hello everyone in this video I'm going to discuss about spelling in PTE the
video is divided into three parts in the first part of the video I'll be
discussing which question types in PTE assess your spelling skills in the
second part of the video I'll discuss where the spelling is important and
where the spelling is not important and in the third and final part of the video
I'll be quashing one very popular myth going on right now about a spelling
let's get it started if you're new to this channel my name is
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information about us there so what is spelling the spelling is assessed in
four different question types in your test among them the first one is AC
writing which is asked in writing section in AC writing you get two points
for spelling per question and if you get two S's that will be four points in
total maximum can get only two aces in your exam so that means the maximum
score you get first spelling from writing will be only for the spelling is
also assessed in listening in three separate question types
the first one is summarizes spoken text in this question as well you get two
points per question for spelling and you can get up to three questions which
means you can get up to six points for spelling from summarize the spoken text
the other two questions where spelling is not directly assessed but plays a
really important role are the first one is filling the blanks questions and the
other one is right from dictation so in this whole question types AC writing
summarize spoken text fill in the blanks and write from dictation spelling is
assessed the second question we have is then is the spelling really important
and how is it possible that some people get really low score in spelling and
despite that score more than 17 and all the sections and now they can and in
other conditions some people score really well in spelling and despite that
can't score more than 79 so what III zijn and why does this happen let's
discuss that one as well in order to understand this first we have to
understand how spelling is assessed in different question types let's talk
about AC writing in essay writing I've already told you that you get two points
maximum for spelling from one question so how do they decide how many points to
give you the system is like this if you make one mistake in a spelling then you
lose one point if you make more than one mistake in spending you will get a zero
in the spelling for essay writing and the same applies to summarize spoken
text as well and the flip side of this is no one can lose more than two points
no matter how many mistakes they make in spelling in these two question types but
the system when it is trying to find out how good your spelling skill is takes
into consideration all the question types equally which means let's imagine
for a moment that I did really poorly in spelling in summarizing summarize spoken
text and in AC writing despite my poor performance the maximum score I lose per
question will be only two but when the system looks at my overall spelling
performance it finds that my spelling is really bad so my spelling overall it'll
be very low but my score in other sections or in all the four sections can
be really good as well now let's imagine that somebody made spelling errors in
filling the blanks and right from dictation in these questions one is
spelling error equals one point because the rule is like this in filling the
blanks in order to get one point for one answer
you have to spell it correctly and the same applies to write from dictation as
well so here the more spelling mistakes you make the more score you lose in
order to simplify this concept let's think in this way in questions like AC
writing and summarize spoken text the maximum is where you can lose is only
two points which means whether you make two spelling error or 20 spelling error
you'd only be losing two points in questions like fill in the blanks and
write from dictation each where is evaluated for spelling and score at the
same time so if you make let's say five spelling errors and fill in the blanks
you'll be losing five points if you make five is spelling errors in right from
dictation in village in five points so if we look into the questions from this
perspective what we can see is making a spelling errors in AC and summarize
spoken text is not as damaged is making spelling errors including the
blanks and right from dictation that is the reason why some people are school
very less in spelling but despite that do really well overall the reason behind
this is most of their spelling errors where in some writes spoken text or in
essence because of that although they lost his corner spelling and their
spelling score became low they were still able to get good score in their
communicative skills so in summary what I just said is spelling a score is
assessed in four different question types
they are AC writing summarize spoken text fill in the blanks right from
dictation among these four questions is spelling errors in AC and summarize the
spoken text do not have much impact on communicative skill score because they
contribute only two points per question however the spelling error in questions
like filling in the blanks and write from dictation can have a severely
damaging impact on your overall performance now the last part of the
video as I promised I'll be talking about one popular myth there is one
question people often ask me and that is should they be using backspace or not
because they have heard somewhere that using backspace reduces your score first
thing is that is absolutely not true and the reason behind that is not based on
any other person's experience or any other reasons this is based on my
personal experience I have already attempted this exam seven times and in
each of them to have a score 90 in all the sections if you look at my spelling
skill my spelling is good is good but because of my typing errors I have to
use backspace a lot what I mean is I know this wedding is just that I type
wrong and then I have to correct it so in my class in the exam I use backspace
a lot despite that I have never lost a score in a spelling so the method using
backspace reduces the score and you should not be using the backspace is
completely false there is no rationale behind it now some
people might tell you that actually they followed this suggestion and they were
able to increase your score increase their score in spelling that might be
true but why because from one exam to another
scores kavadi tremendously and if you look at your own score are you or the
school of your friends you will see the same thing people get that's a 70 in one
exam and then suddenly you get 90 in another exam so this variation may not
have anything to do with your spelling ability or not even talking space
another thing another reason can be this some people told me that instead of
using the backspace you have to select the word and overwrite that word now
while doing this you become slow and since you are slow you get more time to
look at your mistakes and because of that perhaps you make fewer spelling
mistakes this could be another reason why some people may have done better
while following this tip
so do I have anything for improving the spelling score yes I have two tips the
first is if your spelling is really bad of course there is no other alternative
than practicing their spelling of the most frequently used words in your exam
so that you don't make those spelling errors or not writing the words which
you are not confident the second trick is for those of you whose the spelling a
skill is really good it's just that you make typing errors and when you try to
check your work you don't see these mistakes and because of that you lose
the points so if you are in the second category I have a very simple tip for
you if you think you make a lot of spelling errors because of your typing
problems or typing errors then when you're checking your work all will check
from bottom to the top what that means is when we are writing essay we go from
introduction to body to conclusion when you are checking your spelling you go
backwards from conclusion to body to introduction not just backwards you also
go in opposite direction so from full stop of one sentence towards the first
word of that sentence and again from fullest step of the next sentence
towards the first word of that sentence so you go in reverse order
this way your brain will be forced to look at the pattern of the word this way
your brain will be forced to look at the spelling of each word and consider each
letter carefully otherwise what we usually do is when we see that the first
in the last letter of a word are correct then we don't really think about the
spelling of that word that's serious and you can actually find the rhesus
evidence about this as well all in all my advice where those of you
who are struggling because of your spelling is focus more on the spelling
especially in the questions like right from dictation and fill in the blanks
questions like AC and summarizes spoken text are North that must important from
the perspective is spelling is still it's always a good idea to do better
there as well and you can use backspace as many times as you like there is no
truth behind it and there is no need to avoid using the backspace until our next
video have a good time and all the best for your upcoming exam