Draw students’ attention to the importance of timing in the listening sections

LISTENING: All tasks (All levels)

Timing is a critical element in listening tests. Make sure your students can do the questions at an appropriate pace, without becoming anxious or losing their place.

For each section, they need to know how much time they have to:
•    read the questions
•    write their answers
•    check their answers

It is also very important to know whether they will hear the recording once or twice.

•    Section 1    each recording is heard once
•    Section 2    the dictation passage is heard twice
•    Section 3    each recording is heard once

Use the practice tests as a guide to timing in the listening sections. Practice tests for each level of PTE General are available to download at www.pearsonpte.com/GENERAL.