OET Listening

.Listening Part A tests your ability to extract key clinical details from a patient–clinician consultation. You will answer 24 questions in the form of short answers (1–3 words) or matching, and the focus is always on numbers, durations, medications, symptoms, and clear factual details.

You have 15 minutes in total, and the audio plays once, so you must listen and fill the gaps immediately.

A safe damage-control score for this part is 21 out of 24.

Part B assesses your ability to understand short workplace extracts such as handovers, guidelines, and brief clinical discussions. You will answer 6 multiple-choice questions, and each extract is heard once only.

This part focuses on identifying the main point, the speaker’s purpose, or the most accurate interpretation of the information.

You will have approximately 10 minutes, and a safe damage-control score is 4 out of 6.

Listening Part C tests your ability to understand longer, more complex healthcare talks, such as interviews, presentations, and discussions. You will answer 12 multiple-choice questions, each with four options: A, B, C, and D, and each extract is played once only.

You should focus on the speaker’s opinion, attitude, and purpose, not just facts.
Your strategy here is essential:
– Move on quickly if you miss an answer.
– Use transitions (however, although, in contrast, the point is…) to locate the next answer.
– Eliminate two wrong options fast, then choose between the remaining two.

You will have around 25 minutes for this part, and a safe damage-control score is 7 out of 12

Listening Part C tests your ability to understand longer, more complex healthcare talks, such as interviews, presentations, and discussions. You will answer 12 multiple-choice questions, each with four options: A, B, C, and D, and each extract is played once only.

You should focus on the speaker’s opinion, attitude, and purpose, not just facts.
Your strategy here is essential:
– Move on quickly if you miss an answer.
– Use transitions (however, although, in contrast, the point is…) to locate the next answer.
– Eliminate two wrong options fast, then choose between the remaining two.

You will have around 25 minutes for this part, and a safe damage-control score is 7 out of 12

Listening Part C tests your ability to understand longer, more complex healthcare talks, such as interviews, presentations, and discussions. You will answer 12 multiple-choice questions, each with four options: A, B, C, and D, and each extract is played once only.

You should focus on the speaker’s opinion, attitude, and purpose, not just facts.
Your strategy here is essential:
– Move on quickly if you miss an answer.
– Use transitions (however, although, in contrast, the point is…) to locate the next answer.
– Eliminate two wrong options fast, then choose between the remaining two.

You will have around 25 minutes for this part, and a safe damage-control score is 7 out of 12