PTE ACADEMIC

freakazaa · January 2017

@treasure1109 safe i-next yung read aloud tsaka repeat sentence

freakazaa · January 2017

@miranda82 self study lang ako gamit yung materials sa thread na to

ginelgomez · January 2017

@Skye24 @batman thank you po for the tips. Medyo kabado po ako kasi ang baba ng nakuha ko sa mock test set A. Kailangan ko po kasi ng 79+. Balak ko January 30 mag exam. Baka po may masasabi po kayo na possible errors ko sa mock. Yung sa speaking po, aminado akong hindi ako nagging fluent kasi nagging pahinto hinto po ako dahil sa repeat sentence. Pero po yung pronounciation, di ko po alam bakit super baba din. Pati na rin yung reading ko.

L-66, R-58, S-56, W-63
GR-47
OF-39
PR-32
SP-55
VO-66
WD-90

batman · January 2017

@ginelgomez try to improve your grammar. use simple sentence to avoid wrong grammar. careful sa tenses.

oral fluency and pronunciation try mo shadowing check mo sa youtube.

bjsad214 · January 2017

@batman thanks for your encouragement. It helps to boost our confidence again esp for times like this..

batman · January 2017

@bjsad214 your welcome. Been there, I know how it feels. good luck sa next exam

treasure1109 · January 2017

Salamat sa lahat ng nagbibigay ng tips.

miranda82 · January 2017

@Skye24 ako din walang conclusion. Thanks so much to this forum, sobrang dami kong napupulot na tips. Mabuhay kayo mga kapatid sobrang babait nyo. Sana magkita kita tayo sa Oz.

wyt · January 2017

@bjsad214 kelan ka mag tatake? 2nd mo na ba to? Yung first mo share naman yung experience mo. Thanks

xiaolico · January 2017

Hi Guys,
I have been away for a long time

. Kamustahin ko lang mga Aug batch. I felt depressed, ang tagal nung ITA nung inaantay ko. I decided to take the PTE exam again. Suwerte this time. I was able to get 79 or higher in all components. Hopefully I will finally get my ITA next week or next month. Those thinking na mag retake, goodluck. Those na yung score is 60 like me before, please be open to the option of taking the exam again. If may tanong kayo, just let me know. I hope ok kayong lahat. goodluck sa mga mag eexam

bjsad214 · January 2017

Guys, may tanong, wondering anyone na nainvite na before of having 65 aggregate score same of my subclass (General Accountant)? Gaano po kau katagal before nakareceive ng invite? Thank you.

ClmOptimist · January 2017

xiaolico said:
Hi Guys,
I have been away for a long time . Kamustahin ko lang mga Aug batch. I felt depressed, ang tagal nung ITA nung inaantay ko. I decided to take the PTE exam again. Suwerte this time. I was able to get 79 or higher in all components. Hopefully I will finally get my ITA next week or next month. Those thinking na mag retake, goodluck. Those na yung score is 60 like me before, please be open to the option of taking the exam again. If may tanong kayo, just let me know. I hope ok kayong lahat. goodluck sa mga mag eexam

Congrats @xiaolico! Ako din, August din ako ng lodged ng EOI, until now wala pa ITA, kaya I decided to take the exam again this Feb. Any tips sa exam? like describe image, retell lecture, read aloud, etc.?

Thank you.

PCK · January 2017

Hi All!

Just wanna share my experience. Hopefully maging useful, mahaba pero sana worthwhile.

Again, sobrang thank you sa lahat ng mga nagshare ng templates, di ko na matandaan sino sino kasi pinaghalo halo ko na pero you are all very helpful!

I took the IELTS last June and I got a score of 8.5, 8.5, 7.5, 7.0 (LRSW). Akala namin ok na yun for me to get a high score pero we were assuming na 1 year lang yung madi-deduct sa ACS ko. When I got the ACS, 2 years ang dineduct (which is the normal case ata) and ang overall score ko is 60, the minimum for Developer Programmer is 65. This coming April dapat mag auto update yung EOI ko to 65 kasi magiging 5 years yung relevant experience ko pero natakot kami na baka maubusan na ng slots by then. That's when we decided to take the PTE para makakuha ng superior english.

I started reviewing since last October, aiming for Nov exam. Nung inassess ko na di ko pa kaya, bumili nalang ako nung Gold Test which allowed me to assess my current situation and the feel of the exam.

