trayturn Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 Hi I am currently applying for a full skills test through ANMAC but need to get a high score on the English test. Can anyone give me any advice on which is the best one to have a good chance at passing with top score. I have booked IELTS but have been told this may be tricky to score high? I have had all my schooling and education in the UK. Many Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetBlast Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 They say PTE is easier than IELTS for a native english speaker. However it took me a few attempts to get my writing over 79. Apparently the PTE is easier than the IELTS for writing as well!. Loads of PTE study resources here - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxSAhiEs5XzvX3lNSnRxc3NWcU0 There are loads of videos on this YouTube channel to help: PTE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvSdD8_0DAKn-ThHWhAhoAg/videos IELTS - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCglDIsg_Z9mE2oT9hsrbzFA/videos The same company provide tuition and many more resources. They really helped me. For the PT Essay this structure works, gives you high written discourse and is easy to use. - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wAKkcUDc4PId3m-WjqxZfjQFG9D6tZ1DiNYomVZ2G2w/edit?usp=sharing All PTE essay prompts ask your view and opinions so this will work. If you decide to do PTE some time I also suggest you understand how this is scored so you know where to pick up the marks. There is some negative marking on the reading section so on some questions its not a good idea to guess if you don't know the answer. - https://pearsonpte.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Score-Guide.pdf I don't know much about IELTS so can't help much with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fida Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 1 hour ago, trayturn said: Hi I am currently applying for a full skills test through ANMAC but need to get a high score on the English test. Can anyone give me any advice on which is the best one to have a good chance at passing with top score. I have booked IELTS but have been told this may be tricky to score high? I have had all my schooling and education in the UK. Many Thanks Hi Tray Full skills test through ANMAC- Check with them which test score is acceptable with regards to your occupation/profession, I guess APHRA /ANMAc accepts PTE IELTS OET or etc (perhaps) I have attended PTE being non native speaker and without any teaching sessions and i Score 70 in first go. I agree with JETBLAST PTE is far more smart exam that covers every part of your english rather than few. GIve it a go for PTE you'll easily score desired marks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lothar Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I booked the IELTS test for my wife (main applicant) and myself (went along for support didn't need to do test). Once I had booked I read that PTE was easier but it was too late for us to change so we wrote IELTS. My wife did a bunch of mock tests before hand to study for it, I did a few listening ones with her for support, and skimmed the writing section. I got 9/9/9/9 and she got 9/9/8.5/9. (8.5 was for writing) Reading, writing, and talking are pretty easy for anyone with English as a first language, the writing is very tricky. Read up on how they expect you to answer the writing as it is quite formulaic as to what you need to say. Especially the first part where they give you a graph and ask you to compare it. We had no issue getting top score, but as a general consensus the PTE one sounds easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trayturn Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Thank you. Did you do the General or Academic IELTS ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trayturn Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 2 hours ago, JetBlast said: They say PTE is easier than IELTS for a native english speaker. However it took me a few attempts to get my writing over 79. Apparently the PTE is easier than the IELTS for writing as well!. Loads of PTE study resources here - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxSAhiEs5XzvX3lNSnRxc3NWcU0 There are loads of videos on this YouTube channel to help: PTE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvSdD8_0DAKn-ThHWhAhoAg/videos IELTS - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCglDIsg_Z9mE2oT9hsrbzFA/videos The same company provide tuition and many more resources. They really helped me. For the PT Essay this structure works, gives you high written discourse and is easy to use. - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wAKkcUDc4PId3m-WjqxZfjQFG9D6tZ1DiNYomVZ2G2w/edit?usp=sharing All PTE essay prompts ask your view and opinions so this will work. If you decide to do PTE some time I also suggest you understand how this is scored so you know where to pick up the marks. There is some negative marking on the reading section so on some questions its not a good idea to guess if you don't know the answer. - https://pearsonpte.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Score-Guide.pdf I don't know much about IELTS so can't help much with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trayturn Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 Thank you! Wish I had asked prior to booking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 It isn't a case that one is easier than the other. Just that one suits some people more than another. We have had members repeatedly fail PTE then beaze ilets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lothar Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 6 hours ago, trayturn said: Thank you. Did you do the General or Academic IELTS ? We did academic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trayturn Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Thank you. Can I just ask are you native English speaking, school etc in uk? I have to get superior in order to get points for visa and am worried it may not be achievable reading past comments. I have had all my schooling and training in the uk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetBlast Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 7 hours ago, trayturn said: Thank you. Can I just ask are you native English speaking, school etc in uk? I am yes. I still found it quite hard to get the result. However I always struggled with English. Maths I can do no problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lothar Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 @trayturn I grew up and went to school and university in south africa, but english is my first language. So I mainly spoke English at home and went to the English classes at school and university. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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