Official Guide to Pearson Test of English Academic (with CD-ROM)

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Pearson Test of English: Academic (PTE Academic) is a new computer-based academic English language test that delivers real-life measures of test-takers’ language abilities. Endorsed by the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®), PTE Academic delivers an authentic and accurate measure of academic English language proficiency. For more information on PTE Academic, please visit www.pearsonpte.com [pls add link to http://www.pearsonpte.com, to open in a new window]

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Overview

Pearson Test of English: Academic (PTE Academic) is a new computer-based academic English language test that delivers real-life measures of test-takers’ language abilities. Endorsed by the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®), PTE Academic delivers an authentic and accurate measure of academic English language proficiency. For more information on PTE Academic, please visit www.pearsonpte.com [pls add link to http://www.pearsonpte.com, to open in a new window]

The Official Guide to PTE Academic provides all of the most important information about the test.

Features:

  • Explains the features, format, and scoring of PTE Academic, giving test-takers a clear idea of what to expect when they take the test.
  • Covers a range of practical areas such as registering for the PTE Academic test.
  • Practice questions are taken from the PTE Academic item bank and cover all item question types so test-takers can practice using authentic questions found nowhere else.
  • Sample answers are actual student responses from field tests so test-takers can get a clearer idea of how their performance measures up. Scoring rubrics explain the criteria upon which responses are scored.
An accompanying CD-ROM gives test-takers extensive practice with more than 200 new items written specifically for the Official Guide.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9789880030536
  • Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
  • Publication date: 11/13/2009
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 378,543
  • Product dimensions: 8.40 (w) x 10.80 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Official Guide

Chapter 1 PTE Academic Introduction

Overview

Key features

Structure

Scoring

Chapter 2 PTE Academic Preparation

Test preparation

Resources

Registration and scheduling

On test day

Chapter 3 PTE Academic Speaking

Speaking skills

Overview

Read aloud

Repeat sentence

Describe image

Re-tell lecture

Answer short question

Improving general speaking skills

Chapter 4 PTE Academic Writing

Writing skills

Overview

Summarize written text

Write essay

Improving general writing skills

Chapter 5 PTE Academic Reading

Reading skills

Overview

Multiple-choice, choose single answer

Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers

Re-order paragraphs

Reading: Fill in the blanks

Reading & writing: Fill in the blanks

Improving general reading skills

Chapter 6 PTE Academic Listening

Listening skills

Overview

Summarize spoken text

Multiple-choice, choose multiple answers

Fill in the blanks

Highlight correct summary

Multiple-choice, choose single answer

Select missing word

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