OET Sample Test

The listening sub-test has 2 parts and has 20 to 28 items. The topics are of general healthcare interest and is available to the candidates in all the professions. Every part has 15 minutes of recorded speech and has pauses to enable you time to write your answers.

You can hear the recording once and write your answers while listening.

Listening sub-test structure

Part A consultation is for 20 to 25 minutes

Part A evaluates your ability to adhere to the facts in a consultation. You have to listen to a recorded health professional and patient consultation and finish a note taking task which is guided by relevant headings.

Part B is a presentation for 20 to 25 minutes. It evaluates your ability to comprehend a short conversation on a health related topics that takes place in the workplace. You need to listen to a recorded conversation or lecture by a healthcare experts and complete a wide range of open ended choice tasks.

How is the ability to listen evaluated in OET?

Many of the task types are there so that a nice sample of every candidate's listening ability is tested. This has tasks evaluating comprehension like multiple choice questions and short answer response questions. There are tasks which evaluate your ability to listen for particular information like completion of tables or lecture notes and sentence completion.

The responses of the candidates are evaluated against a marking guide. Candidates with scores can have their papers double marked to make sure there is fairness.