The Ins and Outs of PTE Academic

PTE has proved to be an early bloomer having received a resounding approval from International and Indian student bodies. After its launch in 2009, PTE test of English has risen to the recognition of IV league schools such as Yale and Harvard. The below quote is from the Senior Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission at Yale University:

“PTE Academic will give us a powerful tool for ensuring that the international students we admit are able to express themselves easily in spoken and written English so that they can take full advantage of the world-class academic experience that Yale provides.”

PTE test is known to display secure scores. It is this very fact that is making PTE popular with highly distinguished schools. The invigilator to student ratio is 1:15 which makes cheating almost impossible. The various scans and human recognition systems ensure the originality of scores.

The scoring in PTE is also fine-tuned. Research and Development teams spent months developing algorithms that were incorporated into assessing scores, after testing 10,000 students with over 120 native languages and accents. The scale used by scorers in IELTS and TOEFL cannot explain scores below 4.5 and 40 respectively. However, in PTE not only are scores explained from the very beginning, but they are further subdivided into:

• Overall score
• Speaking score
• Listening score
• Reading score
• Writing score
• Grammar score
• Spelling score
• Oral Fluency score
• Vocabulary score
• Written discourse score

The above scoring system gives students in-depth information about their performance. This will come in handy for students who fail to meet the mark on their first attempt.

PTE opens a whole new pathway for Indian students who have difficulty clearing English proficiency exams. Ask for your PTE voucher from AECC Global and receive a discount today!