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OET Writing – What Examiners Are Looking For

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Sitting for the OET means giving your best so that you can get a visa to fly abroad and fulfill your medical dreams. When you are writing your OET test, you are always putting in efforts to put in your best. But, in the process, you are only thinking of the letters asked from your point of view. What about the examiner’s point of view? After all, it is about how the examiner will see your letter that matters more than what you are thinking about it. Although the test is about you, it is about performing on how the examiner will analyze your writing. So, this becomes very tricky. When you are a candidate writing the exam, how can you be on the examiner’s side to see how he will pursue your letter? Yes, it’s tough, but not impossible to get onto that side. And, when we are here to help you, you have nothing to worry about. We bring to you all the guidelines about understanding how your written letter will be analyzed and assessed. Keeping the letter perfect yet simple Obviou...

OET Writing Task – Understanding It Well

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OET writing is one of the important segments you need to prepare for and score well in if you want to clear the OET and fly abroad to set up a successful medical career in top institutions and organizations. But, before you start simply writing, make sure you understand what the task exactly wants you to do. The task that you are given will give you lots of information; every tiny bit that is important for you to take note of. Here, in this blog, we will let you know every critical information that you need to pay attention to, analyze, and then write the letter asked. 1. The task will tell you who you are writing to First and foremost, you need to know who you are writing the letter to. There are a variety of letters that may be chosen for you to write from. It could be a referral letter, a transfer letter, or a letter of discharge. In this case, you need to know which professional you are writing the letter to. Is it a dermatologist, physiotherapist, dentist, speech p...

OET – Important Spelling Tips

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OET is an English language testing skill. If you think you are proficient and expert in the English language when it comes to understanding and speaking, let us remind you that fluency, vocabulary, and pronunciation are not the only aspects of the OET. There is yet another important element that can help you score or miss out on the perfect grades. What we talk about here is the “spelling”. Correct spelling is absolutely important when you are writing down the OET. And, especially for a medical test like OET, every spelling of each medical term is important. One mistake and everything could be smashed up! After all, medical is a complicated, and at the same time, a sensitive field, which makes it very important to be precise. While the speaking part of OET will only assess your vocabulary, fluency, pronunciation, and confidence of English speaking , the other three parts of listening, reading, and writing will test your spelling too. So, be very careful whenever you are w...

OET Versus IELTS - Avigna Learning Academy

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IELTS has been one of the most popular English language testing exams been taken for all those students who have been willing to move abroad for further studies or jobs. But now, OET has emerged as another popular and preferred testing exam , at times even outdoing IELTS! But, the only difference here is that IELTS is an exam that is taken for all kinds of people willing to move abroad, while OET is especially designed for medical professionals. OET and IELTS – The comparison Both OET and IELTS are used to assess the English language proficiency of an individual. But, OET is related to healthcare professional services. It covers 12 different medical professions including dentistry, dietetics, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiography, speech pathology and veterinary science. Thus, OET is an English language test that has made English speaking and writing easy for nurses, midwives, and doctors. IELTS, on the other ha...

OET – For A Brighter Nursing Career

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Planning to become a nurse? Well, that’s a great helping profession that can help serve your country! But, along with your country’s health standards, you also need to consider your career prospects. So, if you are looking for further nursing education somewhere outside the country, it isn't a bad thing. But, you need to be well prepared to be able to clear your visa test, and be able to qualify for a good nursing education abroad in one of the best institutions of the country you are flying to. And for this, you need to clear the OET test. What is the OET test? OET is an English language testing exam that tests every aspect of the English language of a candidate – reading, writing, listening, and speaking. And, the best part of this test is that it is specifically designed for medical professionals. It caters to a number of medical professions, with nursing being one of them. In fact, OET is preferred over other English language tests as it tests the skills of a can...

Having Controlled Conversations In The OET Speaking Test

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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...

5 Tips On Successfully Completing The OET Writing Test

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OET is much preferred over other English language testing exams for medical students and practitioners, who wish to study further or set up their career abroad. If you are willing to travel to one of the countries that follow the OET test , then you have to be completely prepared. While we have helped you with  the tips and strategies for scoring an “A” in the reading and speaking  sections of the OET, today in this blog, we will help you with some tips that can help you successfully complete the OET writing sub-test. Tip 1 – Understand who you are writing to Who you are writing to has the potential to change the layout and content of the letter you are to write. If you are writing to a doctor, the format will be different; if you are writing to a nurse, the format will be different; and if you are writing to a patient’s relative, the format will be completely different. Also, the category of the doctor and nurse will also change the format of the letter. Whethe...