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1. PEARSON TEST OF ENGLISH
General
Overview

2. PTE Academic: Overview
A new computer-based academic English language test
to accurately assess the Listening, Reading, Speaking
and Writing English ability of test takers who are non-
native speakers of English and who wish to study at
institutions where English is the principal language of
instruction.

3. PTE Academic Main Distinguishing Features
• Real-life language
• Language of today
• International English
• Integrated Item Types
• Profile of scores
• Concordance to CEF, TOEFL, and IELTS

4. PTE Academic Profile of Scores
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• Overall Score reflects the overall academic English
language ability of a test taker by summarizing all
the individual item scores in the test
Communicative Skills Scores- Listening, Reading,
Speaking and Writing
• Enabling Skills Scores-Grammar, Oral Fluency,
Pronunciation, Spelling, Vocabulary and Written
Discourse

5. SCORES INTERPRETATION

6. PTE Academic Alignment with Common European
Framework (CEF)
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CEF of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching,
Assessment is a widely recognized benchmark for
language ability
Alignment of PTE Academic scores with CEF

7. Concordance estimates with IELTS & TOEFL iBT

8. PTE Academic: structure and tasks
Speaking & Writing = 54 – 67 minutes
Reading = 29 – 30 minutes
Listening = 30 – 43 minutes

9. PTE Academic Test Format:

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