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Meet LEAP: AI scoring and coaching for PTE and IELTS

LEAP looks at your own answers, finds what cost you marks and shows you what to practise next. Try LEAP for free on your first result.

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By Thanh Tran, co-founder and PTE instructor
Updated

What LEAP does

  • See what cost you marks

    Tap Ask LEAP on any result.

  • See where you stopped

    Every pause and unclear word in your recording.

  • Say it again

    Record one sentence again and see what changed.

  • Fix your essay

    Each mistake that cost you marks, and how to fix it.

  • Get a plan for your week

    With practice that starts in one tap.

  • Ask about any question

    Go back to any answer and ask LEAP about it.

AI scoring for PTE

Reading and listening answers are marked with Pearson's published rules, including partial credit and negative marking.

Our engine listens to your speaking and scores pronunciation and fluency separately, each out of 5, as in Pearson's score guide. It checks your content against the task, and scores your writing on Pearson's traits for each question type.

Speaking, Read Aloud

Question 4 of 10

Graded

11 / 15

Content
5 / 5

Words from the text you read, in order, shown out of 5

Pronunciation
4 / 5

How easily most listeners understand your speech

Oral fluency
2 / 5

A smooth, natural pace without hesitations or restarts

An example Read Aloud answer: the words were right, but two stops cost fluency marks.

  • The trait that cost you the most marks

  • The moment in your recording where it happened

  • The question types to practise next

AI feedback for IELTS writing and speaking

Our engine marks writing and speaking on the four official criteria, using the public IELTS band descriptors. You get a band for each criterion and corrections on your own sentences.

Reading and listening are marked against each paper's answer key, the moment you finish.

Your band

Writing, Task 2
6.5
  • Task response6.5
  • Coherence and cohesion6.5
  • Lexical resource6.0
  • Grammar6.0
You wrote
If people would have more free time, they will be more healthy.
Try
If people had more free time, they would be healthier.
Next step

Rewrite paragraph 2 with one "if" sentence in each of the three forms, then resubmit.

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  • A band for each of the four criteria

  • Corrections on your own sentences

  • A structure for each speaking part

  • Where to start, since Task 2 counts twice as much

Every number comes from your practice

  • Reads only your own answers

    LEAP never sees another student's work.

  • Shows how LEAP worked it out

    Each reply lists the steps LEAP took.

  • Built with teachers

    Experienced IELTS and PTE teachers helped build LEAP.

Where to start

Common questions

What is LEAP?

LEAP is the AI study coach in Leap English Pathways, for PTE and IELTS. LEAP reads your own results, recordings and essays, explains your marks and suggests what to practise next. Every number LEAP gives you comes from your own practice.

Is LEAP free?

Yes, to start. On your first marked result, LEAP's first look is free. A free account also gets 4 replies from LEAP, and 3 Say it again tries each day. Pro gives you 40 replies and 50 Say it again tries each day.

Is PTE scored by AI?

Yes. Pearson scores PTE Academic with its own scoring engine, a computer, so every answer is marked by the same rules. Leap English Pathways marks your practice the same way: reading and listening with Pearson's published rules, and speaking and writing with our engine, on Pearson's traits.

How does AI scoring work for PTE?

Reading and listening answers are marked with Pearson's published rules. For speaking, our engine listens to your recording, checks your content against the task, and scores pronunciation and fluency separately, each out of 5. Writing is scored on Pearson's traits for each question type.

Can AI mark IELTS writing and speaking?

Yes. Our engine marks each answer on the four official criteria, using the public IELTS band descriptors, and corrects your own sentences. Your first band score for Speaking, for Writing Task 1 and for Writing Task 2 is free.

How accurate are the scores?

They're estimates, not official Pearson scores or IELTS bands. Use them to see what to fix next. LEAP only uses the numbers from your own results, so the advice matches what you see on the page.

Where do I find LEAP?

Sign in to Leap English Pathways and answer a question. Under your score, tap Ask LEAP what to do next. You can also open LEAP from the Ask LEAP button on any page of the app.

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