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Over the last couple of years, we have helped hundreds of medical professionals develop their language skills and prepare for the OET test. We are running workshops and one-to-one tutorials during the day and the OET Intensive course in the evenings. Passing OET is an important milestone in someone’s career but because the test is based on real, medical communication, it also helps candidates develop their skills for

Yvonne, a doctor from China, popped in this afternoon with coffees. She recently recently passed OET, the Occupational English Test so we asked her some questions about the approach she took. Why OET? “I’m a doctor from China and am working in New Zealand in a research position. I had previously taken IELTS a couple of times. My latest results were Writing 6; Speaking 6.5; Listening 8 and Reading 7.5. So

Write and Improve Learner Orientated Assessment is the sort of assessment that happens in class and by teachers all the time and so rather than resulting in a formal assessment report, it feeds directly into the learning that is going on right at the moment. We really like “Write and Improve”. Language learners can use it to enter a piece of writing, get it assessed instantly by some rather smart assessme

  What is the Occupational English Test? Occupational English Test is an international English language test that assesses speaking, reading, listening and writing skills of healthcare professionals. The key benefit over IELTS is that it is contextualised around communication skills that are relevant to work in healthcare. So, test-takers are able to use skills that they have developed in the course of their wor

“What stopped me ever liking the job was because I was not there because I wanted to be there: I was there because I couldn’t choose the job I wanted” (Martin) “Get anything that paid money, whether it was cleaning or anything. Just do it and get a job” (Gill) “Jealousy. I could do the job what technicians were doing, 9 out of 10 times I was doing their job but I didn’t have the paperwork to say I could do it” (Adria

Speaking skills are core business. For many businesses, effective speaking makes as much, if not a more, significant contribution to how well an employee operates in the workplace as reading and writing. For example, a security guard needs to be able to understand their site operating procedures and report any observations accurately and objectively in their logbook. However, their ability to give a timely, accurate

BULATS is an internationally recognised assessment of workplace language skills. The test hasn’t been widely used by New Zealand businesses but we can see it working really well for organisations hiring employees from overseas or multi-nationals who want a quick, reliable language assessment for employees in the process of relocation. The list of businesses who use the test as part of their training and staff develop