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If you are preparing for PTE in the Philippines. Classes use official Pearson coursebooks and official mock tests, and answers are marked for real by Pearson's scoring engine. Every week you sit a mock test in the campus PTE lab, under the same conditions as the real thing.

Who it's for
Australia and New Zealand visas, university entry, emigration
Goal
Hitting your PTE Academic target
Age
15+
Level
CEFR B1 – C2 · PTE 39 or above

How the course is built

PTE7 classes1:1 ×5 · Group ×24 – 12 weeks
1:1
SpeakingWritingReadingListeningX-Factor
Group
Grammar & VocabularyPronunciation

What each subject covers

Speaking (1:1)You drill the PTE speaking items — Read Aloud, Repeat Sentence, Describe Image and the rest — in their exact format. Corrections are aimed at the fluency and pronunciation the AI measures.
Writing (1:1)Summarize Written Text and the essay. Practice at keeping to the form within the set word count and time.
Reading (1:1)Gap-fill and putting paragraphs in order. You work out an order of attack that finds the answer without reading the whole passage.
Listening (1:1)Writing summaries and dictation. You build up the speed of writing while you listen.
X-Factor (1:1)This is the hour spent on the test itself — the order you attack each question type in, how you divide the time, even how you move around the screen. On the PTE, running the test costs you as many points as not knowing the English.
Grammar & Vocabulary (group)The sentence structures and academic vocabulary a high score needs. This is where the grammar habits eating into your writing and speaking scores get picked out and fixed.
Pronunciation (group)Pronunciation the Pearson scoring engine can hear. What a person understands and what a machine recognises are not the same thing, and it is the machine that gives you the score.

Exams you can prepare for

PTEAcademicMarked by computer — results come back fast, dates are flexible
IELTSAcademic / GeneralMarked by people — recognised widely by universities and immigration
Dedicated PTE system
Official Pearson online scoring
Answers go straight onto Pearson's scoring engine to be marked. The score comes from the same standard as the real exam, not from a teacher's instinct.
Section-by-section analysis report
It comes back as numbers: which question types are losing you points, and how many. What to fix next week is decided from this.
Dedicated PTE computer lab
The same conditions as the real thing, down to the headsets and individual booths. Once a week, so that nothing at the test centre is met for the first time on the day.
Official Pearson scoring, 3 times
You sit the official Scored Test three times. Before booking the exam, you already know where your score stands.
Online learning · results record
Progress, marks and assignments build up online. Students and the staff looking after them see the same screen, and the record stays there after they have gone home.
Pearson-certified teachers
Every PTE teacher here has completed Pearson's Official PTE Teacher Academy and holds the Certified PTE Academic Trainer (Professional Level 2) qualification.
Bring your own laptop and headset
One-to-one classes run on the WALES PTE AI system, so you need to bring a laptop or tablet with a keyboard and a headset with a microphone. The school does not lend them. Weekly mock tests are taken in the campus computer lab.
Twenty-two minutes' walk to the test centre
The official test centre is the University of Baguio — ten minutes by taxi from campus, twenty-two on foot. WALES handles the booking; you pay only the official test fee.

What the tests look like

PTE AcademicPearson Test of English Academic

The test is taken on a computer from start to finish. Even the speaking is recorded through a headset, and scoring is done by AI with human expertise built in. All three parts are finished in one sitting, in about two hours.

SectionLength
Speaking & Writing76–84 minReading aloud, repeating sentences, writing a summary, an essay. Speaking and Writing are taken as one block.
Reading23–30 minGap-fill, putting paragraphs in order, multiple choice. It tests how quickly you can scan a passage.
Listening31–39 minWriting a summary, dictation, finding the missing word. Many items ask you to write down what you hear as you hear it.
Things to know
Score
10 – 90 points, placed on the Global Scale of English.
Integrated items
One item counts towards two sections at once — read a text aloud and both Reading and Speaking are marked. That is why practising one section on its own rarely moves the score much.
Marking
AI scoring, with human expertise added. What matters is meeting precisely the things the machine measures, such as pronunciation and fluency.
Results
The score report usually arrives within 2 business days of the test.
Test length
About two hours. It finishes in one sitting, with no break.
Validity
Scores are valid for 2 years from the date of the test.

What score do you need?

