A better way to accurately measure English fluency for

global business professionals.

PTE Professional is an English proficiency test which measures the speaking, listening, Key Characteristics
reading and writing skills of individuals whose first language is not English. The test
1. Accurate, objective and reliable
measures a candidate’s English skills as they might be used by professionals fulfilling
test scored by advanced language
an overseas assignment or staffing global work teams, such as client interactions and
and text processing technologies to
presentations.
eliminate human and cultural bias.
The PTE Professional exam takes approximately 120 minutes and is made up of test 2. On-demand, easily administered
items drawn randomly from a large item pool to ensure high test security. The test test can be taken at a candidate’s
questions reflect many different workplace situations that require speaking, listening, convenience.
reading and writing skills including telephone calls, email correspondence, dictations
3. Time-saving administration and fast
and summarisations. Tests are administered through Pearson VUE’s secure test delivery
test results. The test takes about
software.
120 minutes to complete and score
reports become available online
Sophisticated automated scoring technology
within days after the test is com-
Tests are scored within days using combined advanced automated scoring systems.
pleted.
The Knowledge Analysis Technologies™ (KAT) engine evaluates the meaning of text
by examining whole written passages, and Versant technology uses advanced language
processing and speech recognition technology to evaluate spoken responses.

With automatic scoring technology, detailed score reports become available online within
5 business days for review or download–much faster than similar tests on the market.
Score reports include an overall score with sub-scores for key communication skills such
as fluency, pronunciation, word choice, sentence mastery, vocabulary, voice and tone,
and reading comprehension. The report also includes detailed explanations of language
capabilities.
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 Test Features
PTE Professional | Measuring English skills for global success

Purpose • Establish a benchmark for hiring decisions within corporate environment Easy test administration
• Assess the communication skills of professional staff and global project teams accommodates busy professionals
• Evaluate staff for advancement and overseas assignments 1. Candidate gets instructions
• Measure progress in training programs and is set up to take the test
on a computer.
Question Types • Read Aloud • Response selection • Speaking situations 2. Candidate clicks “Start” to
• Repeat • Conversations • Passage reconstruction begin the test.
• Sentence builds • Passage comprehension • Email writing 3. Candidate responds to
• Dictation • Picture description • Reading comprehension questions verbally or by using
• Story retell • Sentence completion • Summary writing a keyboard and mouse.
4. Scores become available
Scoring Structure • Precise overall score in the range of 10 to 90 online within days at
Sub-skill Scores Additional Scores pearsonvue.com/pte/
• Speaking • Sentence mastery • Grammar
• Listening • Vocabulary • Word choice
• Reading • Pronunciation • Voice and tone
• Writing • Fluency • Organization
• These additional scores assess beyond the four core
skills to indicate the individual’s competency in various
aspects of English which may be especially critical to a
particular business environment.

Components • Four sub-scores for speaking, listening, reading and writing

of Score Report • Eight sub-scores for key language skills
• Score mappings to CEFR
• Sample of candidate’s writing

Test Security • Secure capture and storage of candidate responses

• Anonymous test ID numbers to ensure data privacy
• Random test form to prevent cheating

Pearson VUE Security Measures

• Candidate image printed on score report
• Proctored testing
• Large item pool of test questions

Reliability • Reliability estimate – expected to be 0.94 or higher for overall score

• Machine scores are consistent with expert human judges to a
percentage of .95 or higher.

PTE Professional has been extensively field tested and evaluated to Contact Us
verify its validity and reliability. Learn more about the test’s validation +1 800-247-8719
findings in our detailed Test Description and Validation Summary. [email protected]
PTE Professional/Data/US/7-16 Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. [email protected]. VUE, Pearson VUE, PTE
Professional,and PTE Professional Exam are trademarks, in the U.S. and/or other countries, of Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s).