OET Speaking for Physiotherapists — Course 9

• What OET is and why it matters. OET is a healthcare-specific English test trusted in UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, Singapore and beyond; 12 profession-specific versions; four sub
• Speaking format. Speaking ~20 min: unassessed warm-up + two 5-minute role-plays; candidate = physiotherapist, interlocutor = patient/carer/relative; brief preparation with role
• Assessment criteria decoded. Linguistic: Intelligibility, Fluency, Appropriateness of Language, Resources of Grammar and Expression. Clinical communication: relationship-buildi
• Preparation triad. Familiarity with role-plays + functional language + clinical empathy; structure explanations, reassure, manage sensitive interactions.

• Greeting and agenda-setting
• Exploring concerns
• Explaining conditions in plain language
• Demonstrating and coaching
• Reassurance without false promises
• Summarising, home programmes, and question invitations
• Handling the six hard questions

• The six-task consultation method

• Guillain-Barre Syndrome recovery
• Session 1: Guillain-Barre Syndrome — early recovery, leg weakness, fear of walking
• Session 8: GBS — return of movement, fragile confidence
• Session 15: GBS — regaining strength, 'will I be normal?'
• Session 22: GBS — post-hospital severe weakness, slow progress, relapse fear, exhaustion
• Session 29: GBS post-viral — leg weakness, walking difficulty, full-recovery question, exercise fear
• Session 35: GBS — recovering, mobility-regain anxiety, return-to-normal-life question
• Session 40: GBS — slow regain, fatigue frustration, normal-walking question
• Session 48: GBS — late-recovery consolidation

• Multiple System Atrophy
• Session 2: Multiple System Atrophy — stiffness, balance loss, orthostatic dizziness
• Session 9: MSA — stiffness, slowness, dizziness on standing
• Session 16: MSA — frequent falls, stiffness, standing dizziness
• Session 23: MSA — stiffness, slowness, dizziness, slowed walking, fall worry
• Session 30: MSA — stiffness, slow movement, balance loss, standing dizziness, confusion about condition
• Session 36: MSA — stiffness, poor balance, standing hypotension, walking decline, independence anxiety

• Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
• Session 3: Progressive Supranuclear Palsy — frequent falls, gaze palsy
• Session 10: PSP — backward falls, vertical gaze difficulty
• Session 24: PSP — falls, downgaze loss, stiffness, 'will it slow disease?'
• Session 32: PSP — falls, rigidity, slow movement, vertical gaze loss, frustration
• Session 38: PSP — falls, gaze failure , rigidity, balance loss, dependence fear

• Huntington's Disease
• Session 4: Huntington's Disease — chorea, balance loss, future anxiety
• Session 11: Huntington's — chorea, clumsiness, ADL decline
• Session 27: Huntington's — chorea, clumsiness, balance loss, genetic worry
• Session 34: Huntington's — jerky movements, balance loss, eating/dressing difficulty

• Myasthenia Gravis + LEMS
• Session 5: Myasthenia Gravis — fluctuating weakness, exercise fear
• Session 12: MG — stairs, fatigue, ptosis/slurred speech when tired
• Session 19: MG — severe fatigue, stair failure, ptosis after activity
• Session 25: MG — weakness, ptosis, stair failure, exercise fear
• Session 31: MG — fluctuating arm/leg weakness, stair failure, fatigue, independence question
• Session 37: MG — daytime-worsening weakness, diplopia, stair/grocery difficulty
• Session 42: MG — sustained-activity failure, diplopia, stair breathlessness, independence fear
• Session 20: Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome — hip/thigh weakness, stairs/chairs

• ALS / Motor Neurone Disease + PMA
• Session 6: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis — limb weakness, breathlessness
• Session 13: MND/ALS — rapid weakness, fatigue, rate-of-progression fear
• Session 26: MND/ALS — progressive weakness, breathlessness, emotional distress
• Session 33: MND/ALS — arm/leg weakness, stiffness, long-distance walking loss, dependence fear
• Session 39: MND/ALS — weakness, long-distance walking loss, breathlessness, realistic-goals question
• Session 44: ALS — leg weakness, stiffness, stair failure, breathlessness, frightened new referral
• Session 45: ALS — weakness, stiffness, stair failure, breathlessness, frightened new referral
• Session 46: ALS — realistic-goals emphasis
• Session 47: ALS
• Session 50: ALS — final intake variant, realistic achievement focus
• Session 17: Progressive Muscular Atrophy — limb weakness, stair failure

• Hereditary and paediatric conditions: Friedreich's Ataxia, CMT, DMD
• Session 7: Friedreich's Ataxia — young adult, coordination loss, wheelchair fear
• Session 18: Friedreich's Ataxia — young adult, clumsiness, wheelchair question
• Session 28: Friedreich's Ataxia — young adult, stumbling, inherited progressive worry
• Session 14: Charcot-Marie-Tooth — foot drop, tripping, balance loss
• Session 21: CMT — foot drop, hand/leg weakness, balance loss, walking prognosis
• Session 41: CMT — foot drop, leg weakness, tripping, work impact, exercise-safety question
• Session 49: CMT — young adult work-stage consolidation
• Session 43: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy — teenager, stair/floor-rise failure, peer gap, parent anxiety

• The 3-minute preparation window
• Strategies that lift bands
• Pitfalls that cap scores
• Vocabulary/skill banks
• Final practice tasks with answers

Practice quizzes

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