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Majiojk delivered and I got my test date booked.
Thanks

majiouk2002:


You may me ([email protected]) for a voucher for #51,500

I have emailed you bro.waiting for ur reply so I can pay.am interested in Abuja centre for December 21st

Pls I just tried paying and it told me declined for pte website.how can I get the voucher?
Am in Abuja

Eladua:


Because you can't successfully pay online with your card I guess. But if you can, then you should get yours from their site.

Ok thanks.dors buying the voucher from people mean you can write the exam any day you want?

stepo707:
Pls why are people buying pte voucher from people and centre.i saw that you could pay for pte exam on Thier website or is there something am missing?

Pls o.i only have experience writing IELTS.someone should please help me for the question I have so I am not musguided

Pls why are people buying pte voucher from people and centre.i saw that you could pay for pte exam on Thier website or is there something am missing?

Pls I want to find out if PTE is computer based or if it's paper based like IELTS?

[quote author=Alphadoor post=62461345][/quote]
I have ed loaded the material.
Please I need your honest opinion.based on my experience on writing the ielts,can I prepare for pte in one month and write the exam Jan say btw 9-12th
And my aim is to get 20points.i had LRWS 7,6.5,6.5,8 in IELTS.

Anatano:
Hi All, I have been a regular follower of this thread since I came across it through google. I have learnt quite a lot here from the myriad of questions and answers. I would also like to acknowledge lots of beautiful minds here – belong, mctowel, bnimz, spiroxy, mamajaz, zany to name but a few.
Though am still waiting patiently for my ITA, I thought of sharing my experience with English exams.

I started my journey early this year, and have written 3 IELTS exams. I was able to achieve at least 7 across all bands on the second attempt after which i evaluated my credentials with AA. But then I needed more points to stand a chance for ITA under ANZCO 221111, so I did the third IELTS on 9Sep17, but it didn't turn out as expected. I had L=8, R=7.5, W=7, S=7.5 so 20points seemed elusive.

However, before the outcome of my third IELTS i was skimming through previous posts on this thread when I came across the part where @bnimz mentioned getting 90 on all bands in PTE. It inspired me to be frank. At this point i had known about this thread for around a month, but I wasn't following with keen interest. I wish I was, perhaps I would've had the 20points much earlier.
So I did a little research online and finally decided to go for PTE on 19Sep17 as a backup plan, since it proffers a more objective alternative to attaining the 20points from language. As it turned out above, IELTS wasn't good. Though PTE wasn't either, but the result gave me hope. My first PTE on 19Sept17 came out as L=90, R=81, S=78, w=90. You can imagine how heart-rending this result was, just one point to hitting superior points. Infact, at a time I thought Pearson did it on purpose. But then I gave it another try on 27Sep17, score was L=90, R=72, S=70, W=90. Worse than the previous, you’d say, but I learnt an invaluable lesson from this. So, I put in for another one on 03Oct17 and result was L=90, R=89, S=90, W=90. Now I will tell you what I discovered in the speaking.

In my first attempt, I had just a few hesitations or pauses here and there during describe image and retell lecture. And I spoke continuously with some speed all through the test, cause of another candidate’s loud voice behind me. However, on the second attempt there was no hesitation, false start or any other form of error, but then the result was bad. Reason, I was trying to game the system. I spoke slowly in the read aloud, so my pronunciation was better, but then I spoke at a faster pace in other sections. Apparently, the system monitors your pace all through the speaking exam, and any change is taken for speech at an uneven pace which lowers your fluency scores. To achieve a high score in PTE speaking, aside from avoiding hesitations, repetitions, and false starts, you need to speak continuously and maintain the same pace across all the speaking sections. Another thing I did was, for describe image and retell lecture, I included at least a sentence as conclusion.

Do not be carried away by the read aloud speaking section of the PTE exam, you would get about 30secs to prepare, this should tell you something. The preparation time is to familiarize yourself with the text, so when it’s time to start reading, you have to be fast, not rushing through anyway, but then you have to be continuous so you can achieve that “assimilation and deletions appropriate to continuous speech” of PTE that is ascribed to native-like score under the pronunciation rubric. This can be clearly observed when you listen to newscasters on BBC or CNN. You would notice how fast they speak as they read from the teleprompter before them.

As for the retell lecture, my strategy was to listen attentively to the lecture (I did not write anything – my style). Focus was on the lecture. I was writing down keywords in my first and second attempt as advised by several blogs and videos I saw, but when I sat down to understand myself before the third attempt, I realized putting my focus on listening works best for me. After listening, I then spoke with the understanding of the topic. This enhanced my fluency as i was able to relate the talk as though I was telling a friend about a movie I saw.

For describe image, I employed e2language’s style of title, x-axis, a few points from the graph, chart or diagram and conclusion. Please see e2language videos on YouTube for this. , always add a conclusion or implication to your response.

Repeat sentence is quite straight forward. Just try to develop your short term memory. In my opinion, please do not write down the sentence. Just focus on listening and repeat as you heard; same stress patterns and rhythm.

For answer short questions, please look up wenbo.tv, the site has a lot of practice questions. This part requires familiarity with the mode of responding. I guess most people do well in this section because they are probably things you come across every day.

