The table below provides an overview of the homework given in each lesson and a brief summary of how to quickly recap the skills and strategies relevant for the item types covered.
You may wish to use the ‘Notes’ column in this overview table to note any problem areas that were apparent in previous lessons or that become apparent in the steps suggested above.
Lesson Item type(s) Homework Feedback summary Notes
1 Answer short
Recap homework activities and ask test takers to identify any particular problems Recap listening and speaking skills tested by this item type on p. 59 in the Official Guide, and ask test takers to identify the skills they need more practice in
Recap strategies listed on p. 59 in the Official Guide and discuss those they have applied and find most useful
Recap Lesson 1
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Lesson Item type(s) Homework Feedback summary Notes
2 Read aloud,
Recap homework activities and ask test takers to identify any particular problems Recap listening, speaking and reading skills tested by these item types on pp. 39 and 44 in the Official Guide, and ask test takers to identify the skills they need more practice in
Recap strategies listed on pp. 39–40 and 44 in the Official Guide and discuss those they have applied and find most useful 3 Reading: Fill in
Recap homework activities and ask test takers to identify any particular problems Recap reading skills tested by these item types on pp. 89–90 and 95–96 in the Official Guide, and ask test takers to identify the skills they need more practice in
Recap strategies listed on pp. 90–91 and 96–97 in the Official Guide and discuss those they have applied and find most useful
As this item is covered again in Lesson 11, it does not need to be recapped here.
5 Select missing
Recap homework activities and ask test takers to identify any particular problems Recap listening and reading skills tested by these item types on pp. 150 and 154 in the Official Guide, and ask test takers to identify the skills they need more practice in
Recap strategies listed on pp. 150–151 and 155 in the Official Guide and discuss those they have applied and find most useful
Recap homework activities and ask test takers to identify any particular problems Recap reading and writing skills tested by this item type on pp. 71–72 in the Official Guide, and ask test takers to identify the skills they need more practice in
Recap strategies listed on p. 72 in the Official Guide and discuss those they have applied and find most useful
As this item is covered again in Lesson 15, it does not need to be recapped here.
Lesson 8
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Overview
Time allocated: 2 hours
This lesson focuses on the following skills:
Speaking
• Speaking for a purpose (to repeat, to inform, to explain)
• Supporting an opinion with details, examples and explanations
• Organizing an oral presentation in a logical way
• Developing complex ideas within a spoken discourse
• Using words and phrases appropriate to the context
• Using correct grammar
• Speaking at a natural rate
• Using correct intonation
• Using correct pronunciation
• Using correct stress
• Speaking under timed conditions Listening
• Following an oral sequencing of information
• Critically evaluating information presented
This lesson provides skills practice for the PTE Academic item type Describe image.
Information about the item type in The Official Guide to PTE Academic Describe image
Item type task description pp. 46–48
Skills tested p. 49
By the end of this lesson, test takers will have:
➤ Practiced the speaking and listening skills listed above
➤ Practiced speaking strategies for this item type
➤ Completed practice items under timed conditions
➤ Reviewed feedback to practice items
➤ Practiced pronunciation and oral fluency skills related to the successful completion of this item type Preparation
The following materials should be prepared before the lesson:
• Official Guide pages 49–50, 173
• Copy of ‘Running dictation’ text for posting on wall
• Image of ‘Running dictation’ text for projection on board/visualizer
• Image of the item prompt and graph from worksheet 1 for projection board/visualizer
• Copies of Worksheet 1 (1 handout per group)
• Image of ‘Worksheet 1: Answer key’ for projection on board/visualizer
• Copies of ‘Describing graphs’ (1 handout per pair)
• Copies of ‘Describing graphs: Possible responses’ (1 handout per pair)
Lesson 8
Lesson 8
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• Image of ‘Describing a photograph’ for projection on board/visualizer
• Copies of ‘Pronunciation strategies’ (1 handout per pair)
• Copies of ‘Pronunciation strategies: Suggested answers 1–3’ (1 handout per pair)
• Copies of ‘Describe image checklist’ (individual handouts)
• Copies of ‘Practice items A’ and ‘Practice items B’ (1 handout each per pair)
• Copies of ‘Practice items A: Sample responses’ and ‘Practice items B: Sample responses’ (1 handout each per pair)
Lesson Plan
Introduction
whole class/pair work (5 mins)Materials: Official Guide pp. 47, 49
• Explain that in this lesson test takers will look at the Describe image item type which assesses their ability to orally describe an image from an academic source (such as a graph, picture, map, chart or table).
• Ask test takers to look at page 47 in the Official Guide for an example of the sort of image they need to describe for this item type.
• Elicit information from the image that test takers might use to help them in their description (e.g. type of graph = pie chart, the title, labels and percentages from the pie pieces/sections).
• Tell test takers that, for this item type, they have 25 seconds to prepare for their description and 40 seconds to give their description.
• Refer test takers to the communicative skills listed on page 49 in the Official Guide, and which are tested by this item type.