hi guys this is Moni from PTE magic welcome back  to my channel previously i've been making many  

videos on PTE speaking but in today's video  we're going to focus more on PTE listening  

specifically i'm going to highlight the  top 5 most common mistakes that people  

make in pte listening we get started if  you're not my subscriber yet then click  

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so let's start with the first one so the first  one is poor pronunciation in repeat sentence  

retell lecture and answer short questions why  am i mentioning speaking here you know pte  

is very different from other english proficiency  tests for example when you do ielts you will  

be getting points for listening reading writing  speaking separately right but when it comes to PTE  

all the modules are linked to each other when you  do pte listening you'll be getting the majority  

points from speaking if you guys check out one of  my old videos where i tried to do only speaking  

bte and got 90 in speaking and just by getting 90  in speaking i also scored 46 in listening without  

doing anything in listening so it means that the  content or keywords that you deliver in repeat  

sentence retell lecture and answer short questions  will have a dramatic impact on your final scores  

in listening just because you've got a pretty high  score in speaking doesn't mean that you should not  

worry about how you did those listening related  tasks you mispronounce the word computer might not  

be able to catch your keywords so you'll not get  enough points for listening whenever you do those  

listening related tasks in speaking you should  make sure that you're not only just focusing  

on fluency or speaking fast but also everything  you say is nice and clear and easy to understand  

are summarized spoken text filling the blanks and  writing dictations when you guys do retell lecture  

you don't need to show the system how you spelled  a certain word yeah when it comes to summarize spoken

context you have to actually type the word on  the computer so it means that spelling will be  

extremely crucial in this case you  might heard the word correctly but then  

you failed to write that word with correct  spelling so in this case you will not score  

high in this task so don't rush and try to  proofread your answers every single time

number three is time management listening in pte  and listening in other english proficiency tests  

are quite different because not all the tasks  will be equally scored in other words some tasks  

will be more important and will weigh more than  the other ones pte listening write from dictations

is probably the most important task and ironically  it's also the last part in the entire listening  

exam and since i've been teaching pte for like  four years now i have written so many students  

coming back to me and saying uh i missed dictation  i spent way too much time on other tasks so i  

missed one or two dictation questions i really  don't want that to happen to you and you know  

what i'm saying here is not that you should just  give the entire listening to get to dictation or  

you should just randomly choose answers just to  not miss write from dictation but my advice to you is  

that you should calculate your time and you should  allocate timing to each task carefully so that you  

have enough time to complete representations to  manage your time more effectively i recommend you  

to do mock test, mock test is the best way for you  to practice time management by the way keep in  

mind that the timing in Pearson official  mock test is different from the real test  

so they give you more time which is why i  try to find mock tests that give you the  

right timing so normally for each question  you should only have less than two minutes  

number four is not following the word count  limitation in summarized spoken text in summarize

spoken text you are asked to write a summary of 50  to 70 words after listening to the lecture audio  

however there are a lot of students out there who  have weak listening skills might write less than  

50 or maybe a bit more than 30 and there are  also other students like my students who have  

already mastered their note-taking skills so  they tend to write maybe even more than 80  

or sometimes even more than 100 but how would  that affect your scores in listening let's have  

a look at the official score guide from business  so when you guys open pte official score guide  

and go to summarize spoken text under the  form you can see that you get two points if  

your answer contains 50 to 70 words you get one  point if it contains 40 to 49 of 71 to 100 words  

and you get zero points if it contains less than  40 words or more than 100 words this is exactly  

why just because you wrote something doesn't mean  that you're going to get point for it writing two  

less or too much might actually result in zero  point for your phone and eventually zero point  

for the entire task because there will be no  further scoring so please guys be attentive  

and check your word count carefully  within the given 10 minutes

the last one is not practicing with the  real question bank i know that bte is  

just an english test and many of you are  already confident with your english skills  

and there are many students who tend to practice  with whichever audios available online and even  

just by watching english movies and listening  to podcasts and this really great way to master  

your english comprehension skills however is  it the most effective way to prepare for your  

bte listening if you guys already attempted  the test before you know that repeat centers  

and referential questions might be a bit too long  and contain many difficult and academic words for  

example this one once more under the pressure  of economic necessity practice outstripped theory

come on seriously these kind of questions  are very hard to memorize and you know  

comprehension alone might not even help  to produce those sentences which is why  

I highly recommend you to practice with  the real questions collected from the real  

exam especially for those who have upcoming  tests don't waste your time and study smart

okay so those were the five most common  mistakes that i find when people do btn  

listening you guys want to practice with  the 50 question banks and score mock tests  

you can also use our platform which is on pte  magic practice.com in one of my next videos i'll  

be sharing with you guys how one of our students  was able to get 88 in his pte magic mock test  

and eventually scored 88 in his real test she's  very interesting but yeah thank you so much  

for watching guys and if you have any questions  comment below and if you're not my subscriber then  

please click the subscribe button i hope you pass  your testing so i don't have to see you again bye