1st take ko (Nov. 30), tiningnan ko kung anong magiging score ko and I got 83, 70, 76, 80 LRSW. From there, nag review na ako per specific test type (speaking templates, youtubes, etc). I was targeting Dec. 12 pero naubusan ako slot and I took the Jan. 9, 2017 sched nalang (medyo nalungkot ako dito kasi sobrang nastestress na ako kasi grabeng pressure nafifeel ko to get the 79+ sa lahat).

Di na ako nakapagreview nung XMas break so nung 1st week of January, nag review ako ng bongga and by Jan 7, ginamit ko 2nd mock test ko. I used all the tips na nakuha ko but I got 89, 74, 65, 85. Sobrang nalungkot ako dito pero napansin ko kung ano yung mga nahirapan ako iexecute. Nawalan din ako ng confidence pero wala na, nakabook na ako for Jan 9. I decided to further study Speaking kasi admittedly, minemorize ko lang yung templates and di ko napractice with actual graphs and retell samples. Jan 8, nagsimba ako at hiningi ko kay Lord na kung Will nya, makukuha ko yung score (I know panget na hingiin pero desperado eh).

Jan 9, exam day:

8 am yung exam, pumunta ako ng maaga mga 7am andun na ako. Meron na mga nauna sakin, after a few minutes pinapasok na kami ng guard. Binigyan kami nung non-disclosure and instructions and were told to get a number. May kumuha agad ng number 1 pero infairness, siya naman pinakanauna samin. Di agad ako kumuha since feeling ko same na ang situation sa lahat. Pero nagulat ako ng isa isa tinawag yung mga numbers tapos pinapapunta na agad sa room, nakapagstart ako ng exam by 7:30ish - meaning, di sabay sabay ang speaking. I guess mas ok yung mga nauna kasi wala pa tao nung nagstart sila.

Nagulat din pala ako dun sa setup, I was expecting na walang cubicles pero it turns out, nakacubicle naman. Although maririnig mo parin yung iba, pero I think makakapagconcentrate ka naman. I guess it helped me narin na I work in a similar environment. Then dun sa setup, ginauge ko yung position ng mics kung ano ba talaga ang best. In the end, in between nose and upper lip yung level ng mic, wala naman ako narinig na hinga at malakas yung boses (ung sa may nose level kasi parang humina boses ko).

PCK · January 2017

Speaking:

Read aloud - basahin with a low voice yung sentence, iba kasi pag sa utak mo lang binasa. Figure out nyo yung pauses and yung mga difficult words. During sa exam ko, may mga maling pronunciation agad ako (de-fee-ciency, nasabi ko de-fe-ciency) and yung may mga pauses ako na hindi dapat. 2nd item palang nalulungkot na ako kasi lumiliit chance ko for a higher score, pero tinuloy ko lang. Don't correct yourself, direcho lang, isipin mo nawawala yung words kada sabi mo.

Repeat sentence - mahina ako sa memory, so ang ginawa ko is yung sinabi ng iba na isulat yung first letter ng words, the only difference is I try to list as much as I can. Siguro out of 10, mga 6 nakuha ko. Di kailangan na makuha mo lahat ng words, may mga pinaraphrase ako dun na sure akong wala yung word na sinabi ko pero kesa walang masabi. (Pababa na ng pababa yung morale ko dito).

Describe Image - Charts and tables lang lumabas sakin. Ginamit ko yung mga templates na binigay nila @kokoc and medyo minodify ko lang kasi di siya tipong nagapply sa lahat especially sa bar/line, nakadepende siya sa data talaga. Pero malaking tulong na meron kang template para di mo na kelangan mag isip ng fillers.

Introduction: The _____ graph/chart projected on the screen is the presentation of variables from a research about/entitled _____ from ____ to ____ (kung applicable). Pag natancha kong mapapaparaphrase ko, about gamit ko. Pag hindi, entitled gamit ko tapos as is na basa ng title,

Pie: Maganda yung template nila, gamitin nyo.

Bar: Pag single variable, compare from point to point. E.g. In 2010, the number of students is ____ and it slightly increased up to 2011. It further increased by 2012 and ended with ____ by 2013. Pag multiple variables, use their templates - highest, lowest, 2nd highest.

Line: Same pag single variable sa bar. Pag multiple, establish trends. E.g. As seen on the graph, the blue line which represents Australia, slightly decreases throughout the period. While the red line, which represents Japan, drastically increased during the same timeline. Pag may 3rd line, repeat. Pag wala, compare last points - Additionally, Australia was considerably higher in 2015 than Japan.

