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“With Helen, my English language proficiency increased by at least two levels”
“If you’re looking for a tutor who’s skilled, caring, patient, and fantastic at explaining things, she is your person”
Why Choose OET Ready?
Are you struggling with the OET exam? Whether you're already confident in your English skills or just starting your preparation, OET Ready is designed to help you improve the specific areas you need to succeed.
What you’ll gain:
Master the skills required for OET, focusing on both language and test strategy.
Improve your reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills with targeted sessions.
Get expert feedback from an official OET preparation provider, ensuring you're always on the right track.
Avoid costly retakes by boosting your score in all areas of the test.
Is it worth the investment?
Tutoring helps you save time and money. Missing the mark in just one area of the test can mean expensive retakes. With OET Ready, you’ll focus on the areas where you need the most improvement, so you’re ready to succeed in your first attempt.
Are you ready to master the OET, integrate your English skills with the test requirements, and build the confidence you need to achieve your goals?
Build skills and knowledge to perform at ‘B’ in all four OET test areas: listening, reading, writing, and speaking over six sessions.
Course Details
The course will include assessment and onboarding. Messaging between sessions to stay motivated. Each session will focus on specific skills for a test
Session 1: Listening Part A: Lay language, connecting speech to notes
Session 2: Listening Part B + C: Understanding opinion language beyond 'I think...'. Timekeeping and focus.
Session 3: Reading Part A: Analyse and paraphrase for speedy and accurate reading.
Session 4: Reading Parts B + C: Recognising opinion language, paraphrasing, analysing answer options precisely.
Session 5: Writing. Writing clear, polite requests appropriate to the reader and purpose
Session 6: Speaking: Clinical communication skills.
Each 50-minute session starts with an interactive lecture on a specific skill for the subsection. You'll practice the target sub-skill, then pratice under timed conditions some OET questions. To ensure you remember the skill, you'll be given time to reflect and discuss the learning. Before and after class, you'll be signposted to the best videos from the official OET channels and lists of high-frequency words to cover any gaps in your vocabulary. Online messaging forum to post questions between sessions. Interactive flashcards for OET
Meet Your Tutor: Helen Lewis
I studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Oxford and then gained my PGCE from the Institute of Education, University of London.
I have worked successfully with people from dozens of countries and professional backgrounds. Over the years, I have focussed on helping international scientists and researchers hone their skills in English writing and presentations.
British born and raised, I understand the challenges and rewards of working outside my native language and culture, thanks to 15 years of working in Tokyo, Japan.
Since December 2019, I have been an official OET preparation provider, based in my native Essex.
Here’s what students say….
“I had an excellent experience preparing for the Occupational English Test with Helen Lewis. Helen provided a wealth of practical tips and strategies that were incredibly useful for the exam. The sessions were engaging and interactive, which kept me motivated and confident throughout the preparation process”
“She had a clear understanding of the exam’s structure, format, and expectations, and she provided targeted instruction to address my weaknesses while enhancing my strengths”
Register for "OET Ready" Today
Click here to sign up for the OET Ready course. Once your payment is processed, you'll receive a welcome email with a link to schedule your first session. Start your journey towards OET success now!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Should I take this course if I scored 350+ in other areas?
This course is aimed to help you maintain a previously successful score while improving a weaker area. Over the years teaching OET, I have seen how candidates who focus exclusively on one area of weakness are at risk of lower performance in another area. The OET is comprehensive and focuses on four common skills, listening, reading, writing, and speaking. OET Ready will help you be a viable candidate for your test in each subtest.
Should I just focus on practice tests?
While experience with practice tests is important for understanding the tasks and pressures of test day, it does not replace time spent building the sub-skills, eg. analysing, identifying bias, understanding the question focus, paraphrasing. The OET Ready sessions have been prepared based on OET Education recommendation and lesson planning as well as years of classroom experience.
OET candidates who achieve a B are those who have reached a level of IELTS 7.5 or CEFR C1+ in all skill areas in addition to experience with the test questions. OET Ready gives you both test question practice and practice in the skills you need.
How do I benefit from in-person sessions?
The sessions in OET Ready progress in difficulty of language and skill. Through attending sessions, accuracy and speed increase. Interacting with a friendly and supportive tutor, leads to improved speaking, pronunciation, intonation and intelligibility. Over six sessions, you will get emotional support too through email, which is essential for staying motivated and the confidence in your strategy on test day.
What kind of assessment is there?
You'll complete a skills assessment at the start to identify strengths and weaknesses. This FORMATIVE assessment is different to the information you get from doing a mock test. Your answers provide a guide to your current strengths and weaknesses in the core subskills for OET. This helps us identify precisely where you need work in terms of skills which you can work on and ensure you get the right practice material between sessions.
Each session will involve a mixture of challenges, from doing a quiz, to explaining your reasons to doing an actual OET test question. There are also quiz questions to ensure that you have reflected on your progress and identified what you need to do by yourself.
In between sessions, you'll work with OET-specific and frequently used vocabulary to ensure that you maintain a rich and varied vocabulary. We use a free application, Brainscape, to help you review and keep track of your vocabulary. You can use Brainscape on your computer or mobile phone.