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PTE Speaking Course

The free PTE Speaking course: fourteen lessons on the mic rules, scoring, and every task from Read Aloud to Answer Short Question for Academic and Core.

Lessons

14 lessons

  1. 1

    Start here6 min

    Orientation & Score Targets

    An orientation to PTE Speaking: how many tasks each exam sets, where it sits in the test, and the DHA and CLB score bands you're actually working towards.

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  2. 2

    Lesson 26 min

    How PTE Speaking Is Scored

    How PTE Speaking scoring actually works: which traits apply to each task, why Content changes shape task to task, and which skills each task feeds.

  3. 3

    Lesson 36 min

    Microphone & Recording Rules

    PTE Speaking mechanics quoted from the official Handbooks: the equipment check, prep and response timers, the silence rule and one-attempt recording.

  4. 4

    Lesson 46 min

    Fluency & Pronunciation

    The full 0–5 Pronunciation and Fluency band descriptors for PTE Speaking, plus Pearson's official wording on accent, quoted directly.

  5. 5

    Lesson 57 min

    Read Aloud

    How PTE's Read Aloud task is timed and scored in Academic and Core, including the one exam-specific twist, plus a worked example.

  6. 6

    Lesson 66 min

    Repeat Sentence

    How Repeat Sentence works in PTE Academic and PTE Core, its 0–3 Content scale, and a worked example with a trait-by-trait breakdown.

  7. 7

    Lesson 77 min

    Describe Image

    Describe Image timing, item counts and the different Content scales PTE Academic and PTE Core use to mark it, plus a worked example.

  8. 8

    Lesson 87 min

    Retell Lecture

    Retell Lecture is a PTE Academic task only, PTE Core doesn't include it. Format, scoring and a worked note-taking example.

  9. 9

    Lesson 97 min

    Respond to a Situation

    Respond to a Situation is graded on different traits in PTE Academic and PTE Core, Content versus Appropriacy. Format and a worked example.

  10. 10

    Lesson 106 min

    Summarize Group Discussion

    Summarize Group Discussion is a PTE Academic-only task added in August 2025: format, scoring and a full worked example.

  11. 11

    Lesson 116 min

    Answer Short Question

    PTE's Answer Short Question task: format, one-word scoring, and why it scores different skills in Academic and Core.

  12. 12

    Lesson 127 min

    Flexible Speaking Structures

    Why memorised PTE speaking scripts get penalised, and how to build flexible structures that adapt to any prompt instead.

  13. 13

    Lesson 137 min

    Common Speaking Errors

    The fluency, pronunciation, timing and content mistakes that cost the most PTE Speaking points, and how to fix each one.

  14. 14

    Lesson 146 min

    Practice Routine and Test Day

    A weekly PTE Speaking practice routine plus what actually happens on test day: equipment check, headset rules and recording.

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