PTE ACADEMIC

naidetous

hi po. ask ko lang po gano katagal ung results sa mock test sa pteacademic? thanks po.

emil1125

@naidetous mga 10 minutes lang po un.

naidetous

bakit wala pa rin ung sken? kaninang madaling araw pa po ako nagsubmit.

batman

@von1xx you have to purchase it from PTE din.

nicnac

@emil1125 nag email sayo? Wala padin yung sakin

MDK-GAB

@penpendesarapin di po PTE dyan sir, IELTS yata. Hanap ako ng PTE talaga.

just.anotherguy

goodluck po sa lahat ng mag e-Exam ng PTE. sana lahat tayo ay maka pasa! scheduled exam ko next week dito sa Pearson's sg.. few days na din akong nagbabasa-basa ng mga tips dito sa thread na toh, and madami akong natutunan. salamat s mga nag sshare ng tips and advices!

penpendesarapin

@MDK-GAB meron na akong sched sa Cebu. Tpos may voucher sila CEBU18 may 10% discount. Yun ang ginamit ko. Ang voucher nila until March 2018. Padiscount nila kasi bago ang testing centre. Try mo check sa PTE website.

als1987

@emil1125 Sir Ano po technique sa speaking? patulong naman po. Thanks.. 65 lng kelangan ko.. thanks

kaidenMVH

@ceasarkho congrats sa pre invite mo! yan ang nagagawa kapag napataas ang PTe results, bumibilis ang invite lol! hope na ma inspire yun iba pa na mag tetake ng PTE to do your best and never lose hope. laban lang!

ceasarkho

Maraming slamat @chococrinkle, @se29m, @emil1125, @kaidenMVH..
Correct si Sir @kaidenMVH.
All I knew lng before sa English ay, Noun/Verb/Adjective/Adverb at mahina ako sa comprehension kasi very short lng concentration ko. Mahilig lang ako mg VideoK, haha.
Tips
1. Pray hard, confess, let Him know what is your heart desire.
2. Exercise early in the morning. It sharpens your mind.
3. Review and practice hard (better to study in parks or coffee shops)

MDK-GAB

@penpendesarapin wow!!! may test center na dito sa Cebu...thanks sir for the info. Anong petsa ka mag take ng exam? ngayong buwan o March?

DrAgKurt

als1987 said:

@emil1125 Sir Ano po technique sa speaking? patulong naman po. Thanks.. 65 lng kelangan ko.. thanks

@emil1125 check mo ung post ni @Heprex. Very helpful
http://pinoyau.info/discussion/comment/257891/#Comment_257891

VirGlySyl

Akala ko ay mahaba na ang 10minutes sa summarize written text, hindi din pala, lalo na kung mahaba yung Wtext.

PapasaAko!

Finallyyyyy! Results are out for 2 Feb 2018 examinees. I got my desired scores! Sayang at konting kembot nalang, superior na. thank you guys! Mabuhay tayong lahat!

PapasaAko!

Correction: 1 Feb 2018

PapasaAko!

I’ll be giving a full review about my PTE journey after a few hours. PERO one thing is for sure, the atmosphere inside the testing room is SO INTENSE. Para siyang MRT na sabay sabay nagsasalita mga tao. And another thing, during mg exam Reading&Writing Fill in the blanks was the first type of exam to come out during Reading Section. It was not Multiple Choice Choose multiple answer.

beetle00

@PapasaAko! Congrats! May i know your scores? Kasi parehas tayo ng nangyari sa mock exam, 10 din ang pronunciation ko. How was your speaking?

PapasaAko!

@beetle00 Hi po. Bale my scores are:
84/76/81/84
Nagkulang lang ng onti sa reading pero proficient lang naman ang target ko. So good na po ako.

MDK-GAB

@PapasaAko! congratz! hintayin namin yung mabigay mong tips para sa'min po. thanks

archdreamchaser

Advisable ba magpurchase na agad ng Gold Kit now? Plan ko magtake ng PTE next month. may validity ba yun Kit? how bout the sample test, pwede ba sya iretake ulit after makapagmock na? How many time pwede sya gamitin? I have no idea about that kit? Or magreview nalang muna gamit ang mga reviewers from this forum? Thanks Guys! May we all pass the PTE exam by His Grace! :-)

datch29

Congrats @PapasaAko!

Sana ako din. XD

PapasaAko!

Okay okay. So here are my tips for everyone:

I started my english proficiency exam journey last January 2017. Yes, 1 year po akong umasa, naghintay, nabigo, sumuko pero in the end, lumaban parin ako. So para sainyong lahat na naghahangad na makapasa, wag po tayong susuko!

I am a graduate from UP Diliman, yes taga UP po ako. Engineering graduate. May onting yabang na “English lang yan, ipapasa ko yan” pero I took IELTS 3 times. All takes ko ng IELTS, parehong short ng 0.5 points sa either Speaking or Writing. 1st take ko, sinukat ko lang english level ko with the thought na papasa ko. Then second i claimed na papasa dahil kahit papano, nagaral ako. nagparecheck ako sa 2 takes ko pero i guess not meant to be for 2017 ako. Then 3rd take nagbakasakali ulit. Para sa pasko at new year, happy ako pero without any reviews kasi busy sa work. Mayabang e. Kaya ayun di pinalad.

Then nagdecide akong mag PTE. Mas madali daw and mas reasonable. Inaral ko lahat ng pwedeng aralin. Then nag mock exam ako, bagsak nanaman (i guess dahil sa quality ng mic ko). Sabi ko, baka di nanaman ako pumasa dahil dito. So bumili ako ulit ng gold kit, binebenta ko po pala yung mock test A ko. Hehe. Tapos nag mock ako the night before the exam. Hanggang ngayon wala paring results. Sana di nalang ako bumili. So eto na nga exam day na.

