PTE Young Learners For 6 to 13 Year Students

The PTE Young Learners has two parts; a written test which assesses listening, reading and writing, and a spoken test.

PTE Young Learners Test Levels

Firstwords (Level 1): This test is for test takers who can read the English alphabet and recognize simple words and phrases in both written and spoken English

• Exam time: 80 minutes
• Written test: 60 minutes
• Task 1: Skill - listening
• Task 2: Skill - listening
• Task 3: Skill - reading
• Task 4: Skill - reading
• Task 5: Skill - reading
• Task 6: Skill - reading and writing
• Spoken test: 20 minutes
• The spoken test at this level lasts for 20 minutes and there are two tasks.
• Task 7: Skill - speaking
• Task 8: Skill - speaking

Springboard (Level 2): This test is for test takers who can talk about their feelings, habits, likes and dislikes.
Exam time: 80 minutes

• Written test: 60 minutes
• Task 1: Skill - listening
• Task 2: Skill - listening
• Task 3: Skill - reading and writing
• Task 4: Skill - reading
• Task 5: Skill - reading and writing
• Task 6: Skill - reading and writing
• Spoken test: 20 minutes
• The spoken test at this level lasts for 20 minutes and there are two tasks.
• Task 7: Skill - speaking
• Task 8: Skill - speaking

Quickmarch (Level 3): This test is for test takers who can read texts with understanding, and understand the gist and key information in familiar listening contexts.
Exam Time: 80 minutes

• Written test: 60 minutes
• Task 1: Skill - listening
• Task 2: Skill - listening and writing
• Task 3: Skill - reading and writing
• Task 4: Skill - reading
• Task 5: Skill - reading and writing
• Task 6: Skill - writing
• Spoken test: 20 minutes
• The spoken test at this level lasts for 20 minutes and there are two tasks.
• Task 7: Skill - speaking
• Task 8: Skill - speaking

Breakthrough (Level 4): This test is for test takers who can describe sensations; give instructions and explanations; describe purpose; give opinions and express preferences and deal with hypothetical situations.
Exam time: 1 hour, 35 minutes

• Written Test: 75 minutes
• Task 1: Skill - listening
• Task 2: Skill - listening and writing
• Task 3: Skill - reading and writing
• Task 4: Skill - reading
• Task 5: Skill - reading and writing
• Task 6: Skill - writing
• Spoken Test 20 minutes
• The spoken test at this level lasts for 20 minutes and there are two tasks.
• Task 7: Skill - speaking
• Task 8: Skill – speaking

PTE Young Learners Test Dates

November 2018

• Access arrangements request deadline – 25 August
• Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms - 6 October
• Entry deadline - 6 October
• Test taker withdrawal deadline - 22 October
• Test taker personal details amendment deadline - 22 October
• Oral test period - 27 October - 10 November
• Written test - 10 November
• Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson - 16 November
• Note: Results timeline is dependent on all geographies' scripts and audio being returned and in the UK processing centre by deadline.
• Results available via Edexcel Online - 24 December
• Results dispatched by post from UK - 24 December
• Performance reports sent by email from UK - 28 December
• Certificates dispatched by post from UK - 19 January 2019

December 2018

• Access arrangements request deadline – 22 September
• Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms - 10 November
• Entry deadline - 10 November
• Test taker withdrawal deadline - 26 November
• Test taker personal details amendment deadline - 26 November
• Oral test period - 1 - 15 December
• Written test - 15 December
• Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson - 20 December
• Note: Results timeline is dependent on all geographies' scripts and audio being returned and in the UK processing centre by deadline.
• Results available via Edexcel Online – 04 February 2019
• Results dispatched by post from UK – 04 February 2019
• Performance reports sent by email - 8 February 2019
• Certificates dispatched by post from UK - 28 February 2019

February 2019

• Access arrangements request deadline - 14 January
• Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms -  14 January
• Entry deadline - 21 January
• Test taker withdrawal deadline - 8 February
• Test taker personal details amendment deadline - 8 February
• Oral test period - 11 February – 23 February
• Written test - 23 February
• Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson - 28 February
• Note: Results timeline is dependent on all geographies' scripts and audio being returned and in the UK processing centre by deadline.
• Results available via Edexcel Online - 8 April
• Results dispatched by post from UK - 8 April
• Performance reports sent by email from UK - 15 April
• Certificates dispatched by post from UK - 15 April

March 2019

• Access arrangements request deadline - 18 February
• Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms -  18 February
• Entry deadline - 25 February
• Test taker withdrawal deadline -15 March
• Test taker personal details amendment deadline - 15 March
• Oral test period - 18 March - 30 March
• Written test - 30 March
• Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson - 5 April
• Note: Results timeline is dependent on all geographies' scripts and audio being returned and in the UK processing centre by deadline.
• Results available via Edexcel Online - 13 May
• Results dispatched by post from UK - 13 May
• Performance reports sent by email from UK - 20 May
• Certificates dispatched by post from UK - 20 May

May 2019

• Access arrangements request deadline - 8 April
• Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms -  8 April
• Entry deadline - 15 April
• Test taker withdrawal deadline - 3 May
• Test taker personal details amendment deadline - 3 May
• Oral test period - 6 -18 May
• Written test - 18 May
• Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson - 23 May
• Note: Results timeline is dependent on all geographies' scripts and audio being returned and in the UK processing centre by deadline
• Results available via Edexcel Online - 1 JulyResults dispatched by post from UK - 1 July
• Performance reports sent by email from UK - 8 July
• Certificates dispatched by post from UK - 15 July

June 2019

• Access arrangements request deadline - 13 May
• Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms - 13 May
• Entry deadline - 20 May
• Test taker withdrawal deadline - 7 June
• Test taker personal details amendment deadline - 7 June
• Oral test period - 10 - 22 June
• Written test - 22 June
• Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson - 27 June
• Note: Results timeline is dependent on all geographies' scripts and audio being returned and in the UK processing centre by deadline.
• Results available via Edexcel Online - 5 August
• Results dispatched by post from UK - 5 August
• Performance reports sent by email from UK - 12 August
• Certificates dispatched by post from UK - 19 August

October 2019

• Access arrangements request deadline - 2 September
• Deadline for submission of interlocutor/assessor application forms - 2 September
• Entry deadline - 9 September
• Test taker withdrawal deadline - 27 September
• Test taker personal details amendment deadline - 27 September
• Oral test period - 30 September - 12 October
• Written test - 12 October
• Deadline for completed tests to be received by Pearson - 17 October
• Note: Results timeline is dependent on all geographies' scripts and audio being returned and in the UK processing centre by deadline.
• Results available via Edexcel Online - 25 November
• Results dispatched by post from UK - 25 November
• Performance reports sent by email from UK - 2 December
• Certificates dispatched by post from UK - 2 December