OET Listening – total questions: 42 items, audio time: 40 minutes approx.

• Part A – consultation extracts (about 5 minutes each)
• Part B – short workplace extracts (about 1 minute each)
• Part C – presentation extracts (about 5 minutes each)

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ON OET LISTENING?

You will be trained on ‘do’s and don’t’ of the test, and how to listen for specific details to achieve your desired ‘Grade’. The following areas will be the main focus of the OET listening:

• Common errors on OET listening.
• OET listening questions.
• Become comfortable with accents.
• Listen for specific details.

OET Reading – total questions: 42 items, time: 60 minutes

• Part A – expeditious reading task (15 minutes)
• Part B and Part C – careful reading tasks (45 minutes)

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ON OET READING?

You will familiarise yourself with the types of questions on OET reading. In the OET training, different techniques will be discussed to quickly solve OET reading parts. The following areas will be the major focus of the OET reading:

• Question types on reading parts.
• Reading techniques of Part A, B & C.
• Skimming vs Scanning.

OET Speaking – delivered individually, time: 20 minutes approximately.

In each Speaking test, your identity and profession are checked by the interlocutor and there is a short warm-up conversation about your professional background. Then the roleplays are introduced one by one and you have three minutes to prepare for each. The role-play takes about five minutes each.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ON OET SPEAKING?

The focus of the training will be on OET speaking assessment parameters i.e 

• Linguistic Criteria: Intelligibility, Fluency, Appropriateness of Language, Resources of Grammar and Expression.
• Clinical Communication Criteria: Relationship-building, Understanding and incorporating the patient’s perspective, Providing structure, Information-gathering, Information-giving.

OET speaking roleplays will be conducted during the training along with feedback, so you feel more confident on the test day and finally achieve your target OET Grade.

OET Writing – letter writing, time: 45 minutes, 180-200 words.

• Along with the task instructions, you will receive the stimulus material (case notes and/or other related documentation) which includes information to use in your response.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN ON OET WRITING?

The main focus of the training will be on OET writing assessment criteria. You will learn how to write a clear purpose of the referral letter, letter of transfer, letter of discharge, letter to advise or inform a patient with relevant ideas within the stipulated time. Other components include content, conciseness and clarity, genre and style, organization and layout, language. To track your performance on writing, unlimited evaluation and feedback will also be provided throughout the training.