1. DAPAT IKAW ANG UNA SA PILA. This will pay off. Alam niyo kung bakit? Kasi nasa separate kayong maliit na kwarto pag kayo ang number 1 sa listahan. So di kayo masyadong maaapektuhan sa speaking test niyo. Sobrang intense ng exam room na pati hininga ng katabi mo, maririnig mo. Ganun kalala. Di ako nananakot guys pero talagang malala siya. Sobrang ingay. So ang suggestion ko, paunahin niyo lahat ng tao magsalita. Wag na wag kayong sasabay or mauuna kasi matthrow off kayo kapag may biglang nagsalita tapos nasa describe image ka or retell lecture.

2. WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT WHAT YOU GET. Lahat ng McMillan, PTE Test Builder, PTE Software lalong lalo na ang mock exam, di kapareho ng level of difficulty during actual. Maybe okay lang din na mahirap yung inaral niyo para madalian kayo sa actual exam. Pero somehow, you want to know kung ano yung actual difficulty ng exam para naman tumaas confidence mo. Read aloud items are just 3 to 4 sentences, repeat sentence, very short, describe image - i got 2 images, line graph, bar graph and a table, retell lecture (read next line) and answer short questions are very understandable kaya masasagot niyo agad.

4. TEMPLATES ARE SUPER HANDY. Kahit na sobrang galing mo sa english, if you don’t know what to say, makakaapekto siya on your oral fluency and content scores. So, make sure to have your templates memorized and known from your hearts bago kayo magexam. In my case, I have the following templates. (conclusion lang because I can easily recognize a graph kasi engineer po ako)

Describe Image: From our very own @Heprex
Overall, the graph seems accurate and concise and can be used as a reference for future studies.

If image: Overall, this image is an accurate representation of the actual _______ (either process, map, floor plan, etc)

Retell Lecture:
I used Jay’s template (you really need this)
In my case, i wrote it on the erasable notebook para babasahin ko nalang along with my notes.
The speaker was discussing about (Main Topic)
He mentioned that (Next Key item)
He also talked about (Another key item)
Finally, he suggested and concluded that (last item described)
Overall, the lecture was very interesting and informative.

4. PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE YOUR WRITING. YOU SHOULD TIME YOURSELF. One good thing i know about me is that I never struggled in my writing kaya di ko alam bakit laging 0.5 short ako sa IELTS (Scammers!) hahaha! Pero it takes a very good person to write within 20minutes lang. So I suggest na yun ang ipractice niyo. BECAUSE, the computer won’t give you an extra second after 20mins. As in bigla nalang po siyang sasara. So mind your time always!!!

4. COUNTDOWN TIMERS FOR READING AND LISTENING ARE THERE TO PRESSURE YOU. Yun ang kalaban ko lagi nung actual exam, feeling ko mauubusan akong time kaya nagmadali ako sa reading and listening. I actually sacrificed multiple choice questions ng reading dahil di naman daw malaki bearing (as per Jay’s videos) PERO after ng lahat ng items, i still have 7 minutes!!! Sayang yung time na yun. Kaya nastress ako. Hahaha. Sana minaximize ko yung oras ko. And btw, yung 32-41 minutes na sinasabi nila, di yun totoo. 32 minutes lang talaga for reading! And as for listening, wag kayong mataranta na kasama sa oras ng mismong reading yung audio recordings. Di po siya kawalan sa time niyo sa mismong exam.

5. ERASABLE NOTEBOOK IS NOT HIGHTECH. this is just a laminated paper and you’ll use a semi- permanent marker na sila lang makakabura. Sobrang ganda magsulat dito. Since mabilis ako magsulat, smooth yung sulat ko dito compared sa pen and paper. So make sure to really use it!

6. DASAL! DASAL LANG TALAGA. I pray everday, and He provided me what my heart truly desires. God is good. Lapit tayo sakanya.

Again, i’m selling my Mock exam Test A for a very reasonable price. PM me. Good luck to you all test takers!

zielle

Hello po @PapasaAko! Mgkano nu po binbebenta mock test nu?salamat po

naidetous

Hi po. I wasn't able to meet my desired scores again. I'm a silent reader here po sa page na toh. Kaya lang lage tlagang sablay ung speaking and reading ko. I badly need help. patulong po sir @Heprex @batman and sa lahat po ng nais tumulong. Huhuhuhu

batman

@naidetous ano score and enabling scores mo. sa past takes mo?

naidetous

lage po akong mababa sa oral fluency and pronunciation po.
I already had 4 takes, and lahat un bagsak un OF and P ko.
I tried na po ung template kahapon, but still wasn't able to get my desired scores.

1st take: Speaking:47 OF46 P28
2nd take: Speaking:38 OF18 P11
3rd take: Speaking 40 OF18 P15
4th take: Speaking 45 OF49 P23

Nafrufrustrate na po ako.

naidetous

@batman lage po akong mababa sa oral fluency and pronunciation po.
I already had 4 takes, and lahat un bagsak un OF and P ko.
I tried na po ung template kahapon, but still wasn't able to get my desired scores.

1st take: Speaking:47 OF46 P28
2nd take: Speaking:38 OF18 P11
3rd take: Speaking 40 OF18 P15
4th take: Speaking 45 OF49 P23

Nafrufrustrate na po ako.

dyanisabelle

@naidetous hi! Maybe you could send us a sample recording of your voice? We're not experts but maybe we can give valuable suggestions

batman

@naidetous try mo yung shadowing. naka improve ng pronunciation ko dati yun at OF. search mo sa youtube.