Hi I'm Jo from specialist language courses we are OET premium preparation providers which
means we are experienced and skilled in what we do helping people achieve success in the
oet exam so in today's video we're going to look at OET speaking and how to approach the test we
will look at what happens in the speaking test how you are assessed the role cards and how you
should approach the test so what happens in the OE t speaking test how long is the speaking test well
the test lasts about 20 minutes the first three to four minutes is the warm-up section which is
not assessed here the interlocutor will ask you a few questions about yourself in your profession
then you will perform - role plays which lasts about five minutes each and you will have two to
three minutes before each roleplay to prepare what do you need to do you will pay the role
of the healthcare professional so a doctor or nurse it will be during a consultation and the
interlocutor will take the role of the patient or in some cases a relative or carer you will need to
ask questions and provide information depending on what is written on your role card how will you be
assessed in the speaking test so your English will be assessed on two sets of criteria the first is
the linguistic criteria and this assesses you on area such as pronunciation fluency and language
and the second set of criteria is the clinical communication criteria and this includes things
such as relationship building exploring the patient's concerns and providing information
so what's on the role card well on the role card there are several pieces of information
the setting for example a hospital ward a little information about the patient and the current
situation and then what you have to do during the role play in the form of tasks to complete common
tasks are find out we assure explain suggest but there are many different types of tasks that you
could be asked to do how should you approach the role play well let's first look about what
we can do in the preparation time during the three minutes preparation time it's important
to read the role card carefully and find out who you are who the patient is what the medical issue
is and think about how the patient is feeling for example anxious or frustrated a good tip is
to underline all the key verbs in the tasks and then think of useful phrases and vocabulary that
you will need for each of them also think about how the conversation might flow for example you
might find out information about life style first before suggesting some changes so what
should you do in the roleplay so in the roleplay you should be ready to start the interaction for
example hi my name is Joe I'm the nurse on duty today I understand your son was brought in with
a bad flare-up of his eczema is that right use the information on the role card to guide you
listen carefully to the patient and respond appropriately for example if they say they are
worried or anxious about something empathize with them by saying something like it's understandable
that you're worried be confident and behave as if you would in a real-life work situation remember
you are a nurse or a doctor and you know what to do top tips for a et speaking use the preparation
time to analyze the role card and predict the flow be ready to start listen to the patient
and be ready to adapt so thanks for watching if you'd like more tips and strategies on how
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