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4 March - Researched about PTE-A
5 March to 14 March - Used practice materials that I downloaded using the links from this thread and other materials on “No.6” below
15 March Bought PTE-A Official practice materials
16 March Test B - LRWS 86 79 89 81 (Yep nauna ang test B)
16 March Scheduled PTE-A Exam
19 March Test A - LRWS 76 77 85 69 (Mababa score ko kase distracted ako while taking the assessment)
21 March PTE-A Test
23 March PTE-A Result LRWS 90 82 90 90
<b>TIPS</b>
<b>1. Knowledge.</b>It is important that you know everything about the exam, pre, during, and post. This helps lessen your anxiety (fear of the unknown).
<b>2. Study Plan.</b>This encouraged me to use my time wisely and helped me organise my daily life activities/tasks, squeezing in review and assessments before and after work.
<b>3. Social Media.</b> I did not use the likes of Facebook and Instagram the whole time I was preparing for the assessment (roughly 2 weeks). Instead, I used my spare time to enhance my LRWS Skills (to be discussed later). It’s also a good feeling that I wasn’t online for a few days. I literally logged off from all of my accounts para walang temptation.
</b>4. Discipline and Time Management.</b> Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment (Jim Rohn). This is what I live by pag kailangan ko mag-focus sa mga tasks, which means you can put your study plan to good use. I had to cancel all night outs para mag-concentrate sa exam.
</b>5. Strengths and Weaknesses.</b> Know what you’re good at as well as you weaknesses. This way you can prioritize the tasks that require more attention on your Study Plan. For me, I assumed that I will have a hard time with “Repeat Sentence” as I normally forget stuff online.
</b>6. Review Materials.</b> I used the following review materials: (1) the ones available on this thread, (2) Gold Pearson Official Practice Materials, and (3) Writing samples from https://www.scribd.com/ and http://dylanaung.blogspot.com.au/
</b>7. Target Store.</b> My target score was 90 for all 4 skills (LRWS). When I took one of the local board exams in the Philippines, during the review time, my target was to be one of the top notchers! Alam ko sa sarili ko hindi ko makukuha yun sa dami ba naman ng mag-eexam, pero nakatulong yun para ma-inspire ako na mag-aral ng mabuti. In the end, although hindi ako top-notcher naging mataas ang score ko. Hindi ko ito sinasabi para ipag-mayabang ang kung ano man ang meron ako dahil hindi ko gawain yun. Para lang mas ma-explain ko ang sinasabi ko.
To end this, I know almost everyone on this thread are professionals. It’s hard to find time to study when you have work deadlines and tons of reports to finish. But here’s another quote for you: You are at your best when you’re fighting for something”. Magagawa at magagawa mong isingit ang review basta alam mo meron kang goal. No set goal means your brain will not be inspired to do the work. You need to condition you mind and body. For example, my first practice exam, para walang distraction, I took it from 12:30 am to 3:30 am (16 March 2016), ginawa ko natulog ako after dinner then gising ng madaling araw. Tulog ulit ako from 3:30 am to 6 am tapos pasok na ko work. Weekday kase ako nag-practice exam kase gusto ko na talaga mag-take ng official exam para matapos na ang pag-aapply namin. I think this last bit is the most important of all.
Hey @wingleaf here it is