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PTE Listening Course

The free PTE Listening course: fourteen lessons on audio rules, note-taking, scoring and every question type for PTE Academic and PTE Core.

Lessons

14 lessons

  1. 1

    Start here9 min

    Orientation & Score Targets

    An orientation to PTE Listening: where Part 3 sits in the test, how many tasks to expect, and the score bands DHA and IRCC use.

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  2. 2

    Lesson 26 min

    Test Format & Audio Rules

    How PTE Listening audio actually behaves: autoplay, the no-replay rule, note-taking access, and what is unconfirmed about pausing.

  3. 3

    Lesson 37 min

    How PTE Listening Is Scored

    How PTE Listening scoring works: partial credit, negative marking, the Fill in the Blanks skill split, and Summarize Spoken Text’s traits.

  4. 4

    Lesson 46 min

    Core Listening & Note-Taking Skills

    Four transferable PTE Listening skills (gist-first listening, a note-taking system, prediction and precise spelling) for every task.

  5. 5

    Lesson 59 min

    Summarize Spoken Text

    PTE Summarize Spoken Text explained: the combined listen-and-write timer, word count bands for Academic and Core, all five scoring traits, and a worked example.

  6. 6

    Lesson 66 min

    Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers

    PTE Listening Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers explained: negative marking, Academic vs Core item counts, a scoring walkthrough and a worked example.

  7. 7

    Lesson 76 min

    Fill in the Blanks

    PTE Listening Fill in the Blanks explained: how it differs from the Reading version, why Academic scores it as Listening only and Core as Listening and Writing.

  8. 8

    Lesson 86 min

    Highlight Correct Summary

    Highlight Correct Summary is a PTE Academic-only Listening task: format, binary scoring, note-taking tips and a worked example with four summary options.

  9. 9

    Lesson 96 min

    Multiple Choice, Single Answer

    PTE Listening Multiple Choice, Single Answer explained: Academic vs Core item counts, binary scoring, a four-step routine and a worked example.

  10. 10

    Lesson 106 min

    Select Missing Word

    How PTE's Select Missing Word task works, why it is scored right or wrong with no partial credit, and a worked example with full reasoning.

  11. 11

    Lesson 116 min

    Highlight Incorrect Words

    How PTE's Highlight Incorrect Words task uses negative marking, how Academic and Core differ, and a worked scoring example.

  12. 12

    Lesson 126 min

    Write from Dictation

    How PTE's Write from Dictation task scores you word by word, why guessing never costs extra, and a full worked scoring example.

  13. 13

    Lesson 136 min

    Accents, Paraphrase and Vocabulary

    PTE's official wording on accents, why paraphrase recognition matters across Listening tasks, and vocabulary and homophone traps to watch for.

  14. 14

    Lesson 146 min

    Test-Day Playbook

    Listening-specific PTE test-day advice: the one-play rule, the equipment check, pacing the section clock, and recovering from a mishear.

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    14 lessons to go.

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