OET
Elevate Your Healthcare Career: Excel with Our Specialised OET Course!
About Course
At ADD ON International, we offer Online and Offline classes for OET aspirants. Our trainers are highly qualified professionals with extensive knowledge and expertise in English language examination training. We provide unlimited access to listening, reading, writing and speaking materials, along with personalised corrections and feedback.
Our team of trainers is highly qualified and consists of certified professionals such as DELTA, CELTA, TESOL, PGDTE and even PhDs. They possess extensive knowledge and expertise in English language.
examination training, with certifications from renowned institutions such as the British Council, IDP, ETS, Pearson, Cambridge and OET.
The Four Components of OET
Listening (approximately 45 minutes)
Reading (60 minutes)
Three tasks every day to all 12 professions. Read and understand different types of text on health-related subjects.
Writing (45 minutes)
Reading time: 5 minutes
Writing time: 40 minutes
One task specific to each profession. Write a letter clearly and accurately which is relevant to the reader.
Speaking (20 minutes)
Two tasks specific to each profession. Effective communication in a real-life context through the use of role plays.
| Reading Duration | 60 minutes |
| Test Parts | 3 Sections |
42 marks are split across 3 Sections in the Reading Sub-Test. Part A accounts for 20 marks, Part B accounts for 6 marks and Part C accounts for 16 marks. While Part A is about expeditious reading tasks for 15 minutes, Parts B and C put together are careful reading tasks for 45 minutes.
Part A – expeditious reading task
Part A assesses your ability to locate specific information from four short texts quickly and effectively. The four short texts are related to a single healthcare topic.
| Duration | 15 minutes |
| Tasks | Include matching, sentence completion, and short answer questions. |
| Marks | 20 |
Part B and C: carefully reading the task
Part B assesses your ability to identify the detail, gist or central point of six texts sourced from the Healthcare workspace (100–150 words each). The text might consist of extracts from policy documents, hospital guidelines, manuals or similar. Part C assesses your ability to identify detailed meaning and opinion in two texts on topics of interest to healthcare professionals
| Duration | 45 minutes |
| Tasks | Part B: Three-option multiple-choice multiple choice questions Part C: 4 option, multiple choice questions |
| Marks | 22 |
| Reading Duration | 60 minutes |
| Test Parts | 3 Sections |
42 marks are split across 3 Sections in the Reading Sub-Test. Part A accounts for 20 marks, Part B accounts for 6 marks and Part C accounts for 16 marks. While Part A is about expeditious reading tasks for 15 minutes, Parts B and C put together are careful reading tasks for 45 minutes.
- The listening subtest is 45 minutes long.
- The listening sub-test is the first test on the test day and lasts for about 45 minutes.
- The listening subtest consists of three parts with 42 questions.
- The listening subtest is the same for all professions.
- The topic of generic medical interest is accessible to candidates across all professions.
- Each part consists of a variety of recorded audio tracks testing different listening skills. There will be passes through the test to allow candidates to read questions or write their answers.
- The candidate will hear each recording once and is expected to write their answers while listening.
Skills assessment
- Understanding the main ideas
- Understanding of specific factual information
- Recognising the opinions, attitudes, and purpose of a speaker
- Following the development of an argument. Marking Each correct answer receives one mark. Scores out of 40 are converted to the IELTS 9 band scale. Scores are reported in whole and half bands.
Part A – expeditious reading task
Part A assesses your ability to locate specific information from four short texts quickly and effectively. The four short texts are related to a single healthcare topic.
| Duration: | 15 minutes (for two consultations) |
| Tasks | Structured note completion |
| Marks | 24 |
Part B and C: carefully reading the task
Part B assesses your ability to identify the detail, gist or central point of six texts sourced from the Healthcare workspace (100–150 words each). The text might consist of extracts from policy documents, hospital guidelines, manuals or similar. Part C assesses your ability to identify detailed meaning and opinion in two texts on topics of interest to healthcare professionals
| Duration: | 10 minutes (for all six questions) |
| Tasks | 3 option multiple-choice questions |
| Marks | 6 |
| Speaking Duration | 20 minutes |
| Test Parts | 2 Sections |
There are two tasks to be completed in the Speaking Section. These are role plays and for each part, you will be given three minutes to prepare. Each role-play lasts about five minutes. The Speaking sub-test is recorded and the audio is assessed by two official OET assessors using the official OET Linguistic and Clinical Communication Criteria.
