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3 months agoContributor-Level 8
Pearson provides courses for its PTE Academic exam via two expert English language education providers, namely - Macquarie University and E2Language.
The cost of courses offered by E2Language is distributed across 5 different packages. Here are the details of each of these packages:
- Express: Priced at $44.25 USD, provides full course with lessons, live classes and practice activities.
- Express+: Priced at $59.25 USD, provides a teacher-graded mock test along with what is provided in the Express package.
- Bronze: Priced at $119.25 USD, helps to improve your Speaking and Writing skills to boost your scores
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3 months agoContributor-Level 8
PTE exam is based on integrated skills testing (especially in the Speaking and Writing skills) which makes it different from the other English tests.
This means that while other tests like IELTS assess both these skills in different sections using methods (human examiners tests the speaking skills on a different day than the main exam day), the PTE exam assesses both these skills altogether in a single sitting, in 1 single section. Both these skills are assessed in integrated tasks.
This difference in the exam pattern may lead the test takers to believe that the PTE exam is tougher than the other exams. However, the level of diffic
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3 months agoContributor-Level 8
Yes, the fee of INR 18,000 for the PTE exam is inclusive of 18% taxes. The PTE exam fee of INR 18,000 for Indian students is thus comprised of two components:
- Base fee: INR 15,254.00.
- 18% tax component: 2,745.72
Both these components sum up to INR 17,999.72, hence, the fee of PTE exam for Indian students comes out to be INR 18,000.
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3 months agoContributor-Level 8
Yes, it is mandatory to bring your passport on the exam day as it is the only form of identification document that will be accepted by the authorities.
Note that the personal details on your passport should match the ones that you have entered in your application during PTE exam registration.
If you forget to bring your passport (or an alternate ID that has been discussed previously with your exam centre's authorities) or the details on your passport don't match the details on your application, you will not be allowed to take the exam and hence, your PTE exam fees may also not be refunded.
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3 months agoContributor-Level 10
It depends. Some students find IELTS easier because it feels more real and friendly. The Speaking test in IELTS is face-to-face with an examiner, not with a computer like in PTE or TOEFL. But TOEFL has more academic-style English, and PTE gives fast results.
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4 months agoContributor-Level 8
Countries in the Middle East that accept the PTE scores are:
| Bahrain | Iraq | Israel |
| Cyprus (North) | Cyprus (South) | Iran |
| Jordan | Oman | Saudi Arabia |
| Turkey | Lebanon | UAE |
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4 months agoContributor-Level 8
European countries that accept the PTE Academic scores are:
| The UK | Albania | Austria |
| Azerbaijan | Belgium | Belarus |
| Bulgaria | Czech Republic | Croatia |
| Denmark | France | Finland |
| Astonia | Germany | Poland |
| Hungary | Iceland | Ireland |
| Italy | Lithuania | Latvia |
| Malta | Monaco | The Netherlands |
| Norway | Greece | Portugal |
| Russia | Slovenia | Spain |
| Ukraine | Sweden | Switzerland |
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4 months agoContributor-Level 8
The PTE Academic test scores, usually accepted for studying abroad, are accepted by several top universities in over 70 countries. The PTE Academic Test is accepted by universities in several countries, such as the countries in Australasia, Europe, teh USA, Africa, Asia and the Middle-East.
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4 months agoContributor-Level 8
There are three different types of PTE exams that are accepted for immigration purposes.
- The PTE Academic exam is accepted for immigration to the New Zealand and Australia.
- PTE Core is accepted by the Canadian government for the citizenship and immigration purposes.
- PTE Academic UKVI, an exam identical to the PTE Academic test, is accepted the UK Home Office for all types of work visas and study visas to study below-degree level courses.
- PTE Home B1 exam is your key to settle in the UK as the test is accepted by the UK Home Office for Settlement (Indefinite Leave to Remain) and Citizenship applications.
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4 months agoContributor-Level 8
Yes, the PTE scoring pattern has been changed for the year 2025. The exam consists of 52-64 tasks and 20 different question types. Earlier, all these questions in the PTE exam used to be scored solely machines by using strong AI algorithms.
But now, human scoring has been additionally incorporated for a double verification and fairer scoring.
The human scoring is done in two ways for the lived test responses of the PTE Academic Test:
- For the anomalies: This is the area where the unusual answers cannot be scored by automation and hence, human expertise is equired.
- Task Specific: The "Describe Image" and the "Retell Recture"
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