PTE Speaking Re-Tell Lecture

In this section, your speaking will be assessed. PTE Academic assesses your speaking, reading, writing and listening altogether. However, all sections do overlap slightly as, for example, in this section, you must first hear a recording and then talk about the lecture you just heard.

In the PTE Retell Lecture questions in PTE Academic, you will hear a lecture from an academic scenario. It might be accompanied by a picture or a video. Your task is to speak about the lecture in 30~40 seconds as if you are telling a friend what the lecture was about. After the lecture ends you will have 10 seconds to prepare your response.

Revising Your Retell Lecture
Please do not rush your answer as 30-40 seconds is more than enough time to get all the key information across. Practice identifying keywords in the lecture to understand overall what the lecture was about, you do not need to understand everything word for word.

Here are a few steps to follow while revising:

• Make use of your erasable notepad.
• Identify keywords and the topic of the lecture.
• Do not make one-worded notes. When it comes back to talking about what you just heard, you will not remember why that word was relevant if you don’t elaborate in your notes.
• If you feel like you are about to say ‘umm’ then pause briefly. A short pause sounds much more articulate than filling the silence with ‘umm’ or ‘ahh’.Create your own template for re-telling.

Your score depends upon how well you capture the key points in the lecture and how good your fluency, pronunciation, and pace is. Making sure your speech flows at a natural pace is also just as important as the information you talk about. The testers are listening out for pronunciation and if the words are clear as well as if you sound like you know what you are talking about.

PTE Retell Lecture Practice Test 

Retell Lecture Question 1

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Retell Lecture Question 2

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Retell Lecture Question 3

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Retell Lecture Question 4

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Retell Lecture Question 5

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Retell Lecture Question 6

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Retell Lecture Question 7

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Retell Lecture Question 8

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Retell Lecture Question 9

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Retell Lecture Question 10

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Retell Lecture Question 11

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Retell Lecture Question 12

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Retell Lecture Question 13

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Retell Lecture Question 14

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Retell Lecture Question 15

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Retell Lecture Question 17

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Retell Lecture Question 18

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Retell Lecture Question 19

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Retell Lecture Question 20

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