Courses

●        OET for Nursing

●        OET for Medicine

Who are these courses for?

The OET for Nursing and OET for Medicine courses are for students who are preparing to take the Occupational English Test (OET) in the Nursing or Medicine healthcare profession streams. 

Students who are planning to take the OET in one of the other healthcare profession streams (e.g. Dentistry, Physiotherapy) will benefit from the skills taught in the course. The Reading and Listening content is the same for all streams. The skills taught in the Writing and Speaking sections are relevant to all students, as all candidates complete the same type of tasks, but students in non-Nursing or Medicine streams won’t encounter scenarios that are specific to their healthcare profession.

Course Components

The OET for Nursing and OET for Medicine courses consist of:

●        Teacher lesson plans

●        Diagnostic test

●        Method videos

●        Practice Test activities

●        Mini-mock and full-mock tests

Course Structure

Lesson Plans

There are 32 lessons in total for each course.

Teacher lesson plans are divided into four skills:

●        Speaking

●        Writing

●        Reading

●        Listening

There are eight lessons for each skill. Note that the Listening and Reading lesson plans contain the same content in the Nursing and Medicine courses, as all OET candidates take the same Listening and Reading tests regardless of their healthcare profession.

Each lesson should take about 1 hour to teach (depending on your class level, style, etc). Each lesson teaches students how to approach a section of the OET test using example questions. Lessons also include grammar, vocabulary and skill-building activities.

Teachers can decide to allocate specific Practice Test activities in the student course for homework after the lesson or leave the student to work through these activities at their own pace.

Teachers can also access the Mock Test Materials tab, which contains candidate and interlocutor cards and marking rubrics for the Speaking mock tests and sample answers for the Writing mock tests.

Student Course

The student course features nine sections.

●        Reading Part A

●        Reading Part B

●        Reading Part C

●        Listening Part A

●        Listening Part B

●        Listening Part C

●        Speaking

●        Writing

●        Mock Tests

Within each of the four skills, Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing, the course is broken into A Method section and Practice Tests. The Method section provides information about the task type and teaches students how to approach the task in the test. The Practice Tests provide activities allowing students to develop the skills learnt in the Method section.

Each Practice Test may take varying times to complete based on the task complexity, level, and individual student needs. Students can be directed to complete certain activities for homework or can work through the activities at their own pace.

The Reading and Listening content is the same for both the OET for Nursing and OET for Medicine courses (as it is on the test), but the Writing and Speaking content is tailored towards the individual stream, with practice tasks that contain nursing or medicine scenarios. 

Mock Tests

1 x Mini Mock Test

1 x Full Mock Test

* Teachers mark the Writing parts of these mock tests and conduct and assess the Speaking parts.