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PTE Writing Course

The free PTE Writing course: thirteen lessons on scoring, Summarize Written Text, Write Essay, Write Email and editing routines for Academic and Core.

Lessons

13 lessons

  1. 1

    Start here8 min

    Orientation & Score Targets

    An orientation to PTE Writing: which tasks build your Writing score in each exam, and the Writing bands DHA and IRCC use.

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  2. 2

    Lesson 27 min

    How Writing Is Scored

    How PTE Writing tasks earn partial credit, why one zero can wipe out a whole response, and what counts as pre-prepared content.

  3. 3

    Lesson 37 min

    Planning Under Time Pressure

    A repeatable planning routine for PTE Writing tasks, the time budget for each one, and how to use the whiteboard and on-screen tools.

  4. 4

    Lesson 46 min

    Summarize Written Text

    How PTE's Summarize Written Text is scored in Academic and Core, the word-limit rules that decide Form, and a worked example.

  5. 5

    Lesson 57 min

    Write Essay

    Write Essay is a PTE Academic task only. How its seven traits are scored, the word-count gate, and a full worked essay with trait-by-trait notes.

  6. 6

    Lesson 66 min

    Write Email

    Write Email is a PTE Core task only. Its seven traits, the word-count range Pearson actually scores by, and a worked email with trait notes.

  7. 7

    Lesson 77 min

    Integrated Tasks That Score Writing

    Some Listening and Reading tasks also score your PTE Writing, including one where Academic and Core score identical tasks differently.

  8. 8

    Lesson 86 min

    Structure & Coherence

    The trait Academic calls Development, Structure and Coherence and Core calls Organization, what it rewards, and a before/after worked example.

  9. 9

    Lesson 96 min

    Grammar & Sentence Variety

    How the Grammar trait is scored across PTE Writing tasks in Academic and Core, and how sentence variety lifts your band without extra content.

  10. 10

    Lesson 107 min

    Vocabulary & Spelling

    Where Vocabulary and Spelling are scored across PTE Writing tasks, the confirmed Academic/Core band difference, and the spelling-consistency rule.

  11. 11

    Lesson 116 min

    Flexible Response Structures

    Adaptable structures for Essay, Email and the summarizing tasks, and why Pearson scores memorised, pre-prepared writing as an irrelevant response.

  12. 12

    Lesson 127 min

    Common Writing Errors

    The Content/Form rule that can zero a whole PTE Writing task, plus the recurring content, structure and language errors worth checking for.

  13. 13

    Lesson 136 min

    Timing & Editing Routine

    The published time limit for each PTE Writing task in Academic and Core, and a planning-writing-editing routine that fits inside each clock.

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