Student Questionnaire on Pearson Test of Academic English (PTE Ac.)

SECTION 1

1) Gender

2) Country of Birth

3) Year of Birth

4) Nationality

5) What is your first language? (mother tongue)

6) What other languages can you speak?

SECTION 2

7) What was the date of your most recent PTE Academic Test?

student visa

spouse (husband or wife) visa

work visa

other

If you chose’other’ please explain:

9) What was your most recent PTE Academic Test OVERALL Score?

What were your PTE Score Profile Communication Skills Scores?

Please fill in your COMMUNICATION scores below

10) Listening Score

11) Reading Score

12) Speaking Score

13) Writing Score

What were your PTE Score Profile ENABLING skills scores?

Please fill out your ENABLING scores below

14) Grammar

15) Oral Fluency

16) Pronunciation

17) Spelling

18) Vocabulary

19) Written discourse

SECTION 3

PLEASE READ FIRST

Each of the questions 19) ~ 23) below has five choices 1-5. The choice that you choose also includes all lower numbered options, e.g. if you choose "3" it also includes 1 and 2, "5" includes 1-4 etc...)

1) I can understand enough to be able to meet needs of a concrete type provided speech is clearly and slowly articulated.

2) I can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.

3) I can understand the information content of the majority of recorded or broadcast material on topics of personal interest delivered in clear standard speech. I can deal with standard spoken language, but will have problems in noisy circumstances

4) I can understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar.

5) I can understand extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly. I can understand television programmes and films without too much effort.

1) I can understand short, simple texts on familiar matters of a concrete type which consist of high frequency everyday or job-related language

2) I can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language

3) I can read with a large degree of independence, adapting style and speed of reading to different texts and purposes. I have a broad active reading vocabulary, but may experience some difficulty with low frequency idioms

4) I can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in my field of specialisation

5) I can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts and recognise implicit meaning

1) I can use simple techniques to start, maintain or end a short conversation.

2) I can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst in an area where the language is spoken and can describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

3) I can exchange factual information on familiar routine and non-routine matters within my field with some confidence. I can pass on a detailed piece of information reliably

4) I can interact with a degree of oral fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party

5) I can express myself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions.

1) I can re-tell short written passages in a simple fashion using the wording and ordering of the original text and can tell a story or describe something in a simple list of points.

2) I can produce simple connected text on topics, which are familiar or of personal interest and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.

3) I can exchange, check and confirm accumulated factual information on familiar routine and non-routine matters within my field with some confidence and can describe how to do something, giving detailed instructions

4) I can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.

5) I can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, showing controlled use of organisational patterns, connectors and cohesive devices

1) I have limited command of the language but it is sufficient in most familiar situations provided the language is simple and clear

2) I can ‘get by’ in everyday situations independently but would need additional language support to be successful in communication at university

3) I have sufficient command of the language to deal with most familiar situations, but will often require repetition and make many mistakes

4) I can follow academic level instruction and participate in academic education, including both coursework and student life.

5) I can use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes

25) Do you think your PTE scores match your abilities in English in all the skill areas above?

26) Please explain in what areas the scores do match your abilities well, and those areas where they do not match so well

SECTION 4

1) I attended PTE Academic exam preparation classes

2) I attended academic skills classes

3) I researched information about studying in the UK

4) I researched information about living in the UK

5) I attended general English language classes

6) None of the above

28) Extra Information – Can you give more details about your choice(s) above? e.g. duration and content?

29) How else did you prepare yourself for academic study abroad?

SECTION 5

30) Did you apply to university?

31) What was the minimum PTE Academic entry score you needed to enter your degree programme?

too high

high

about right

low

too low

33) Please give reasons for your choice

yes

can’t remember

35) If yes, can you enter the scores here

36) Do you think these Communication Skills Entry Scores were:

too high

high

about right

low

too low

Listening

Reading

Speaking

Writing

37) Please give reasons for your choices in 36)

PLEASE READ

If you answered "No" to Question 30 you have reached the end of the questionnaire. Thank you for your time and commitment. Now scroll down to section 8 and then press send form.

If you answered "Yes", please continue with Question 38 and the following questions

38) If you applied for university, did you actually get to university?

39) If you answered no, could you please explain why you did not go to university? (optional)

PLEASE READ

If you answered "No" to question 38, you have now finished the questionnaire, thank you for your time and commitment. Now go to section 8 and then press send form at the bottom.

SECTION 6

40) At which university are you currently studying?

BA/BSc

MA/MSc

PhD

42) What is your current course title?

1st Year

2nd Year

3rd Year

4th Year

4th Year+

SECTION 7

Instructions

The PTE Academic Test should prepare me well for

strongly agree

agree

disagree

strongly disagree

44) reading for university subjects

45) writing assignments reports and essays

46) understanding lectures and tutorials at university

47) giving presentations in English

48) speaking in seminars and tutorials at university

49) informal uses of English such as conversations in English outside the classroom environment

50) environments in which I have to switch between many language skills (e.g. group work & laboratory work etc)

Section 8

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