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OET in Ankara – Are you ready for it?

If you want the right training and support to get your desired OET score, we would love to help you. With a steadily increasing number of medical professionals joining our training, passing OET in Ankara every month, this is one of our most recent but most successful study programmes.

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Is OET the right test for you?

It is the most popular test for medical professionals of every kind, satisfying the basic requirements for making a career move to the UK, USA, European Union and a number of other desirable destinations. If you are applying to hospitals, doctor's practices, nursing homes or veterinary practices, the OET is often required.

Is it good value for money?

The OET was created by Cambridge Assessment English (part of the University of Cambridge), and Australia's Box Hill Institute. These organizations guarantee the quality and usefulness of the test, updating it with continuous research. This makes the OET a trusted and reliable test for proving language proficiency for medical professionals. The test is available online, so there are plenty of opportunities to book and take the OET exam.

OET is a globally accepted test, with major healthcare organizations and employers, and professional organizations accepting OET scores. Countries accepting OET include:

Australia
Canada
Ireland
Namibia
New Zealand
Philippines
Singapore
Spain
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America

While it is not as useful as IELTS, which covers academic and non-medical work opportunities, OET is still a very useful exam to open these opportunities for you. Of course, if you wish to, you can also take the IELTS and have both results in your pocket.

Why You Should Consider Taking the OET

If you are a healthcare professional, there are a few really solid benefits the OET will give you.

Take the OET if you are planning to work or study in any kind of healthcare in the countries listed above.

The OET proves your general level of English to a useful and practical dally interaction level.

The OET also specifically measures your knowledge of and facility with medical language for daily work in the healthcare industry.

Choose the OET because it offers practice scenarios which mirror real healthcare situations that you might encounter in your work.

OET for UK Visa - Do you need it?

The OET is enough for a UK visa, although the system is quite detailed and there may be other requirements.

But if you are asked to pass the UKVI test, then all you need to know is that

You will be supporting a Tier 1 or Tier 2 visa application to the United Kingdom.
You must take it at a UKVI approved test centre, and this will be recorded as evidence on your official score report.
The content, format, difficulty and scoring of the test is the same as standard IELTS tests for all other purpose.

What is it?	Occupational English Test, officiated by Cambridge Assessment English (part of the University of Cambridge), and Australia's Box Hill Institute
What is it used for?	Applying to healthcare industry organizations for work as a medical or care professional.
What is in the exam?	Section	Format	Types	Time
	Listening	40 Questions	Same content regardless of which type of healthcare worked in. Follow and understand speech, for example patient consultations, medical lectures.	approx. 45 minutes
	Reading	Part A - 20 Questions Part B - 6 Questions Part C - 16 Questions	1) Part A – expeditious reading task (15 minutes) Part A - read four short texts and quickly find particular information. All four texts cover a single healthcare topic, and are followed by 20 questions which must be answered in the allocated time. The 20 questions have three types: text matching, sentence completion and short answer. 2) Part B and Part C – careful reading tasks (45 minutes) Part B - read six short texts on healthcare workplace topics (around 100-150 words each). Identify the main idea or point of each text. The texts may be parts of policy documents, hospital guidelines, healthcare manuals or from internal communications: emails, memos, letters. Each text is accompanied by one three-option multiple-choice question. Part C - read two texts on topics of interest to healthcare professionals (800 words each). For each text, you must correctly identify detailed meaning, including opinons. You must then answer eight four-option multiple choice questions.	60 Minutes
	Writing	Two Tasks	These tasks are profession-specific, based on typical workplace situations (nurses, doctors, dentists, pharmacists, etc each get a task from their own work). 1) Write a letter (referral, transfer, discharge, advise, inform, etc). 2) respond in writing to a complaint (for Radiography). You will receive task instructions, case notes and/or other connected documentation, which provide information on which to base your response.	60 Minutes
	Speaking	Three Parts	The examiner will verify your identity, then engage in a job-related warm-up conversation. Role-play scenarios are introduced. You have three minutes to prepare, and five minutes to perform for each one. Role-plays You will be given cards for each role-play. You may keep them while you perform. The card details the situation and what you are required to do. If you need to make notes on the card you may. Use the preparation time to ask for any additional explanations or instructions. Each role-play is a simple but realistic portrayal of situations a health professional may encounter. The examiner will follow a standard script to ensure an equal chance for each candidate. The examiner also has detailed supporting information they may use in each role-play. Each candidate may experience a different role-play at the same test to avoid direct comparison.	approx. 20 Minutes
	Total Exam Time			3 Hours 5 Minutes

