Episode 17 | Scoring well in OET Listening Part B
OET Exam Podcast
In this episode of the Swoosh English OET Podcast, UK English teachers Scott and Una discuss Part B of the OET Listening section. They provide an overview of the entire OET Listening, as well as a specific method for Part B to help you prepare. They also discuss sample questions and actual tips that you can use before, during and after the exam itself! HIGHLIGHTS: 01:46 OET Listening format | 08:03 Method for Part B | 19:05 Final tips.
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Episode 16 | Scoring well in OET Listening Part A
OET Exam Podcast
In this episode of the Swoosh English OET Podcast, UK English teachers Scott and Una discuss Part A of the OET Listening section. They provide an overview of the entire OET Listening, as well as a specific method for Part A to help you prepare. They also discuss sample questions and actual tips that you can use before, during and after the exam itself! HIGHLIGHTS: 01:46 OET Listening format | 08:03 Method for Part A | 19:05 Final tips.
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Episode 15 | How to use Scanning to score highly in OET Reading
OET Exam Podcast
In this episode of the Swoosh English OET Podcast, UK English teachers Scott and Una discuss one skill that students need to master for OET Reading: Scanning! They discuss how scanning helps you to find particular details and rule out incorrect answer options quickly and efficiently! HIGHLIGHTS: 01:40 Recap: Skimming vs Scanning | 03:42 Tip #1: Identify what you are looking for | 07:29 Tip #2: Identify key terms | 09:21 Tip 3: Recognize paraphrasing.
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Episode 14 | How to Skim read in your OET Reading Test
OET Exam Podcast
In this episode of the Swoosh English OET Podcast, UK English teachers Scott and Una discuss a specific skill that students need to have to ace the OET Reading: skimming! They discuss the relevance of this skill and the most important things to look out for, including headings, layouts and topic sentences! HIGHLIGHTS: 02:07 What is skimming? | 03:25 How to skim in the OET Reading? | 09:38 Topic sentence.
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Episode 13 | Scoring well in OET Reading Part C
OET Exam Podcast
In this episode of the Swoosh English OET Podcast, UK English teachers Scott and Una discuss Part C of the OET Reading section. They discuss what this section is all about, what you need to do to prepare for it and some top strategies to find specific details and the gist of a text! HIGHLIGHTS: 04:00 Overview of OET Reading Part C | 06:53 Scoring and how to approach this task | 17:49 Recognizing referencing & phrases to detect meaning from | 23:42 Additional resources & tips.
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Episode 12 | Scoring well in OET Reading Part B
OET Exam Podcast
In this episode of the Swoosh English OET Podcast, UK English teachers Scott and Una discuss Part B of the OET Reading section. They discuss what this section is all about, what you need to do to prepare for it and some top strategies to find specific details and the gist of a text! HIGHLIGHTS: 04:00 Overview of OET Reading Part B | 06:42 Scoring and how to approach this task | 13:05 Recognizing paraphrasing and other distractors | 15:00 Questions that relate to specific details and gist | 17:59 Final tips.
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Episode 11 | Scoring well in OET Reading Part A
OET Exam Podcast
In this episode of the Swoosh English OET Podcast, UK English teachers Scott and Una discuss Part A of the OET Reading section. They discuss what this section is all about, as well as a method to answer the questions within the given time limit. Keep reading to understand what you need to do to get a minimum grade of B and much more in this episode! HIGHLIGHTS: 03:56 Overview of OET Reading Part A | 07:36 OET Reading Part A Scoring | 10:57 Method | 18:34 Extra tips.
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Episode 10 | How to score well in the OET Reading and Listening Tests
OET Exam Podcast
In this episode of the Swoosh English OET Podcast, UK English teachers Scott and Una discuss the OET Reading and Listening sections. They share OET-specific tips to improve your listening and reading score, as well as your overall English comprehension. Read on to learn these simple study hacks and much more! HIGHLIGHTS: 03:34 OET Reading tip: Read medical journals | 07:10 Listen to medical podcasts | 09:50 Read newspapers and websites | 12:23 Listen to YouTube videos | 15:36 Access graded content
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Episode 9 | How does an interlocutor mark your OET Speaking task?
OET Exam Podcast
In this special episode of the Swoosh English OET Podcast, UK English teachers Scott and Una discuss Scott's experience as an interlocutor for the OET exam. They go through some questions about the exam, share encounters and provide actual tips to help you become more ready and comfortable on the day of your exam! HIGHLIGHTS: 01:50 What is the role of an OET exam interlocutor? | 05:20 The biggest challenge for an interlocutor | 07:52 How can you best serve the candidate? | 09:02 OET Speaking tips
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Episode 8 | How to show empathy in the OET Speaking task
OET Exam Podcast
In episode 8 expert OET teachers, Scott and Una, talk about the importance of being empathetic in your OET speaking task. Empathy is one of the key factors to master if you hope to become a healthcare professional in an English speaking country. In the OET speaking test, you will have to make your patient comfortable and reduce their anxiety. This can easily be done using empathy. Want to dive deeper into the strategies needed to pass your OET exam with expert teachers? Take your skills to the next level with our FREE OET Masterclass and learn proven exam tips and strategies from our...
info_outlineIn this 17th episode of the OET podcast series by Swoosh English, the UK English language teachers Scott and Una are here to help you with OET Listening Part B. In this podcast, we discuss what to expect in this part of the OET exam and how you can prepare effectively. This section tests your ability to understand English in common healthcare settings.
The task involves listening to short recordings such as hospital briefings, team meetings or conversations about patients and answering questions. You have to know more than general professional terminology to score well in this section of the OET Test. In this episode, you can listen to some tips that can help you prepare for this task. You can also find out how to manage your time efficiently to finish the task on time.