Course Description

OET Preparation Wagga Wagga is designed to improve the four (4) macro skills of OET reading, OET writing, OET listening & OET speaking with a focus on the components of the Occupational English Test. This course is designed to assist in mastering the skills required for the OET Test, working in an English-speaking healthcare setting or those seeking career progression in an English-speaking environment. Our OET course is suitable for the following 11 health & allied health professions: dentistry, dietetics, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, optometry, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiography & veterinary science.

Who is the OET Course suitable for?

• Health professionals needing to develop English skills in a health context
• Those seeking entry to any of the MCIOA OET short or long courses
• Those that are preparing for the Occupational English Test (OET)
• Health professionals seeking career progression
• Those who work in an English-speaking environment & need to further develop their English skills

What will I learn in the OET Course?

Health Professional OET Writing

Subject Code: MHPWC18

• OET Writing skills
• Letter writing including formal & informal letters, patient referral letters, hospital admissions letters, reminder letters to patients, patient discharge letters and more
• Handwriting skills
• Linking information
• Using paragraphs
• OET Writing longer sentences
• Planning to write
• Organising the task
• Understand the writing assessment criteria

Health Professional OET Speaking

Subject Code: MHPSC18

• Clinical setting
• Public and private hospital settings
• Effectively communicate -Different medical situations -Medical related scenarios
• Dialogues related to various medical settings
• OET Speaking using tone, diction, fluency, accuracy & volume, which covers typical patient scenarios in Australia
• Pronunciation & appropriate language for when dealing with people in all contexts e.g. hospital settings & private clinics
• Functional language, taking patient histories, giving explanations, giving advice, aggression conversation & giving re-assurances
• Dealing with children, teenagers, adults & older Australians
• Understand the speaking assessment criteria

Health Professional OET Listening

Subject Code: MHPLC18

• OET Listening to passages and dialogues
• OET Listening for detail
• Predicting before you listen
• Listening for gist
• Handwriting speed
• OET Writing in note form
• Scanning headings and questions
• Using headings to guide you
• Looking ahead
• Planning for listening

Health Professional OET Reading

Subject Code: MHPRC18

• Practice reading skills with reference materials, hospital documents, medical reports, and medical-related charts
• Speed reading & comprehension
• OET Reading for specific purposes
• Understanding the text & being able to answers specific questions relating to the text
• Reading for information
• OET Reading for gist
• OET Reading for main ideas
• Sequence of steps
• OET Reading for detail
• Using context to guess meaning

Pronunciation

• Word stress
• Practicing word stress
• Practicing tone in clarification questions
• Practicing tone in politeness markers and introductory phrases
• Changing word stress

Vocabulary

• Specialist health professionals
• Relating words
• Words that go together- collocations
• Understanding and using medical terms
• Basic word structures
• Target language

Grammar

• Medical terminology
• Medical roots, suffixes and prefixes
• Present perfect tense
• Simple past tense
• Present perfect continuous tense
• Comparisons
• Revising tenses
• Conditional sentences

Our Fees: 4 weeks A$1250 & 8 Weeks A$2500

Tuition Inclusions: Lectures, student workbooks, handouts and mock exams.

Course Start Dates: 7 May, 4 June, 2 July, 30 July, 27 August, 24 September, 22 October and 19 November 2022

Training Location: St Martin's (CSU University) Wagga Wagga 

Entry Requirements: All students must complete the MCIOA diagnostic test.

FAQs

Will I get homework?

All students are given homework and are required to complete it. Students cannot rely solely on classes at the institute to be a success in the OET exam. All students must make an individual effort outside of classes.

Do you have installment fees? No, we don’t offer installment fees and all fees must be paid prior to the commencement of the course.

Is social distancing on campus? All students and staff must follow the social distancing measures at all times. We have limited the number of students in each class and arranged all student areas appropriately.

Do you guarantee a 100% pass rate? We offer no pass rate percentages. We are not of a higher power and foretell any test outcomes.