How is the test scored?	There are four sections in the Official OET Score Report: OET Listening: There are 42 questions on the listening paper, and each question is worth one mark. Part A contains 24 marks, Part B counts for 6 marks and Part C for 12 marks. The OET listening section is checked by a combination of human assessors and computer algorithms. Part A - The candidate is required to complete some notes for a doctor - patient consultation. Assessors score the response. Part B - The candidate is required to select from multiple choices. This part includes 6 brief dialogues or monologues involving healthcare professionals (nurses, doctors, occupational therapists, ward leaders, etc). Answers are scanned and scored by computer. Part C - There are two much longer audio parts (presentations or interviews) on general healthcare topics. Answers are scanned and scored by computer. OET Reading: There is a total of 42 marks available in the Reading sub-test, Part A accounts for 20 marks, Part B accounts for 6 marks and Part C accounts for 16 marks. PART A - This has 20 questions checking your speed and accuracy, to be completed in 15 minutes. Answers must be written in the spaces provided. Answer types include text matching, short answers, sentence completion. Part B - This section has six brief texts, and the candidate must select the correct answer from three options. The candidate must identify the main points and specific ideas, and understand workplace communications. Ability to understand the syntax of different types of medical texts (policy documents, hospital guidelines, manuals, e-mails, memos, brochures, notice, handbook) is vital. Part C - Two 800 word texts. The candidate must complete eight questions with 4 multiple choice questions for each text. The examiner will check for understanding of explicit and implicit meanings of sentences, and numerical and textual presentation. OET Writing: Your performance is checked separately by at least two trained assessors. No assessor is aware of any other assessment for this or other sections. The candidate has 5 minutes to analyze the task and 45 minutes to write the letter (a transfer, referral or discharge) relevant to the candidate’s specialty. Based on case notes, the candidate must respond including relevant details, and using a proper structure. Your performance is scored against six criteria and receives a band score for each criterion: 1) Purpose (is it immediately clear and further expanded in the letter body) 2) Content (is all the required information included and accurate) 3) Conciseness & Clarity (is unnecessary information omitted to leave an effective summary) 4) Genre & Style (is the register, tone and use of idiomatic language appropriate) 5) Organization & Layout (is the format suitable and clear) 6) Language (is the grammar used accurate, is the vocabulary good, does it communicate effectively) OET Speaking: Four assessment criteria are used to give a score to the writing test. 1) Fluency and Coherence 2) Lexical Resource 3) Grammatical Range and Accuracy 4) Pronunciation The examiner is trained to judge each element and allocate a score appropriately. Total OET Scoring All four sections of the OET are weighted evenly when it comes to grading in that no one section is worth more than another. You will receive a score ranging from A to E for each one. This table provides an approximate OET banding score.
OET BAND SCORES	OET COMPETENCY DESCRIPTION	OET BAND GRADE
450 - 500	Can communicate very effectively with patients and health professionals using appropriate tone, register and lexis. Shows complete understanding of any kind of written or spoken language.	A
400 - 490	Can communicate very effectively with patients and health professionals using appropriate tone, register and lexis, with only occasional inaccuracies and hesitations. Shows good understanding in a range of clinical contexts.	B
350 - 390	Can communicate very effectively with patients and health professionals using appropriate tone, register and lexis, with only occasional inaccuracies and hesitations. Shows good understanding in a range of clinical contexts.	B
300 - 340	Can maintain the interaction in relevant healthcare environment despite occasional errors and lapses, and follow standard spoken language normally encountered in his / her field of specialization.	C+
250 - 290	Can maintain the interaction in relevant healthcare environment despite occasional errors and lapses, and follow standard spoken language normally encountered in his / her field of specialization.	C
200 - 250	Can maintain the interaction in relevant healthcare environment despite occasional errors and lapses, and follow standard spoken language normally encountered in his / her field of specialization.	C

What is a good score?	A good score is whatever the healthcare organization you have applied to is asking you to achieve, or the employer asks for. It doesn’t matter what other people score, it’s all about you against the test. For most medical professionals the minimum acceptable score is 350 or above. The OET is designed to provide an objective test of your ability across analysis of complex English skills, to meet the level of English required on your academic course or work environment.
Excellent Scores	450 - 500
Get more than 450 and you are at approximately the same level as a native English speaker. With a score in this range, any institution or organization asking you to provide an OET score will be satisfied.
Good Scores	350 - 440
Most of our students are aiming for a score of 350 or more. It is a solid result demonstrating good all round ability, and accepted by good healthcare organizations.
Basic Acceptable Scores	200 - 340
A score under 300 is unlikely to be good enough, but a score over 300 might be. It will depend on other factors in your application, and the goodwill and quality of the healthcare organization.
Low Scores	100 - 190
No reputable healthcare organization would risk employing someone with language skills in this range. However, it is a foundation to build on, and achieving a higher score is possible once we fix your problems.
This table shows the scaled OET to IELTS to CEFR scores.
OET Score	IELTS BAND	CEFR Level
450 - 500	8.0 - 9.0	A
400 - 440	7.5	B
350 - 390	7	B
300 - 340	6.5	C+
250 - 290	6.0	C
200 - 240	5.5	C
100 - 190	5	D
0 - 90	0 - 4.5	E

What are the alternatives?

If the healthcare organization or employer wants you to pass an exam, there are internationally accepted alternatives in IELTS, and possibly PTEA. You may also be asked to take a test specific to that institution or organization.

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