OET Assessment Checklist Overall communicative effectiveness

Actively maintains the conversation Interacts meaningfully with the interviewer Communicates confidently Uses appropriate medical terms but explains them
Uses appropriate language to complete the task eg advises, explains, reassures informs etc

Intelligibility
Uses correct word stress Uses correct sentence stress Clearly pronounces consonants Clearly pronounces vowels Controls intonation

Fluency
Fluent no unnatural pauses, uses linking Not too fast/not too slow Avoids overuse of sounds such as um, er Uses pauses appropriately Avoids restarting sentences, or repeating words

Appropriateness
Uses professional language Able to paraphrase/reword if necessary Able to adapt tone and style to suit the situation Responds appropriately to patient Aware of and sensitive to patient

Resources of grammar and expression

Uses transition expressions to make information clear Uses question forms correctly Uses complex structures confidently Has correct word order Has correct use of word forms
Sarah GiggerSarah Gigger, for the Intensive English Language Institute