improve your english challenge

Improve Your English Challenge

Study Planner

OET is a test of your English skills, so the better they are, the higher your score. That’s why we’ve put together the Improve Your English Challenge! It’s designed to target important areas of language, to motivate you in your studies, and to make it easier for you to access useful resources.

You can start the challenge any time you like. Use this IYE Study Planner to help you structure your studies. We’ve included some resources from the IYE section, and there’s space for you to add your own too.

The Improve Your English Study Planner:The Study Planner has been divided into four sections: Vocabulary, Grammar, Workplace English and OET Test Preparation.

Vocabulary

Visit the Vocabulary Booster section of Improve Your English to access our lessons, quizzes and games designed to increase your vocab for OET and healthcare work.

Vocabulary Boosters

https://www.occupationalenglishtest.org/improve-your-english-2021/

https://www.occupationalenglishtest.org/improve-your-english-2021/vocab-boosters/

Workplace English

Preparing for OET will improve your workplace English skills, and vice versa. By working on the language you’ll need in an English-speaking healthcare setting, you’ll also be improving your chances of OET success.

Workplace English lessons

OET Test Preparation

As you improve your English, you should also be familiarising yourself with the OET format and relevant skills and strategies that you need to perform well on test day. Find all our official OET preparation resources, including free sample tests, via the Preparation Portal.

OET Preparation Portal

For each skill you want to work on, select one or two resources from the Preparation Portal. For instance, you could watch a Masterclass, review an All Stars Live Lesson, read a blog or complete a sample test.

Grammar

Improve your grammar skills with our mini lessons and activities.

Grammar Zone

https://www.occupationalenglishtest.org/improve-your-english-2021/workplace-english/

https://www.occupationalenglishtest.org/preparation-portal/

https://www.occupationalenglishtest.org/improve-your-english-2021/grammar-zone/

How to use the Improve Your English Study Planner:To use the PDF on your device:• Download the PDF • Save it on your computer• Ensure you are completing the PDF in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader• Please remember to save the document regularly as you work through it. If you try to complete the planner in a web browser, you may lose your input.

Alternatively, you can print off a copy of this PDF and fill it in manually.

The Study Planner has a separate page for each of the six weeks in the IYE Challenge. Each week is divided into two sections: To do and Reflection

To do:We’ve already filled in some of your weekly ‘To do’s’ from the Improve Your English section of the OET website.

There’s plenty of space for you to add more goals as well. At the start of each week, add some goals and activities to your ‘To do’ section. Try to be as specific as possible and aim for goals that are achievable within that one week.

Too Vague:

Work on my vocabulary.

Practise listening.

Specific and achievable:

Read an article and write down four new words to learn.

Do a complete OET Listening test and review with the transcript.

Reflection:The other area is dedicated to your reflection. At the end of the week, perhaps on a Sunday, set aside half an hour to look back at the work you’ve done. Is there something you’re particularly happy with? Is there something you need to dedicate more time to?

Reflecting in this way can help you prepare the following week’s goals and plays an important role in monitoring your progress.

Join the OET IYE communityBe sure to join us on social media to share your progress, ask questions and chat with other OET preppers.

Improve Your English Forum (Facebook)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/497230337852958

https://www.facebook.com/groups/497230337852958

OET’s Improve your English ChallengeStudy Planner: Week 1

To do:Write your study plans for the week below:

Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation

Virology crossword

Virology flashcards

Healthcare job roles

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Present simple

Closed questions

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People-centred care

Safety and injury prevention

Using adverbs

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Reading

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Writing

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Listening

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Speaking

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Reflection:At the end of the week, reflect on the work you did below:


New words:

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Anatomical terminology

Anatomy dictation

Phrasal verbs

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Passive voice

Open questions

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Open and closed questions

Organ systems

Checking a patient has understood you

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Reading

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Writing

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Listening

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Speaking

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New words:

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Drug abuse

New Academic Word List (1)

Pain adjectives

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Prepositions

Article rules

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Active listening

Blood vessels

Summarising

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Reading

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Writing

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Speaking

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Nursing and the law

Parts of the mouth

Medical collocations

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Present perfect

Linking words

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Being a nurse in Australia

Breast cancer

Showing empathy

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Reading

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Writing

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Listening

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Speaking

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New words:

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Skeletal and muscular systems

New Academic Word List (2)

Body parts

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Commas

Articles with diseases and injuries

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Chunking and checking

Phlebotomy

Checking understanding

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Reading

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Writing

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Listening

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Speaking

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Respiratory systems

Sugar quiz

Procedures and operations

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’What’ clauses

Relative clauses

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Structure and signposting

Flu season

’Admitted’ in context

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Reading

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Writing

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Listening

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Speaking

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New words:

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