I’ll stop here for now; this is already getting too long.
Here are a few sites that helped me during my preparation:

www.wenbo.tv/Practice-V3/home.html (has lots of practice materials)
www.coursera.org/learn/interview-preparation/lecture/fB5fE/using-phrasing
www.englishlistening.com

Ielts messed me up in my reading and writing I wanna try pte and aim 20pts. Pls this links you shared is it for only speaking?
Wanna get materials and Links for reading,listening and writing

Alphadoor:

Result is available online..
If you wrote in Lagos..
U can pickup from British council on Thompson avenue , ikoyi..
On monday Tuesday and Friday

Well mine is not showing online.i will pick up in their office though on Monday.i understand not everyone's result is put online and I never got a mail from them

Seems like no one wrote here on Nov 2nd Ielts or no one has checked his/her result yet?

Seems like no one wrote here on Nov 2nd or no one has checked his/her result yet?

Please who has seen his Nov 2nd result?
Mine keeps saying no result found

Na dem 2 sabi

Yea constant light but expensive country.They beef Nigerians no be small

Misoke:


practise speaking tests with a your phone voice recorder or any other app so you can hear yourself.we can all speak English but it's good to hear yourself to know what needs to be improved on...try not to hesitate alot I guess the computer programming marks you low on oral fluency for that...dont correct yourself even when you make minor grammatical mistakes,guess there's room for that too(just be concious not to make too many)speak at a steady pace from begining till speaking task ends(dont be too hasty cos of tension ..broadcasters pace and rhythm(i didnt say phonetics o!)look at the recorder so that you can avoid false starts..always conclude in your describe image tasks before time is up....
for reading time mgt is key..i noticed alot of the less difficult questions were at the end and there's where u can easily score bonus points...i missed the last question cos I was out of time..rushed tru the last 4..
get familiar with pte academic collocation words on Pearson website.. into you phone and make it your boredom buster...improve your grammar by reading more too...anything...try ScienceDaily.com ...thats from my own personal experience she.others have shared theirs

use e2language on YouTube...the young man knows what he's talking about..the Indian lady (navjot or so)is okay too but her accent may make it difficult to follow her videos(I had headache cos of that n have up on her materials,but some say she's good)

I will post more when I can..on the move now...good luck and God's Grace!

It's like this pte is more favorable han IELTS

Spylord48:
And some people somewhere will be fighting and arguing because of these two people!!!
Chai our politicians eh

babylove01:

Anything you need Bro.

stepo707

A 189

Wow congrats bro.wonder why IT jobs are pegged at65 and 70 though

babylove01:
Golden Email landed this morning.

I thank everyone on this thread for asking questions and special thanks to those that go out of their way to provide answers and reassurance.

Timeline

Job code : 312211 (Civil Engineering Draftperson )

EOI points : 60

EOI : June 2, 2017

ITA : June 6, 2017

Visa lodged : July 17,2017

CO : August 23 , 2017...Commencement email.

Visa Grant : September 15,2017

IED:June 12, 2018

CO team : Adelaide

Is this a 189 or190?

Eladua:


Well for the financial obligation, I don't think you need to prove it in any way, you only need to declare that you have it. At least I know of SA, they won't ask you for any evidence.

Ok thanks.fingers crossed

trastar:


So wait till you get your English test result before you are sure of the points.
Also u most likely won't get anything for experience with your 4 years if you assess with ACS.
Best thing is to do what Eladua did. Assess with TRA instead.

I will weigh my options once the result is out.i actually read computer science and all my job has been on IT /engineer.i wonder why they would not count it as an experience for me.
I would really want a 189 or 190 visa though

trastar:


First thing you need to do is get accessed with ACS as you can't give urself points in education and work experience until ACS has assessed you for both..
The outcome of their assessment will determine your points for experience and degree.

So right now, you have 30 for age. 10 for English test (that's assuming you have written that).
Also, why don't you try to score higher in your English test?

Hmmmn.well as u knw writing score can't be guaranteed.and sometimes little mistakes in reading/listening
I wrote the test on Nov 2nd but the result is not yet out.fingers crossed though

Eladua:


You can't have 60points on your own if you haven't done assessment. You have to assess your qualifications and work experience first, state nomination is like the last thing you do. Pls read the first page of the thread well, you will understand the steps.

By the way, what occupation do you have in mind?

Its computer network and system Engineer..

this is the breakdown of the 60points
I am 30yrs :30pts
4yrs work exp:5pts
ielts: 10pts
bachelors degree:15pts

Thats a total of 60points....

Pls correct me if a wrong

I just noticed that for the state nomination, you will need financial obligation of 25,000AUD.....Is this same for subclass 189 visa?

Also do they need bank statement verifing that you have the said amount?

Thanks

Eladua:


Same as 190. Check the states sponsoring your occupation and check their requirements and how to apply. You have to apply to the state first.

so i checked and only qualify for one state.....Although they still said that the benchmark is 70points and then they can go to 65 points and then reduce to 60 depending on applicants.so my question is if i have 60pts on my own, does the state nomination gives me 10pts and then totalling 70points? Also whats the sequence, is it to do the assessment first with ACS or apply to the state nominating first then ACS?

Thanks