ECSIELTS

Abbreviations Can Time During Your OET Listening Test

One of the commonest problems most of the candidates who take OET Listening Sub-Test come across is that they find it almost difficult to manage the time.

The recordings are played only once. There is no going back. What if you miss listening to some very important information

Experts suggest that time can be managed only when the OET test takers focus on taking the notes while listening to the recordings. Of course, this is a skill and it needs to be improved before the test. If you are good at taking the notes from the recorded scripts, then it will be easy for you to answer the questions.Abbreviations Can Time During Your OET Listening Test

Utilize the time that you get before the recordings are played for you. Take a look at the questions. Understand more about what type of information you may have to listen more closely to in order to extract the answers.

Use of Abbreviations

Experienced OET masters always suggest the use of the abbreviations in order to cope up with the problems that may arise at the time of the OET listening sub-test.

Use abbreviations or symbols to record the information that you listen to. And later you can use this information for the answers.

These abbreviations or symbols are something that healthcare professionals also make use of in their workplace.

It should be said that there is certainly no standard list of the symbols or the abbreviations that are accepted by the OET examining committee. The OET assessors will, however, not mark negatively if you use abbreviations or the symbols that are common and globally accepted in the medical world.

Some of the common examples include the following

Generally, In General (gen.)
Blood Pressure (BP)
cap: Capsule.
Nausea and Vomiting (N+V)
Information (info.)
ARF: Acute renal (kidney) failure
CC: Chief complaint. Main concerns of the patient
a/g ratio: Albumin to globulin ratio.
b.i.d.: Twice daily.
BKA: Below the knee amputation.
C/O: Complaint of.
ADHD: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
NBCCS: Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
PE: Pulmonary embolism.

If you can practice a little, then you will be able to jot down important information while listening making use of the right abbreviations and symbols.

Apart from standard abbreviations and symbols, you also have the freedom to use any kind of symbol or abbreviation in order to remember the information. Of course, you can’t write down any kind of abbreviation or symbol as an answer in your OET listening subtest but, you can use it your way to arrive at the right answers.

https://speakinenglish.in/
https://goo.gl/maps/mzzPJPKaBDUfsD4J6

Challenges in OET Reading Test

Any English test of international standard will have its own challenges. OET is no exception. But, here, in OET, the challenges are too big.

Being a professional, you may think it is easy at one glance as you will find the content of the test to be relevant to your profession. But, in reality, it will be difficult to pass this test. So, what are the challenges in the OET reading sub-test? Let us discuss a few of them.

Part A of the Reading Sub-Test 

Part A of the reading sub-test is enough to make anyone confused. There will be 15 minutes to complete this part but it will require expeditious reading skills.  How good are you at locating the specific information? Can you read different texts and come to one common and acceptable solution?

You will be given four short texts. These four texts will talk about one particular subject.  And there will be 20 questions to answer. Challenges in OET Reading Test

All different texts may point out to one particular subject but, superficially all these texts may look different to the test takers. The test taker may get tricked into considering these four texts as four different topics. So, be careful and read twice if you find it difficult to see direct relevance among these texts. 

Different types of questions & the limited time for it makes this task difficult.  Most of the candidates spend more than the required time on it and because of this, they do not manage to complete the whole test on time. So, it is recommended that you should try to complete this first part of the test within or less than 15 minutes. 

Part B and Part C of the reading sub-test There will be 45 minutes to complete these two parts of the test. But, you will have to practice hard to answer part B completely well within 12-15 minutes of time. Generally, part C of the test is more challenging and may take more time. 
 
What is analyzed? Are you good at comprehending the lengthy and complex text? Are you good at analyzing and finding the answers from the given text? Are you good at identifying the gist of the content? 

Part B will comprise six short texts. The total word length of all the six texts may go up to 600-900 words. Each text may have about 100-150 words. Part C will have two different texts of about 800 words each.  

Difficulty level

You will have very little time to complete the test. 45 minutes may really be not enough if you are not good at smart reading and comprehension. The questions may seem more complex to you. Almost all of the candidates, even the smartest of the candidates, feel some level of difficulty in answering all the questions. Most of the candidates complain of not being able to manage the time because of the difficulty in comprehending and finding the answers to the questions. 

https://ecsielts.com/
https://g.page/ECSVelachery?share