PTE Coaching Overview

Pearson Test of English (PTE) is an international computer-based English language test. Many universities and colleges around the globe accept PTE scores to check student’s English language proficiency for admission purposes. PTE score report in the enabling skills: grammar, oral fluency, pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary and written discourse. PTE Academic has been aligned to the CEFR, which is recognized as a standard across Europe and in many countries outside of Europe.

Overall score: The score range is 10–90 points. The final score depends on how students perform overall in all types of question prompts.

Communicative skills scores: The communicative skills measured are listening, reading, speaking and writing. For each skill, the score range is 10–90 points.

Enabling skills scores: The enabling skills are grammar, oral fluency, pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, and written discourse. In addition, there are rules and criteria for getting score points.

What PTE Academic scores mean? PTE Academic scores predicting the likelihood of successful performance on CEFR level tasks

What is a PTE Academic Requirement? For undergraduate studies a minimum score between 51 and 61

• for postgraduate studies a minimum score between 57 and 67
• for MBA studies a minimum score between 59 and 69

Scoring spoken English skills: The spoken portion of PTE Academic is automatically scored using Pearson’s Ordinate technology.

Further information about automated scoring is available on the official website www.pearsonpte.com/organisations/teachers-teaching-resources/scoring/

The score for Correct or incorrect answers: For correct item 1 score shall be given, no score for incorrect items. Some item types are scored as either correct or incorrect.