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The student’s reading in his own subject slows down, and…

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The student’s reading in his own subject slows down, and his comprehension becomes less secure. He expresses himself slowly and often fails to convey his ideas exactly. He is disappointed to find that under pressure he makes a lot of unnecessary mistakes in areas where he knows the correct language forms. His social relations are difficult as he cannot find the right phrase quickly enough to keep a conversation going, so his language often betrays him into dullness, coldness, or worst of all, rudeness. Instead of the students being in control of the language, the language seems now to be in control of the students.

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The student’s reading in his own subject slows down,|and his comprehension becomes less secure.‖He expresses himself slowly|and often fails to convey his ideas exactly.‖He is disappointed to find|that under pressure he makes a lot of unnecessary mistakes‖in areas where he knows the correct language forms.‖His social relations are difficult|as he cannot find the right phrase quickly enough|to keep a conversation going,‖so his language often betrays him into dullness,|coldness,|or worst of all,|rudeness.‖Instead of the students being in control of the language,‖the language seems now to be in control of the students.

| short pause   ‖ breathe

Words to stress correctly

unnecessaryun·NEC·es·sar·y/ənˈnɛsəsɛri/
comprehensioncom·pre·HEN·sion/kɑmpriˈhɛnʃən/
disappointeddis·ap·POINT·ed/dɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/
conversationcon·ver·SA·tion/kɑnvɚˈseɪʃən/
expressesex·PRESS·es/ɪksˈprɛsəz/
relationsre·LA·tions/riˈleɪʃənz/

105 words, aim for 40–48 seconds, so no rushing. No numbers. Breathe after secure, exactly, mistakes, forms, going, rudeness and language (end of Instead of…); short pauses in the list dullness, coldness, or worst of all, rudeness.

Where marks are usually lost

Stress un·NEC·es·sar·y, ex·PRESS·es, re·LA·tions on the second syllable and com·pre·HEN·sion, dis·ap·POINT·ed, con·ver·SA·tion on the third. Keep the third-person -s on slows, becomes, expresses, fails, makes, knows, betrays, seems. Don't hesitate before unnecessary.

General tip: The last sentence is a mirror: students … control … language then language … control … students. Stress students and language contrastively so the reversal is heard.

What it means: 中文 · हिन्दी · नेपाली · Tiếng Việt

中文: 学生在自己专业领域的阅读速度变慢,理解也变得不那么可靠。他表达缓慢,常常无法准确传达自己的想法。他沮丧地发现,在压力之下,他在明明掌握正确语言形式的地方犯了许多不必要的错误。他的社交关系也很困难,因为他无法足够快地找到合适的措辞来维持对话,于是他的语言常常让他显得乏味、冷淡,或者最糟糕的是,粗鲁。不是学生在掌控语言,而是语言现在似乎在掌控学生。

हिन्दी: छात्र का अपने विषय में पढ़ना धीमा हो जाता है और उसकी समझ कम भरोसेमंद हो जाती है। वह धीरे-धीरे बोलता है और अक्सर अपने विचार ठीक से व्यक्त नहीं कर पाता। उसे निराशा होती है कि दबाव में वह उन क्षेत्रों में भी कई अनावश्यक गलतियाँ करता है जहाँ उसे सही भाषा-रूप पता हैं। उसके सामाजिक संबंध कठिन हो जाते हैं क्योंकि वह बातचीत जारी रखने के लिए सही वाक्यांश जल्दी नहीं ढूँढ पाता, इसलिए उसकी भाषा उसे अक्सर नीरस, ठंडा या सबसे बुरा, अशिष्ट दिखा देती है। छात्रों के भाषा पर नियंत्रण के बजाय अब भाषा छात्रों पर नियंत्रण करती दिखती है।

नेपाली: विद्यार्थीको आफ्नै विषयमा पढाइ सुस्त हुन्छ र उसको बुझाइ कम भरपर्दो हुन्छ। ऊ बिस्तारै बोल्छ र प्रायः आफ्ना विचार ठीकसँग व्यक्त गर्न सक्दैन। दबाबमा उसले सही भाषा-रूप थाहा भएका ठाउँमा पनि धेरै अनावश्यक गल्ती गर्छ भन्ने थाहा पाउँदा ऊ निराश हुन्छ। उसका सामाजिक सम्बन्ध कठिन हुन्छन् किनभने कुराकानी जारी राख्न उसले सही वाक्यांश छिटो भेट्टाउन सक्दैन, त्यसैले उसको भाषाले उसलाई प्रायः नीरस, चिसो वा सबैभन्दा नराम्रो, अशिष्ट देखाउँछ। विद्यार्थीहरू भाषाको नियन्त्रणमा हुनुको सट्टा अब भाषाले विद्यार्थीहरूलाई नियन्त्रण गरेजस्तो देखिन्छ।

Tiếng Việt: Việc đọc trong chính chuyên ngành của sinh viên chậm lại, và khả năng hiểu trở nên kém chắc chắn. Anh ta diễn đạt chậm và thường không truyền tải chính xác ý mình. Anh thất vọng khi thấy dưới áp lực mình mắc nhiều lỗi không đáng có ở những chỗ đã biết đúng cấu trúc ngôn ngữ. Quan hệ xã hội của anh khó khăn vì không tìm được cụm từ phù hợp đủ nhanh để duy trì cuộc trò chuyện, nên ngôn ngữ thường khiến anh có vẻ tẻ nhạt, lạnh lùng, hoặc tệ nhất là thô lỗ. Thay vì sinh viên kiểm soát ngôn ngữ, giờ đây ngôn ngữ dường như kiểm soát sinh viên.

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Read Aloud format (Pearson)

PromptText up to 60 words
Preparation30–40 seconds
Time to answerDepends on the length of the text
Skills assessedSpeaking
Scored onContent; Pronunciation; Oral fluency

How it is scored

  • Content is scored by counting the correct words in your response.
  • If you stay silent for more than 3 seconds, the recording stops.
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Source: Pearson, PTE Academic & UKVI test format, Part 1: Speaking & Writing, checked 9 October 2026.