15 Mar OET Speaking Tasks

Hi I am sharing few OET speaking tasks here for you to rehearse.

OET Speaking is a Role play, you are assigned a task and get three minutes to read it, You can make notes, Underline the relevant sections. The task will be a 5 Minutes conversation between you and the Interlocutor, This is Role play, You play the role of a health care professional. while the Interlocutor would play the part of a patient or Ptient’s relative.

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The conversation is about educating a lay man, You are supposed to ask relevant questions about the symptoms, You should explain why the condition arises, what are the possible causes, symptomps and the line of treatment that the health care system suggests.

Further you role is to comfort the patient, assure them that the condition can be treated with medicines or care. Assuring the patient and making them comfortable will help you get higher score.

You should clearly inform of next action, that is tests to be conducted, lifestyle modifications and suggest an appropriate line of treatment.

I strongly recomment you to look at these sample questions and practice these.

One important factor to be kept in mind is you have only 5 minutes to address every section of the question, that is pay attention to time management.

OET, Speaking questions

Practice question One,

Setting: Suburban Medical Clinic

A 45 year-old office worker presents complaining of tiredness and feeling unwell. The patient appears to be overweight and thinks he/she may have diabetes. He/She has a busy office job, three teenage children and a spouse. Patient says he/she has no time to exercise.

Task: Find out about the patient’s symptoms and concerns

Explore the patient’s lifestyle (Exercise, work life balance etc.)

Discuss the possible significance of the symptoms, (unbalanced lifestyle, possible underlying condition e.g. Diabetes,

Reassure the patient about symptoms (different possible causes, diabetes is only one of them, it can be managed etc.)

Briefly explain Diabetes and how it can be managed

Outline next steps: (diabetes blood test, return visit for results, consequent assessment of health and lifestyle.

Practice question Two,

You are speaking to mother of a 6 years old child, diagnosed with chicken pox, The mother is worried and has questions like,

1. Why did it happen to her child
2. What precautions she has to take
3. Recovery time, whether contagious or not
4. Any medicines/ointments

You should answer her queries and explain the time frame of treatment.

Practice question Three,

This parent has brought in his/her four-year-old child, Tom, who has been well, except for one day of mild rhinorrhoea. This evening he developed a cough that sounded ‘like a dog barking’. You diagnose mild croup. The parent is anxious about the information he/she is being presented with and is concerned about their child’s health

TASK

You explain the illness and that there is no treatment.

You reassure the parent that it is common and usually harmless but give instructions as to when to seek immediate attention

Practice question Four,

A dad has come to see you, is worried about his 7 years old son diagnosed as suffering from asthma 2 days back. The dad does not know anything about asthma.

1. Tell him about asthma
2. Will it be a lifelong disease
3. Tell him about precautions they can take