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OET
Novaturient offers online as well as regular mode OET training. OET is offered to 12 categories of healthcare professionals, and our focus is mostly training nurses. The exclusive attention to training nurses has enabled Novaturient to carve out a niche among the OET training academies of India.
Our regular offline package includes 1-, 2- and 3-months’ courses along with 15-days short term training. We also have exclusive exam preparation batches. Our online packages are highly flexible, specially designed to dovetail with your work schedule without the least compromise on quality or content.
What is OET?
The Occupational English Test or OET as it is popularly called is an English language assessment test created for the healthcare professionals. OET can be taken up by 12 different healthcare categories: nursing, dentistry, dietetics, medicine, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiography, speech pathology optometry, pharmacy, and veterinary science. OET is owned by Cambridge Boxhill Language Assessment Trust (CBLA) which is co-owned by Boxhill Institute and Cambridge English Language Assessment.
What is the OET test format?
OET like any other language test, evaluates the performance of the candidate under four sub-skills which are listening, reading, writing and speaking. The listening is a 45-minute test, followed by a 60-minute reading test. The writing tests last for 45 minutes and is the last test taken in this order. The speaking test, which lasts for 20 minutes, is to be taken in the second half of the day, post 1 pm.
- 1) Listening (approximately 45 minutes)
- 2) Reading (60 minutes)
- 3) Writing (45 minutes)
- 4) Speaking (approximately 20 minutes)
Listening
- Part A – consultation extracts (about 5 minutes each)
- Part B – short workplace extracts (about 1 minute each)
- Part C – presentation extracts (about 5 minutes each)
Reading
- Part A – expeditious reading task (15 minutes)
- Part B assesses candidates’ ability to identify the detail, gist or main point of six short texts sourced from the healthcare workplace (100-150 words each).
- Part C assesses candidates’ ability to identify detailed meaning and opinion in two texts on topics of interest to healthcare professionals (800 words each).
Writing
- The task is to write a letter, usually a referral letter.
- Sometimes, especially for some professions, a different type of letter is required
- A letter of transfer or discharge
- A letter to advise or inform a patient, carer, or group.
Speaking
- The Speaking sub-test is delivered individually and the candidate takes part in two role-plays.
- In each role-play, the candidate takes his or her professional role (for example, as a nurse or as a pharmacist)
- The interlocutor plays a patient, a client, or a patient’s relative or carer.
- For veterinary science, the interlocutor is the owner or carer of the animal
OET results validity period
Generally, OET results are valid for 2 years but there are some organisations that may accept OET test results that are more than 2 years old, subject to certain conditions.
