero ang problem ko kasi sa IELTS is writing....manually. At least sa PTE Academic computerized so nadalian ako sa writing. Speaking is more difficult though. </blockquote> question po. paano nio po ipinasa ang result noong nagpasa kayo ng requirements sa visa?
kimchiboi @Xiaomau82: Yes I took IELTS last year. Honestly, I don't think PTE Academic is easier...in fact I found its speaking and listening section more difficult. However, that is not my problem area...it is writing. I have a terrible penmanship so I need to write slowly to make it more readable...I guess that is the reason why I have 6.5 in reading. For PTE Academic, it is easy to write, erase, re-arrange, insert words.
oyams90 nag purchase pa ba kau nung PREPARATION PACKAGE ng PTE Academic ? mejo mahal din nasa 39.99usd.
shye428 @kimchiboi hello sir, san po ba testing center/office that offer PTE acad here in ph that we could go to? or website po? tia 🙂
kimchiboi @oyams90: Yes I took the scored practice test from PTE website. I think very helpful sya para alam mo na yung gagawin during actual test.