Table: The table projected on the screen is about ____. Dito, chineck ko nalang ng mabuti yung tables kasi iba iba yung types eh. Pero mostly applicable yung highest/lowest. Yung isa kong table, about population and years, meron yun 2 rows and 5 columns pero ang nasabi ko is 2 rows and 2 columns (direcho parin kahit mali). Mahirap igauge to.

Picture/Map and Process: Wala ako nakuha, pero plan ko for Pictures and Maps is to describe based on anong nakikita ko sa foreground, left, background then right. Sa Process, babasahin ko lang rin and try to explain the cycle lang.

Yung conclusion ko pala, almost all of the time, putol. Laging "Overall, the graph seems accurate and concise" lang nasasabi ko kasi parang mauubos na oras.

Wala akong napansing timer during this pero nung sa mock merong timer per item, so naconscious ako dito na wag ma cut. I believe medyo smooth yung overall flow ko naman dito.

Retell Lecture:

Sa listening, tinry ko yung sinuggest na mag sulat ng 3~4 sentences then fix mo nalang yung sentences para babasahin mo nalang. Nahirapan ako dito pero feeling ko practice lang. Ang nangyari kasi sakin, sinusulat ko yung phrases, tapos babalikan ko para gawing sentence, nagkakataon di ko na naiintindihan yung sinasabi nya.

The speaker provided a brief information about ___ and a significant amount of time was spent discussing around this topic.

Filler: The speaker concluded after all of the data points were completely discussed.

To summarize his/her analysis, he/she mentioned 3 major points.

1/2/3

Overall, the lecture was clear and interesting and can be used by students and educators.

After ng 1st item ko dito, napansin ko na di ako umabot sa conclusion (yes, naputulan ako). So inadjust ko sa next items na di ko na sinabi yung fillers.

Nagkaron ako ng 2 items na 2 sentence lang nalagay ko. Yung sa isa, medyo nakapagimpromptu ako para magkaron ng last sentence. Yung sa last ko, sobrang sabog kasi binabasa ko yung mga sentences tapos pag dating sa dulo at wala nang nakasulat, ang last ko nalang nasabi is "and.............." tapos nagcut na. Nastun talaga ako, napamura nalang ako after.

At that point sure na ako na di ko makukuha yung scores ko.

Answer short questions: I think very straightforward to.

Sa buong speaking test, inantay ko macut yung mic. Kahit may malakas na boses sa iba, yung voice ko lang nadedetect nya or siguro swerte ako na di ko katabi yung malakas magsalita.

PCK · January 2017

Writing:

Summarize written text: Aralin nyo yung sa E2Language, pero nahirapan ako iapply yun sa 2 items ko. Tinry ko lang talaga isummarize yung points nung essay. Read twice, list points, and try to rephrase.

Essay: Highly recommended yung Writing Task2 ng ieltsadvantage.com. Andun yung types ng mga essays at ano yung template na pwede mong gawin. Sinundan ko lang. Nag alot ako ng 2 mins for planning talaga para maayos yung flow.

Agree or disagree AND describe the views - dapat may opinion ka
Advantage and disadvantage AND problem/solution - di need ng opinion sentence.

yung essay ko is about the advancement of communication in the past decade, what are the advantages and disadvantages?

Reading:

Nagulat ako kasi iba na ang format nya. Sa mock test, MCSA, MCMA, Reorder, FITB Reading, FITB Reading and Writing. Sa exam ang order is FITB Reading and Writing, MCMA, Reorder, MCSA, FITB Reading.

Overall, naghahabol ako dito sa Reading. Nagulat ako sa dami ng FITB reading and writing items.

MCSA/MCMA - Understand the question, go through the options, read the passage. Meron ako isang item na, "On the last paragraph about .... , what did...." akala ko trick question, pero it turns out, last paragraph nga sya ng passage. Most of the time daw, 2 ang answers sa Multiple answers.

Reorder - I went over lofoya parajumble items pero parang mali yung mga answers, so medyo take it with a grain of salt. Basahin nyo lahat ng sentences. Importante na maidentify agad yung topic sentence. Tapos try to identify linking words, pronouns, timeline words para maestablish yung arrangements.

FITB Both - Basahin muna buo yung paragraph without looking at the options, while going over the blanks, try nyo na magisip ng pahapyaw anong words ang tunog tama. Then sa next pasada, look over the words na. Medyo madaming word-pairings so maganda kung aware kayo dun then the rest, chinecheck ko alng kung ano tama pakinggan at ano yung best fit sa tingin ko.

Puro youtube practice test ako dito kasi ito yung isa kong pinaka mababa. Practice lang talaga. I believe na malaking tulong kung matagal ka na nagbabasa and malawak vocabulary mo which admittedly, mahina ako.

