Hi Reader, I hope you're well. Do you celebrate Christmas? I do, and I look forward to it every year. We live quite a distance from much of my family, but we will be celebrating with close friends this year. 🎅🤶❄️🎄 It is Summer in Australia, and it's very hot and wet this time of year on the Gold Coast where I live. No snow or freezing temperatures around here! Lot's of swimming and staying cool instead, lol. 🏊♂️🥽 Let me know where you are, I'd love to hear. If you are celebrating Christmas...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, Well here we are again. Newsletter Tuesday! I'm trying out a new banner this week, I think it looks ok. What do you think? I hope you are all well and on target with your OET goals and career dreams. I've noticed some of you struggle a bit with using phrasal verbs when speaking. I know there are so many of them and they might seem confusing. So, in order to help you with them, I have a free PDF guide for you this week: Get it on the link below "A Guide To 15 Phrasal Verbs You Can...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Newsletter OET Speaking | Clinical Communication N Pronunciation Clarity: Your Key to Success in the OET Speaking Test If you’ve been struggling with being understood during conversations in English, you’re not alone. Many medical professionals preparing for the OET Speaking Test face the same challenge. It’s frustrating, especially when you’ve worked hard to master English, but find that pronunciation is still a barrier to effective communication. So, why is this happening, and how can you...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader I'd like you to meet Mehmet. He is a medical doctor living in Turkey. Or he was. He is now completing his USMLE and starting his rotations in the U.S. Now I know most of you are hoping to take your careers overseas to an English speaking setting as well, just like Mehmet. I also know that many of you need to pass the OET speaking test. Some of you will have accent and pronunciation issues that you might be worried about. Don't be! With speaking practise and professional feedback...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, I hope you're all doing great. Well, we are drawing to a close of another OET year. There are still a couple of test dates open for the year and you may be one of the candidates already booked in to do your test. I wish you all the success. Hopefully the blog I've written for you this week will help as well. "How To Confidently Give Advice and Instructions in OET Speaking." This blog aims to demonstrate 4 main points 1️⃣ Why Giving Advice and Instructions Matters in the OET...
2 months ago • 1 min read
G'day Reader It's Karen, I'm back with skill 2. part 2, of my 5 series blog posts in lesson plan format. Did you miss part 1? You can read it here. You don't want to miss these posts, as they are step by step learnings, of the 5 skills necessary to implement into your speaking role-plays. Of course they align with the linguistic and clinical criteria of the test, so you can be confident, that if you effectively implement at least one or two into your speaking test, your scores of B+ are...
5 months ago • 1 min read
G'day Reader It's Karen I hope you're great! I've been writing furiously to keep my Blog up to date. And... I just wanted to send you this blog post. Link below. It's a lesson plan to help you learn skillset number 1: Asking Questions It's going to walk you, step by step into understanding the skill, why you should use it, and how to implement it into your role-play practise. Best of all, it's for you who is practising alone. Grab a buddy and use the lesson plan to nail the skill. I'll be...
5 months ago • 1 min read