These are only the ranges commonly asked for. The actual requirement differs by institution, department, visa and occupation, and it changes from year to year. You must check the requirements of the place you are applying to for yourself.

GoalIELTSPTE
Language study abroad · working holidayNot requiredNot required
Undergraduate study6.0 – 6.550 – 58
Postgraduate study6.5 – 7.058 – 65
Work or skilled migration in an English-speaking country6.0 – 8.050 – 79
Nursing and healthcare registrationAround 7.0Around 65
IELTS ↔ PTE conversion
IELTS 5.0 ≈ PTE 36IELTS 5.5 ≈ PTE 42IELTS 6.0 ≈ PTE 50IELTS 6.5 ≈ PTE 58IELTS 7.0 ≈ PTE 65IELTS 7.5 ≈ PTE 73IELTS 8.0 ≈ PTE 79

These figures are approximate, based on the comparison table published by Pearson. Some institutions use conversion tables of their own.

WALES and Pearson

WALES is a PTE Partner and a PTE Registration Center for Pearson. It is not a Pearson branch and not part of Pearson — it is a third party that explains PTE and helps you register to sit the test.

Pearson PTE Partner 2026Pearson PTE Registration Center
Official Pearson coursebooks
Classes are taught from official Pearson coursebooks.
Official mock tests
Official mock tests are sat in the dedicated lab on campus, under the same conditions as the real thing.
Official scoring
Answers are uploaded to Pearson's scoring engine and marked against the real criteria.

Test fee

This is the fee you pay Pearson to sit the test. It is separate from WALES tuition, and booking and payment are both handled by Pearson.

PTE AcademicUSD 230≈ ₱12,790
PTE CoreUSD 230≈ ₱12,790
PTE Home (A1 · A2 · B2)USD 195≈ ₱10,846

Pearson's published price for the Philippines, checked August 2026. The peso figure is a conversion and moves with the exchange rate.

The fee and the available centres differ by country and by type of test. You can check the current price on Pearson's booking page.

Pearson PTE Teacher Academy — teacher training held on campus, May 2026
Pearson PTE Teacher Academy — teacher training held on campus, May 2026
Teachers who completed the training
Teachers who completed the training
The dedicated PTE lab — partitions and headsets, the same conditions as the real test
The dedicated PTE lab — partitions and headsets, the same conditions as the real test

Frequently asked

Should I take IELTS or PTE?

The first question is which one the place you are applying to accepts. If it takes both: PTE suits you if you need results quickly or want frequent test dates, and IELTS suits you if you would rather speak in front of a person.

Will I manage if I am not comfortable with computers?

Typing speed does affect your Writing score, because you type on screen rather than write by hand. Lessons themselves are run on computers, so you get used to it over the preparation period.

Where do I sit the test?

PTE is sat at an authorised test centre. WALES is a PTE Registration Center, so the booking is handled with you on campus. Which centre, which date and how you get there are settled together at the consultation.

Programs people mix up
Infinity vs Infinity PRO

Infinity is comprehensive ESL, working evenly across speaking, reading, grammar and writing. PRO is for intermediate and up, concentrating on the English of work — speaking, writing, presenting.

Infinity vs EEP

Infinity is balanced study, grammar and comprehension included. EEP is conversation-led, for anyone who wants to get comfortable in travel and everyday English quickly.

Junior vs the adult courses

Fifteen is the line. Under 15 you may only enrol on Junior (ESL from 7 to 14, IELTS from 12 to 14, English-only policy in force), and you cannot come without a guardian. From 15 you enrol on the adult courses and may come alone.

IELTS vs IELTS Guarantee

IELTS is general score improvement. Guarantee promises your target within 8 or 12 weeks — provided you keep 95% attendance and meet the homework and mock-exam conditions — and includes supervised evening study.

IELTS vs PTE

Both prepare you for a certified exam. IELTS is marked by people and recognised widely by universities and immigration. PTE is marked by computer, so results come back fast and test dates are flexible.

Enrollment
Classes start every Monday

You take the level test on the day you arrive, and your course and group classes are assigned from the result.

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What tuition covers
  • Every class in the load you chose
  • Dormitory (studio through four-share condo)
  • Meals every day · halal and vegetarian available
  • Laundry service
  • A school trip every second week
  • Your own progress sheet