Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Format of Pearson Test of English!

Non native English speakers need to prove their English skills to study and immigrate to English speaking countries. Pearson Test of English, abbreviated as PTE is one of the most popular computer based English test accepted by thousands of institutes Australia, Canada, UK, USA, Ireland and New Zealand.


This test consists of following three parts:
  1. Speaking and writing: This part is of 77-93 minutes in which speaking skills are tested by personal introduction, repeating sentences, describing image, re-telling lecture and answering questions. To test writing skills a candidate is asked to summarize a text in one sentence and paragraph. Apart from this candidate have to write an easy in 20 minutes.

  2. Reading: In this part candidate is provided with written text and he has to answer multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks and re-order paragraphs in 32-41 minutes.

  3. Listening: For testing listening skills candidate is provided with spoken text which he has to summarize. After carefully listening to the text candidate have to answer multiple-choice questions,  fill in the blanks, select missing words, highlight incorrect words and highlight correct summary.

You can easily find sample papers for all these three parts to practice at home. There are many institutes in Melbourne offering both classroom and online PTE courses. Find an institute having the most experienced trainers and join now!

Monday, June 8, 2015

All You Need to Know About IELTS Test


IELTS, The International Language Testing System is specifically designed for the candidates who wish to go abroad for higher studies or who just want to migrate to any other country to earn their livelihood. IELTS test can be categorized in two parts. One is the general level and another is academic level. The objective of conducting the IELTS test is testing the English ability skills of the candidates.

The test is divided into four different components such as reading, writing, listening and speaking. The skills of the candidates are examined on the basis of bands rather than just failing or passing the test. Moreover, the IELTS exam is accepted by the universities of more than 130 countries all over the world.

Nowadays, there are numerous institutes and IELTS coaching centres in Australia that provide training to the students who want to enhance their English ability skills to get desired band scores. There are numerous things which should be kept in mind before getting your name registered with any IELTS coaching centre such as the expertise of their tutors, timings, fee charges and their reputation in the marketplace. You can also browse through the internet to search for a reputed IELTS coaching centre in Australia.