PTE Listening Practice & Tips | PTE Academic Listening Test

About Listening

Listening tests your ability to understand spoken English in an academic environment.

It also tests your ability to understand a variety of accents, both native and non-native.

Listening item types require you to understand an audio or video recording of an authentic lecture, presentation or dialouge from an academic source.

Write down keywords, not sentences—capture the main idea and key points as the lecture plays.
Read the question first so you know exactly what to listen for in the audio.
Use correct spelling; even one letter wrong results in losing the mark.
Listen for the main idea—the correct summary always reflects the central message.
Listen for meaning, not keywords—the correct option will be paraphrased, not repeated.

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