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Section 20 · A. Build the foundation

PTE / IELTS Foundation & Australian Workplace English

For Australia / UK / US / Canada pipelines, PTE 79+ (or IELTS 7+ each band) is the visible bar that unlocks visa, PR points and a clean recruiter screen — paired with workplace English that lands well on day one.

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Topics in this section

Each topic pairs a video with the theory, interview questions & answers, and practice problems whose solutions unlock as you complete them.

20.1
PTE / IELTS Foundation (the PTE 79+ goal)
Video5 Q&A4 practice18 min
20.2
Reading — Skimming, Scanning, Vocabulary
Video5 Q&A4 practice16 min
20.3
Listening — BBC & Australian Podcasts
Video5 Q&A4 practice18 min
20.4
Speaking — Self-Introduction, Education, Career
Video5 Q&A4 practice18 min
20.5
Writing — 150–250 word essays & Australian Workplace Communication
Video7 Q&A5 practice20 min
20.6
PTE Read Aloud — 40-sec sentence pacing
Video5 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.7
PTE Repeat Sentence — memory & pronunciation
Video5 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.8
PTE Describe Image — 40-sec graph framework
Video5 Q&A4 practice16 min
20.9
PTE Re-tell Lecture — notes → 40-sec re-tell
Video5 Q&A4 practice16 min
20.10
PTE Answer Short Question — vocabulary breadth
Video4 Q&A3 practice10 min
20.11
PTE Summarise Written Text — one-sentence summary
Video4 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.12
PTE Reading & Writing: Fill in the Blanks — collocations
Video4 Q&A4 practice12 min
20.13
PTE Summarise Spoken Text — 50–70 word summary
Video4 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.14
PTE Write from Dictation — auditory memory & spelling
Video4 Q&A4 practice12 min
20.15
PTE Listening: Fill in the Blanks — spelling under pressure
Video4 Q&A3 practice10 min
20.16
IELTS Writing Task 1 — graphs, charts & process diagrams
Video4 Q&A4 practice16 min
20.17
IELTS Speaking Parts 1, 2, 3 — examiner conversation
Video4 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.18
Pronunciation — Indian English → neutral key shifts
Video4 Q&A4 practice18 min
20.19
Stress, rhythm & intonation — sentence music
Video4 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.20
Grammar essentials — articles, tense, prepositions
Video4 Q&A4 practice16 min
20.21
Recruiter screen English — phone call rhythm + visa one-liner
Video4 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.22
Stand-up & retro English — daily workplace ritual
Video4 Q&A4 practice12 min
20.23
PR review English — disagreeing politely & code review tone
Video4 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.24
LinkedIn presence — headline, About, posts & recruiter outreach
Video5 Q&A5 practice16 min
20.25
Networking events & coffee chats — Australian small talk
Video4 Q&A4 practice12 min
20.26
GitHub Portfolio — 10+ shipped projects that hire you
Video5 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.27
Australian Resume — the 2-page format AU/UK recruiters expect
Video5 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.28
Mock Interviews — the practice loop that closes the gap
Video5 Q&A4 practice14 min
20.29
Interview Confidence — visible, learnable, drillable
Video5 Q&A4 practice12 min