PTE ACADEMIC

Blackmamba

@cibomatto Just to clarify, di ko sinasabing mas okay sa Pearson natapat lang yun kasi mas prepared nako that time. Kahit san po lugar basta po well prepared kayo kayang kaya niyo yan!

cibomatto

@Blackmamba Got it. I was just wondering which among the 2 test centres accommodate the most test-takers. A little worried sa background noise. I'll just try my best to block the noise during the exam. Thanks!

Blackmamba

@cibomatto Mas konti yung kasabay ko mga 6 kami nung sa RELC ako mga 10:00 am yun. Yung sa Pearson medyo madami kami mga 13 ata kami that time so talagang maingay, took the exam at 6:00 pm naman.

cibomatto

@Blackmamba My schedule on Monday is 2pm. I see. Just have to mentally prepare myself for that. Thanks for the info again!

pangky_town

Mga kapatid pag ba na abutan ka mg time za pte but were able to answer all me penalty ba yon? Yong last item ko kasi sa listening nagtime,

drive33

Nagmock ako now lang:

Communicative Skills
Listening79
Reading69
Speaking90
Writing74

Enabling Skills
Grammar67
Oral Fluency89
Pronunciation77
Spelling81
Vocabulary79
Written Discourse90

How to improve grammar? Thanks po!

Supersaiyan

@pangky_town, kapag naabutan ng time yung item na hndi mo na submit considered as no answer na yun.

Ex. 10 Items left pa tpos nag time na sa listening, yung 10 items na yun considered na unanswered na pero yung items na nasubmit will be assessed pa rin.

@drive33, to improve grammar, you should study the sentence structures and the correct placing of punctuation marks esp. comma. Addition lang din, nka 90 ako sa grammar and mataas spelling and vocab but still my score sa writing is 77 kaya sa tingin ko useless pataasin yun. Suggestion ko is dapat mag focus sa 4 components since yun ang mag mamatter though naguguluhan dn ako pano nila ina apply yung marking sa 4 components na yun.

borsalino07

@Supersaiyan natapos naman po sir pero nung double check ko baka may mali po ako spelling bigla nag expired yung time hehhe salamat po sir

lizzzie

@Supersaiyan thank you sir! God bless!

lizzzie

@Hunter_08 sige po salamat God bless!

lizzzie

kaidenMVH said:

@lizzzie more on oral fluency po, pronounciation and grammar. don't worry too much on the content. pagaralan nyo po un mga templates na na share dito. then pinaka filler na lang un retell mo. take not of the important words/phrases. also practice ng kunti to gauge un phasing ng pagsasalita mo so on the test day itself, di ka na mag woworry too much sa time. and another thing po na na feel ko na importante din. wag po nyo na po isipin un past question kung feeling mo namali ka or di nasunod yun template. wag mawawala focus.

sige sir salamat sa payo po malaking bagay. thank you. God bless!

lizzzie

eww14

@cibomatto - Sa RELC ako kasi mas madali mag pa schedule ng exam. I think mas preferred ang Pearson in general kasi mas malapit siya sa MRT station, yung RELC kasi hindi malapit sa MRT.

Pero kung concern mo ay background noise, tingin ko parehas lang yan, nung nag exam kasi ako may malakas mag salita sa likod ko, so dapat ready ka mentally na hindi ma distract. May kakilala ako hindi prepared sa noise distraction, so ayun mababa siya sa speaking kasi na distract siya.

curiousmom

@cibomatto sa relc maingay ang keyyboard, cuppage pearson hinde, mgndang class, focus k lng sa goal mo kse khit san po, my ingay, my malaks mgsalita, merong uubo..focus klng sa aim mo, wag k nlng papadistract everything will be fine Godbless=)

mfvquines

Mga Mam Sir kka exam ko lng po ng mock test ang baba po nang oral fluency at pronunciation ko parehas po cla 10 cmula plng po me doubt n aq s recording ng sample questions kc mgaralgal po un recordng ng email po ako sa pearson itry q dw po muna score test at pg d aq happy s result irefund dw po nla goldkit... me nka experience n po b ng gnto impocble nmn po cgro aq mka kuha ng dlwa 10 ngsalita nmn po aq at snunod mga template galing po sa forum...nkkapanghina po tuloy feeling ko ndi pa aq hnda sa actual exam...:(

cibomatto

@eww14 Thanks sa info! I went there earlier to check the location. Yup, for sure ineexpect ko na there will be background noise regardless which exam centre I go to. Just wondering which among the two centres have more test takers at a time. Bukas na exam ko. Really hope I get the 79+ on all sections!

