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Enhance Your PTE Listening Score - Get Expert Tips

Before you go through this blog, you must be aware that no task is complete without actually taking some initiative to complete it. So try to follow these tips by Touchstone Educationals to enhance your PTE Listening score.

If you are preparing for PTE, you must know that PTE Listening test is of 45-57 minutes and includes a wide variety of questions in comparison to other English language tests i.e. in total 8 types of questions. This section is very easy for scoring if you prepare for it in a good manner and put in some effort in practicing it. Through this blog, Touchstone professionals will enlighten you about the tips to practice listening English in day-to-day life.
In PTE Test, some question categories like fill in the blanks, multiple choice, highlighting summary, choosing single answer, selecting a missing word and writing from dictation, are marked either 1 or 0. While for question categories choosing multiple answers and highlighting incorrect words, you get 1 mark for every correct answer and -1 for each incorrect answer. And in case of summarizing spoken text, you are marked on different enabling skills.

Now you might think what should be done by an examinee in PTE Listening Section?

An examinee can comprehend and respond to the language after listening. If you practice it in routine, this will help you to enhance your PTE Listening Score. Above all, you will enjoy the listening section.

Listening section needs great attention on the part of the listener and it comes with patience. If you listen attentively to what is being said, you will be able to understand it in a better way. Try doing this. Close your eyes and listen to the sounds around you carefully. By doing this, you will be able to recognize the rhythm. Similar is the case with words. Speaking the words together will produce a rhythm. Grammar rules work their part here. English is a very structured language. So, knowing all the grammar rules make it easy to understand.

And again here you might ask if grammar is really essential for PTE Listening?

Not really, PTE Listening tests measure a mix of skills. Touchstone takes you through some of the most effective points to follow in your daily life to enhance your listening skills:

·         Begin with listening to TED talks and BBC documentaries.
·         English music with a variety of backgrounds can help you.
·         Watch English movies and TV shows without subtitles.
·         Learn new words every day and try to use them in your daily life.
·         Listen to audio novels.
·         Listen to English news.


Keep in mind that every person doesn’t have the same level of English. One thing might work for a person but the same thing might not work for the other person. So, what you need the most is strive to practice as much as you can. Touchstone is here to help you in every way to score high in PTE. 

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