Hi everyone, I just want to thank everyone in this forum, especially to @sammybear @Budoy @auitdreamer @albertus1982 @kymme @batman (and s mga hnd ko n po nabanggit) n sumagot sa mga pm ko at nagbigy ng advices s PTE. I got a superior mark nrn after months of study. As a way of giving back, let me share some tips n ginamit ko during the exam.
Rule 1 - Study hard, pray harder. Do your part sa pag aaral, and ipabahala nyo n lng ky God lahat on the day of the exam. Tiwala lang.
Speaking - surprisingly, I got high marks in this section kahit n 69 ang Oral fluency ko. How did that happen? S read aloud, I believe I did very well dto although, i noticed 2/3 mistakes s pronunciation and my naidagdag ako n word n hnd ksama sa transcript. I think ito ung humila tlga s score ko n speaking
TIP - do few facial, tongue and mouth exercises before the exam. I've noticed n mas madali kong mabigkas ung mga words n nabubulol ako after I did some exercise. Check youtube for videos.
lagi din po sinsabi dto to speak continuously. Meron po akong 1/2 describe image part n i was lost for words however, i was able to come back to my senses and nakapgsalita ulit until few seconds before the time limit
write down your template sa describe image and s re-tell lecture. I used the extra time given s preparation ng read aloud to do this.
Writing - i just did what others advised. I made sure n ung essay ko was 280-290. I only got 1 essay question (luckily).
- s summarize written text nmn - i summarized each paragraph muna then combine ko cla in one sentence. If hindi kya macombine in one sentence, I gave priority in stating the topic and sa kung ano ung conclusion/summary stated s final paragraph ng transcript.
Reading - this is the miracle for me. I honestly did not understand ung mga essays sa multiple choice questions because i was so focused sa time. I just got lucky here.
Pero sa fill in the blanks, madali lng tong section n to if you are familiar with collocations. So kinig kinig lng at basa basa lng lagi ng collocations videos s youtube prin.
Listening - ang tip ko lng dto is to take down ung naririnig ntn, this helped alot lalo n dun sa s Higlight Correct Summary. Mejo tricky ito for me pero pag my notes k mas madali mong maicocompare ung options dun sa sinulat mo.
- Summarize spoken text - i have one instance here n isang phrase lng ung nanote ko sa cinabi ng speaker and hnd ko rin xa naintindihan. Ang sinulat ko dto was part of the template ko s re-tell lecture and describe image... "Overall the speaker was clear and informative in discussing the details of the topic." I also made sure n abot ng 65-68 words ung summary ko. kahit n going around the bush na.
Goodluck everyone. Walang susuko. cheers