Having Controlled Conversations In The OET Speaking Test
Whilst being an English language testing exam, OET still differs from other English language testing exams like IELTS and TOEFL, as it simulates real life patient-to-professional communication. It is a test especially designed to analyze the English language reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills of candidates who want to study medical education abroad or set up a medical career in a foreign country. Why should you have controlled conversations in the OET test? As a healthcare professional, you need to have even more control over your conversations, as you will be speaking to other medical practitioners, nurses, patients, or relatives of patients. Thus, there needs to be formal and thoughtful conversation patterns. You need to know which information needs to be provided and in how much amount, and in which tone, depending upon who you are speaking to, and the situation and setting that you are in. All of this calls for controlled conversation skills. The OET...