thank you God, was able to get the scores i needed L:84/S:90/R:89/W:87
thanks to @filipinacpa for creating this thread and informing us about this wonderful Godsent alternative to IELTS!
like others here I also failed to get my desired score in IELTS due to W:6.5 and re-marking did not change it, so i basically blew off 15,000...
just want to share my experience taking the reviewing and taking the test in PTE makati:
for review materials used Macmillan and the zip file from PTE
during my review, i recorded my voice and found out that i was speaking too slowly because i compared it with <a href="http://www.pearsonpte.com/resources/offline-practice-test.zip">PTE's zip file containing sample candidate answers</a> (my speed was similar to the sample candidate who was judged to be slow and hesistating)
i adjusted my speed according to the sample candidate who was judged to be a good speaker
i continued doing the voice recording until i was comfortable with the speed, pronunciation and focus (don't overthink the sentence, just read it so I won't stumble)
At Makati PTE branch:
you can only arrive 30mins BEFORE the exam, if you arrive earlier than that you will be asked to go down and wait in the ground floor lobby which has no chairs, so you end up standing in the lobby
there were 6 of us, and its true that during speaking, you will hear the others talking especially the loud ones - so focus is key
May I ask, in the EOI Skillselect form, it is asking for "Test Reference Number", to anyone who successfully submitted the EOI Skillselect, which did you provide? Is is the:
PTE Test Taker ID
or Registration ID
<b>Which one should I use</b>?