The study journal
Ideas to explore. Skills to practise. Find something useful for your next study session.
OET Dietetics Writing: Report Progress Without Turning Plans Into Achievements
Distinguish changes already reported at review from intentions that have not yet been carried out.
OET Dietetics Writing: Shorten a Sentence Without Losing Its Meaning
Remove repetition while preserving the words that identify who, when and how certain a statement is.
OET Medicine Writing: Check a Model Letter Against the Case Notes
Use model answers critically by tracing factual statements back to the notes and task.
OET Medicine Writing: Adjust Detail to the Reader’s Existing Knowledge
Decide what context the recipient needs without assuming either complete familiarity or no prior knowledge.
OET Speech Pathology: Explain a Child’s Assessment Without Predicting the Result
Help a worried parent understand the purpose of assessment. Includes five-task cards, detailed teaching, a therapist model and a bilingual-history variation.
OET Dentistry Writing: Make the Requested Assessment Clear
Give the recipient a precise reason for the letter and distinguish a request for assessment from a treatment decision.
OET Dentistry Writing: Separate Completed Work From Planned Work
Use verb forms that show whether an action has happened, is planned or is being requested.
OET Dentistry Writing: Organise Notes Around the Recipient’s Task
Plan paragraphs by what the reader needs to understand rather than copying the order of the notes.
OET Speech Pathology: Aphasia and Asking for a Real Communication Example
Move from “communication is difficult” to one useful example. Includes aphasia teaching, paired cards, a therapist model and a changed-setting exercise.
OET Physiotherapy: Multiple Sclerosis and the Either-Or Question
Can physiotherapy help if it cannot promise the future? Practise an MS consultation with paired cards, detailed teaching, a spoken model and a changed concern.