PCK · January 2017

Listening:

Summarize spoken text - yung time dito di counted sa time after ng rest of the items. So kung tapos ka na sa isa, pwede ka magpahinga. (Guys please confirm, ito natatandaan na ginawa ko). Di ko lam yung template ng E2 so ako, tinake note ko lang lahat ng sinabi nya. Then sinummarize ko. Wala akong any template whatsoever para dito, sorry.

Rest of the items - kelangan lang pakinggan ng mabuti.

Di ko natapos yung exam, meron akong isang item sa write from dictation na naputulan ako ng oras so at that point, di na ako umaasa at sobrang nanghihinayang na ako.

----- Buong Jan 9 and Jan 10 yamot ako, mostly because sobrang ayoko na yung feeling nung kelangan ko mag exam. To be honest, grabe yung naging mga away namin ng wife ko during the entire review period, ang nasabi ko nalang sa kanya nung after ng exam is sorry, di ko makukuha yung scores pero di ko alam kung kaya ko pa magtake ulit. Mentally exhausting na for me. Pero nung medyo kumalma na ako, we decided that I'll take it again and prepare for it better. Para sa future namin.

I received my scores Jan 11, 2 AM. Sabay namin chineck ng asawa ko, pero sinabi ko na wag na umasa kasi mas lalo lang kami malulungkot. Sobrang naiyak ako, hagulgol level, nung nakita ko yung scores ko - 90, 88, 90, 87 (LRSW). Hindi ko maisip pano ko nakuha yung mga scores ko, sa dami dami kong mali. Masasabi ko talagang miracle pano ko nakuha yung scores ko.

Guys, sana wag kayo mawalan ng pagasa. Para to sa Australian dreams natin. I am thinking of setting up a skype session sa kung sinong may gusto para pwede ako makapagbigay ng further help sa kung sinong may gusto (I am not a guru, gusto ko alng tumulong sa abot ng makakaya ko). Sobrang laking tulong ng mga nagcontribute dito and sobrang thank you ulit sa lahat.

Tips:
- Trust in God's Will and plan.
- I recommend getting the Gold Test para mafamiliarize sa exam format and maassess yung standing nyo. Record your tests para mareview nyo further kung anong nangyari. We all want to ace the exam on the first try, but I think it's better to spend for the Gold test than to learn sa first try mo ng real exam.
- Try to arrive an hour before the exam, di ko lam kung isolated case lang yung samin na pinastart gradually ung mga tao. So kung maaga ka, may possibility na mauna ka magexam kesa sa iba.
- Nagulat ako na walang time remaining per item yung describe image at retell lecture, progress bar lang nakita ko.
- Bago ako nag exam, nag lip and tongue exercise muna ako para maging loose yung bibig ko. Panoorin nyo to I think this could really help :

sa dulo nyan, andyan yung exercise na sinasabi ko.
- Lahat ng items, pag click mo ng Next, may confirmation window na lalabas (Ok, Cancel) unlike sa mock exam na pag next mo, direcho ka na agad sa next item.
- bago ko kunin yung bag, tinanong ko ano yung latest time to arrive for the exam na di mafoforfeit, ang sabi ni ate 15 mins lang daw ang grace period, may nabasa kasi ako na 30mins late daw siya, wag nyo nalang gayahin just for the sake of starting later than others.

xiaolico · January 2017

@ClmOptimist Thanks ha. about sa question mo;
describe image, retell lecture, read aloud

Describe image muna, madami ng format dito sa thread. try mo follow, in case makalimutan mo, eto advice ko. I think word recognition lang yan, automatic mo na parating sabihin horizontal line, vertical line, increasing, and decreasing. kahit anong sentence gagamitin mo, isingit mo yan. the machine will only recognize those words, it doesnt matter if tama or mali yung sentence mo. and start your answer with this is a picture of a graph. kahit hindi graph yan, the only words the machine will register is picture. lahat naman yan either picture or graph.

retell lecture, advice ko lang talaga dito, dito mo lang gamitin yung scratch paper mo. lahat ng numbers, names and places na marining mo, sulat mo. then when you will answer na, make use of those words you you wrote down. kunyari sinabi, italy was found on 1775. kahit sabihin mo pa, italy was destroyed on 1775, the machine will only recognize 1775 and italy. may points ka na dun for sure. list down the key words and make sentences out of it. doesnt matter if tama or accurate yung sentence. robot sentences lang kailangan mo, robot meaning, say as much words as you can na similar sa narinig mo.

