You do the PTE Academic speaking test at a computer which records your answers. You have 30-40 seconds to prepare. If you remain silent for longer than 3 seconds, the recording will stop.
Child language brokers are children or young people who translate or interpret on behalf of family members or others who do not speak the local language. When settling into a new country, children often learn the local language more rapidly than their parents and other adults. As a result youngsters start taking on the role of language broker in a number of different contexts such as shops, banks, schools, doctors, dentists, welfare offices, police stations, housing offices among many others.
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