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Wake Up And Chase Your Dream Even If You Have To Move Abroad

At a certain point in life, we dream of moving abroad in search of better career opportunities, gain experiences, or to improve quality of life. However, it is not an overnight process; we have to face many challenges in the course of its preparation, from the very beginning, to which we find ourselves stuck and the dream remains unfulfilled. Living with a dream that cannot be fulfilled mixed with regrets is one of the most depressing feelings in the world. On several occasions, it all happens because of a foreign language.


English is a cool language. It is important no doubt but it is foreign to many of us, if not most. It need not be replaced with mother tongue or native languages, but it is indispensable especially for those who aspire to go abroad for work or study.

A great mathematician or a stalwart of a technical field —those who are called nerds— can eventually fail, if he is unable to express his works in the language people can understand. To reach out to the masses globally, English is the language people rely on. That doesn't mean English should be learnt after attaining the genius. English is required for studies too. Today great works are published in English — first and unadulterated. Some even do not make their way towards translated versions and hence get lost in the crowd. There have been several bestselling English books and novels which were published in some other language.

Even those who just love visiting places, the wanderers, English is compulsory. In most of the places in the world, by knowing English, one can manage to carry out day-to-day activities easily. Having a good grasp of English, a person can achieve success over a very short period of time.

Spoken English, in particular, for those it is second or third language is really tough. But that must not mark a full stop on their dream of moving abroad for work/study/immigration. English is sometimes treated as an elite or intellectual language, that's where debacle happens — when people afraid of mistakes. Any sort of learning begins with making mistakes. From here on, one can gain confidence in his/her broken English. Spoken English becomes polished only through practice.

#DefinitelyPTE

Pearson’s PTE Academic, an automated test with negligible chances of human bias or error, is a good way to measure your English proficiency — oral or written. You know that talking to a computer in a foreign language is less “shameful” than doing the same with humans. With the backing of Pearson which has grown as one of the best brands in higher studies globally, it is, no doubt, a revolutionary approach towards increasing English proficiency. It can make your journey to abroad a little easier by breaking the barrier of English language. The best part is that it is accepted by some of the world’s most prestigious universities such as Stanford University, Harvard University, and Imperial College London along with thousands of institutes and organizations worldwide. Booking for this online English assessment is 24 hours in advance with results ready in just 5 days. For further details, you may check the link: Pearson PTE Academic - English Test.

Benefits of scoring on PTE Academic
  • PTE Academic is scored against the Global Scale of English, that aligns with a variety of popular tests and scales around the world. The range for the score being 10-90 points.
  • Good scores in PTE Academic will help you to apply to the top global universities. 
  • The score is based on performance on all items in the test. The overall score reflects your overall English language ability.
  • Scores for communicative skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing) are based on all test items that assess these skills, either as a single skill or together with other skills.
  • Scores for enabling skills (grammar, oral fluency, pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary and written discourse) are based on all test items assessing one or more of these skills.
  • The display of the scores in a graph allows you to quickly see your strengths and weaknesses, and how each skill relates to your overall performance.
PTE Academic is an international level test to diagnose and improve English proficiency. The benefit here is that it is not alien to the people living on other continents — another reason that makes PTE Academic tests highly valuable.

Availability of Preparation Courses

The Preparation courses of PTE Academics is available all over the world, both in the face-to-face mode as well as online mode. In India, it is available at every major tier 1 and tier 2 city and the momentum is gaining in tier 3 cities too. You can check the list of cities here.

I know many people having a great potential lose exciting opportunities because they fail to express themselves properly. They just don’t want to grab those opportunities because they have low proficiency in English. Some of them get enrolled in one of the thousands of coaching institutes to learn English. It helps them succeed in the national level exams, but make only a small difference in tests such as IELTS or TOEFL. While planning career abroad, English may not be the only thing one should strive to improve but it is certainly one of those highly important things. There are many testimonials and review of PTE Academic, of those who have actually benefitted from this programme. As far as my recommendation goes, it is Definitely PTE.

*Update

There is a free sample test available to make you familiar with the tests. Sign up and pursue your dream!



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