Locating supporting points and examples
Speakers and writers use supporting details to support the main ideas of a text. Types of support include the writer or speaker’s own personal opinions, opinions from experts, logical explanations, …
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Week 1 wrap up
In this video Sarah recaps Week 1 and gives us a sneak peak of what’s ahead in Week 2. This brings us to the end of Week 1. Thanks for …
PTE Success: Arranging Ideas Logically and Coherently
PTE is meaning-focused and assesses your ability to produce written and spoken responses that have good internal coherence, logical development of ideas and a range of linguistic resources to express …
PTE: How to Develop Complex Ideas in Speaking & Writing
Developing complex ideas within spoken and written discourse is an important subskill for Part 1 of the test. This involves using a wide range of sentence structures accurately and appropriately …
Speaking and writing for the context
PTE is designed to represent the language demands in a university or college setting so you need to make sure that your spoken and written responses in the test use …
Speaking and writing for a purpose
In the video, Sarah introduces you to the subskills of speaking and writing for a purpose. She explains that if you identify purpose you will better understand the texts you …
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Welcome to the course
Welcome to PTE Success: The Skills You Need. Meet your lead educator for the course, Sarah Bissell. In this video Sarah gives you an overview of the journey that you …
PTE strengths and weaknesses survey
Improving your English skills for taking PTE starts with understanding your strengths and weaknesses. Your task These surveys will help you identify skill areas that you need to improve in …
Week 2 wrap up
In this video Sarah does a quick wrap up of Week 2 and gives a preview of what is coming in Week 3. Your task Watch Sarah’s summary of Week …
Organising Sentences and Paragraphs
To receive the maximum points in the Essay task, you will need to demonstrate good development of ideas and a logical structure. A strong test response will have a clear …
Writing an essay
The Essay question in PTE tests your ability to write a persuasive or argument essay where one side of the argument is developed on a given topic. In this item …
How to Write a Summary
Summarising written text is an integrated writing item type that assesses both writing and reading skills in an academic environment. You will be scored based on the quality of your …
Getting Your Grammar Right
The writing component of the PTE Test assesses your ability to produce written English in an academic environment. Using the correct grammar and demonstrating an appropriate range of structures are …