OET course has been designed to enhance the four macro
skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking for the OET exam. OET has 12
health and allied health professions like dentistry, dietetics, medicine,
nursing, occupational therapy, optometry,pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry,
radiography, speech pathology and veterinary science.
OET is used by the governing bodies of the professions at
state and national level in Australia, New Zealand, UK and UAE. Every council
or board ascertains the result needed from the candidates to meet the language
competency standards needed to function in their profession.
Health professionals have to develop their English skills.
The health experts seek career progression. It is suitable for those who work
in an English speaking environment and want to hone their skills further.
Letter writing includes formal and informal letters, patient
referral letters, hospital admission letters, reminder letter to patients,
patient discharge letters etc. There are hand writing skills, organizing the
task, knowing the evaluation criteria, clinical setting, public and private
hospital settings and effective communication.
There are various medical scenarios and dialogues related to
different medical settings. The speaking makes use of tone, diction, fluency,
accuracy and volume and cover the patient scenarios in Australia.
There is functional language, patient histories, giving
explanations, providing advice and providing re assurances. You have to deal
with children, teenagers, adults and elderly Australians. We have to know the
evaluation criteria. There is listening to passages and dialogues. There is
listening for detail and hand writing speed and writing in note form. You need
to make headings to guide you and look ahead and plan for listening.
There are practice reading skills with reference materials,
hospital documents, medical reports and medically related charts. There is
speed reading and comprehension for all the OET test aspects. There is reading
for specific purposes. There is understanding of the text and to answer the
questions related to the text.
There are vocabulary skills and English grammar in oral and
written communication. There are medical terms and their meanings. There is
also pronunciation and medical roots, suffices and prefixes. There are medical
related tests, charts and templates.
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