@nika1234 said:
Hello. I just want to say thank you so much sa lahat ng tumulong dito. I got my result already!
Will share some tips for future takers. Isummarize ko lang. Hehe.
Again, maraming maraming salamat sa lahat!
Hello, as promised, sharing some of the tips for PTE 🙂
PART 1
Preparation Materials:
Apeuni (VIP & VIP with Live Class)
Pearson (3 Official Mock Test + Test Bank)
Practice practice practice and dasal 🙂
Practice duration: 1.5 months
1st week - inaral ko muna ung flow ng exam and paano gagawin for each section
2nd week onwards - daily mock test from Apeuni (+ attendance to the live class)
Last 3 weeks - I took the official mock test on top of the daily mock test from Apeuni. From there, inidentify ko ung area kung san ako nagkakamali. I also practiced all of the prediction questions for May.
Speaking
For speaking, I can confirm na mas mababa magbigay si PTE kesa kay Pearson. I only got 79+ sa mock test ko twice. But when I took the official mock test, 90 naman sa Speaking.
Read Aloud - hm, for me binabasa ko lang ung passage and nagpapause lang ako pag may comma and period. During the prep time, binabasa ko buo ung passage para mafigure out ko ung mahihirap na words. From Apeuni, inidentify ko ano ung kelangan ko iimprove like fluency and pronunciation. Repeat Sentence - while listening, iniimagine ko ung scenario ng sinabi ng speaker. I'm sure na hindi ko naperfect to nung exam. May 1 or 2 ako na hnd ko masyado naintindihan so sinabi ko lang ung naalala ko. Hehe.
- Describe Image - nung nirereview ko ung score report ko from Apeuni, dito ako pinakamababa saka sa retell lecture. For this one, ginamit ko ung template from the live class. Nadalian din kasi ako na iconnect siya sa RL since same lang halos ung template. Hehe.
"The image describes about title. It also provides information about the topic, in many different categories such as keywords. It is clear from the image that some figures are highest and lowest. After analyzing the image, it can be concluded that there are many important facts and figures."
- Retell Lecture - again, for RL, ginamit ko ung template from the live class (blanks - keywords)
"The image describes about _____. It also provides information about _________. It is clear from the lecture that ________. After analyzing the lecture, it can be concluded that _____ are important facts and figures"
- Answer Short Question - di ko masyado prinactice. Hehe. Nireview ko lang ung prediction file for this.
Others:
During the PTE, actually hindi ako ganun naingayan. Pero I think kasi mas malakas ung ginagamit ko pag nagppractice ako kaya during the exam hindi ako ganun naingayan.
Writing
For this section, Apeuni lang ginamit ko na template talaga. Haha.
Summarize Written Text: https://www.apeuni.com/pte/guide?blog_id=133&nav_id=writing Write Essay: https://www.apeuni.com/pte/guide?blog_id=134&nav_id=writing
For all of the template sa writing, kinabisado ko lang talaga ung template. As in word for word for me to make sure na hindi ako magkakamali sa grammar. Hehe.
In terms of practice kung pano ko kinakabisado, ang ginagawa ko lang is tntype ko everyday sa Word ung mga kelangan kabisaduhin hanggang sa tumatak na siya sa isip ko. Tapos if meron ako namiss na word, ihihighlight ko siya to make sure na macapture ko siya lagi sa practice.
Reading
Sa Reading ako pinakanahirapan talaga. Dumating ako sa point na naiiyak na ko kasi mga last week na before ng exam nagkakamali parin ako haha pero sa awa ng Diyos, may mga lumabas sa exam na naaral ko na before and nagkamali na ko before kaya naalala ko na ung tamang sagot hehe. Sa time management, narealize ko na chill ka lang dapat kasi enough ung time sa pagsagot. Dati kasi nappressure ako sa time so ang nangyayari ang daming natitirang oras tapos mali mali ung sagot since nagmamadali ako. So di na ako dun nagfocus, basta ang naging palatandaan ko is pag more than 3 mins na ko sa question, kelangan ko na magmove on. Hehe. I also maximized the time during my exam, may mga 5 mins lang ako na natira sa dulo.
FIB - RW - Before, ang ginagawa ko is binabasa ko muna ung buong passage before ako sumagot. Pero narealize ko na masyadong mahaba ung passage kapag FIB-RW so nagseselect na lang ako ng words na feel ko tugma sa sentence then after ko mabasa lahat babalikan ko ung mga sinelect ko. Multiple Choice (Multiple) - Binabasa ko muna ung question then saka ko babasahin ung buong passage. Since madalas masyado mahaba, hnd ako masyado nagspend ng time dito basta may makita lang ako na isang sagot na sure ako, un lang ung sinelect ko. During the exam, isa lang sinelect ko kahit multiple ung sagot hehe
Re-order Paragraphs - For RO, ang ginawa ko lang is binabasa ko muna lahat then iidentify ko ung 1st sentence (https://www.apeuni.com/pte/guide?blog_id=129&nav_id=reading). Once matapos na ko, babasahin ko ulit ung buong passage to make sure na nagmmake sense. Also for this, practice lang talaga. May lumabas din kasi sa exam na napractice ko na before kaya gets ko na ung topic. FIB - R - Dito ko inapply ung babasahin ko ung buong passage before ko sagutan. First, short lang naman ung passage di katulad sa RW. Second, kelangan mo talaga maintindihan ung buong passage kasi may mga choices na same naman meaning pero mas appropriate ung isang word sa context nung passage. Wag madaliin kasi eto naman ung 2nd to the last na portion and malaki din ung weight nito sa scoring.
- Multiple Choice (Single) - Same sa Multiple Choice (Multiple), binabasa ko muna ung question then saka ko babasahin ung passage. Mas madali to kasi isa lang ung sagot hehe