cibomatto

curiousmom said:

@cibomatto sa relc maingay ang keyyboard, cuppage pearson hinde, mgndang class, focus k lng sa goal mo kse khit san po, my ingay, my malaks mgsalita, merong uubo..focus klng sa aim mo, wag k nlng papadistract everything will be fine Godbless=)

Thank you @curiousmom ! Yes, I will try my very best to just focus. I got fairly good marks on my mock test. I hope to replicate the same, if not higher, scores tomorrow.

eynah_gee

@mfvquines anong headset gamit mo? May sample ka ba ng recording mo? If ok lang sayo paki PM mo sakin. Nag sstutter ka ba while speaking?

pangky_town

Took the exam yesterday sad life hahahahah
L - 75
R - 74
S - 90
W -75

Enabling Skills
Grammar - 90
OF - 89
Pronunciation - 90
Spelling - 66
Vocabulary - 80
Written Discourse - 90

Bumaba ang Listening / Writing / Reading same. Mataas naman ang mga enabling skill, yong spelling lang talaga.

mfvquines

@eynah_gee Hello po una po gamit ko marshall monitor akala q po sa marshall me problema then tnry q po ung earphones ng iphone same lng dn po cla ng narshall kya suspetsa q po sa gold kit me problema ndi po ako ng stutter kbisado q po template sa descrbe image at retell lecture at di din po ako nputulan ng sentence nttpus q po ng 38 seconds. sa read aloud dn po ay ok nmn..

shuroro

@pangky_town sayang! konti na lang. mukhang nadali ng spelling yung writing. tanong ko lang kung tanda mo pa kung ano question sayo sa essay?

@Supersaiyan bro. nagbackread ako at nakita ko yung mga sagot mo sa essay at sa iba. ang comment ko lang dun bro medyo madami ata yung big words na ginagamit mo. nagtake ako ng Mock B kahapon wherein basic words lang ang gamit ko at direct to the point ang content. ayun nakakuha naman ako ng 85 sa writing. siguro bro, gamit ka na lang ng mix of simple and complex words pero mas madami ang simple words.

pangky_town

@shuroro - to an essay --> Value added by travel in Education. Is travel a necessary component of education or not ? Will scholar sitting at home have more knowledge?

shuroro

@pangky_town thanks

cibomatto

Hey guys, tanong ko lang. During summarize spoken text (Listening section), meron po ba sa inyo na nagtype dun sa text box directly as the speaker is talking (as opposed to writing on the notepad)? I tried it earlier while taking Scored Test B.

shuroro

@cibomatto for me mas gusto ko magsulat compared to typing notes on the textbox although mabilis akong magtype mas gusto ko yung paglagay ng mga symbols kapag nagsusulat like mga arrows. but i think may mga gumagawa niyan din dito kasi dun sila comfortable or mas nakakapagtake notes ng marami.

cibomatto

@shuroro My handwriting sucks but when I took both scored tests, I managed to read most of what I wrote except for few ones I couldn't decipher. Haha.

Supersaiyan

@shuroro, thanks for the insight bro i consider ko yang suggestion mo. Nga pala ilang word count mo sa SWT, SST at Essay? Nkita ko timeline mo at mganda result ng mock exam mo. For sure mka superior ka nyan bro.

shuroro

@Supersaiyan sa SWT nasa range ng 40 to 60 words. SST nasa 50-70. sa sa essay naman nasa 250 - 300. template lang din dito yung gamit ko. hehe. sana nga bro! feeling ko din last take mo na yan kasi superior na yan!

Supersaiyan

@shuroro, haha, sana nga bro, in GOD's perfect timing. Sa tingin ko i try ko pahabain yung word count. Haha. Nsa 230 - 240 lang ksi ako sa essay. Haha.

Sid Lim

@Blackmamba bro san mo pinost your collection ng mga essay questions? anong page sir? or anong site?