read aloud, bro wala ako advice dito. honestly, just read the sentence once in your head. then pause ka, once the recording starts, read aloud ka na. good luck, and last advice, take the exam a week before the next ITA rounds. para the following week, may ITA ka na

Heprex · January 2017

@xiaolico @PCK congrats sa inyo and thanks for sharing.

xiaolico · January 2017

@ClmOptimist add ko din, if available pa yung number 1, kunin mo na. unahan mo na yung nauna sa yo. if wala na yung 1, antay mo yung 5, 8, 9 and 15 ata. yung last number. yan yung mga stations na isang side katabi mo wall. at least one side lang yung noise na maririnig mo. it will be a little bit easier to focus. bawas distraction.

xiaolico · January 2017

@Heprex thanks. naka sched ka na? sana inagahan mo. next rounds jan 18 ata. baka sana umabot tayo. anyway, if hindi ka pa naka book, i suggest jan 19-jan 24 ka mag book. sakto abot yun sa feb 1 rounds. it will aloow you to have more time to prepare, tas you dont lose any time sa ITA rounds. walang diff ang Jan 16 at Jan 24 sa ITA rounds. Good luck

Heprex · January 2017

@xiaolico yes sir, naka sched na din. Sa january 16, laban na lang ako. And pray for the best condition.

Maraming salamat sa mga tips nyo.

xiaolico · January 2017

@Heprex ah ok. goodluck. kaya mo yan, mataas speaking mo, madami yan ang problem. I am sure malaki chance mo to get high scores

Heprex · January 2017

@xiaolico Thanks. Masyado kasi ako nafocus dyan nung unang exam. Hehe

Skye24 · January 2017

@PCK hi anong number ka nung jan 9?

ClmOptimist · January 2017

Thank you @xiaolico ! Congrats ulit and hoping for an ITA sayo next round

xiaolico · January 2017

@ClmOptimist thanks again. Kaya mo Yan, madami naman Tayo nag more than one take. Medyo Mataas Na Kasi kailangan Na scores ngayon

ClmOptimist · January 2017

@xiaolico yep, susuka pero 'di susuko ang battle cry ko ngayon. wahaha

meron po ba dito may macmillan na pte reviewer/mock test? free po ba un? Thanks you.

Heprex · January 2017

@PCK sir, question. You said, arrived an hour earlier. Nung nag exam kase ako, pinaantay pa ang 7:45, para mag log at umakyat. Or diretso na dapat ako sa pag akyat?

Skye24 · January 2017

@Heprex hi heprex kami nun 710am naglogin ako sa baba then pagpasok dun nagbgay ng paper for instructions nung cnb pwd n kumuha ng number kumuha nko agad den biometrics mga 725-730am start na agad..

Lexi · January 2017

Congrats sa lahat ng mga nakapasa na! Para sa ating mga di pa nakakapasa pa, let's not be hard on ourselves. Let's keep going and try again. Makukuha din natin yan. Although nakaka-drain sya ng resources. I guess normal lang na ma-frustrate din. But I'm planning to take the exam again soon.

I just want to comment dun sa move na makuha yung # 1 room. Maybe it's not fair to advise na unahan makuha yung number na yun para mapunta sya sa room 1, kahit may ibang naunang dumating. Lets practice fairness and respect. Siguro lahat naman tayo nagpilit gumising ng maaga para makarating sa tamang oras ng exam. Pero kung talagang matagal siyang magbasa nung guidelines, kayo na po ang mag-decide. Hehe. Just saying lang po.

But to be honest, kahit nasa station 1 ka, maririnig mo pa din lahat ng mga nagsasalita. Open door yun at maybe two steps away from cubicle 2. I took the exam more than once, both in room 1. Dahil talagang maaga po ako dumarating, lagi ako ahead sa ibang examinees. Nung first time ko nga nakasabay ko pa yung exam invigilator sa elevator haha. Kala ko examinee din sya. But on the next time I took it, di ko na tinapos binasa instructions kasi alam ko na laman, kaya ako pa rin nauna kumuha dun sa #1. But still, I failed. I think dahil kinakabahan ako while taking the exam at hirap sa concentration. I have problem with oral fluency.

The templates I got here are useful. Nag-improve ng konti yung score ko sa speaking. But I noticed when I wrote down the template while testing the mic, parang nakulangan ako ng oras sa dulo. Akala ko may three minutes pa ko sa Listening, based on the time projected on the screen, pero bigla ako naputol, nag-end ang session. Not sure kung naka-affect yung hindi ko pag-start agad. But I maybe wrong.

Sorry for the long post.