Improve Your English Challenge Study Planner
OET is a test of your English skills, so the better they are, the higher your score. That’s why we’ve put together the Improve Your English Challenge! It’s designed to target important areas of language, to motivate you in your studies, and to make it easier for you to access useful resources.
You can start the challenge any time you like. Use this IYE Study Planner to help you structure your studies. We’ve included some resources from the IYE section, and there’s space for you to add your own too.
The Improve Your English Study Planner:The Study Planner has been divided into four sections: Vocabulary, Grammar, Workplace English and OET Test Preparation.
Vocabulary
Visit the Vocabulary Booster section of Improve Your English to access our lessons, quizzes and games designed to increase your vocab for OET and healthcare work.
Vocabulary Boosters
Workplace English
Preparing for OET will improve your workplace English skills, and vice versa. By working on the language you’ll need in an English-speaking healthcare setting, you’ll also be improving your chances of OET success.
Workplace English lessons
OET Test Preparation
As you improve your English, you should also be familiarising yourself with the OET format and relevant skills and strategies that you need to perform well on test day. Find all our official OET preparation resources, including free sample tests, via the Preparation Portal.
OET Preparation Portal
For each skill you want to work on, select one or two resources from the Preparation Portal. For instance, you could watch a Masterclass, review an All Stars Live Lesson, read a blog or complete a sample test.
Grammar
Improve your grammar skills with our mini lessons and activities.
Grammar Zone
How to use the Improve Your English Study Planner:To use the PDF on your device:• Download the PDF • Save it on your computer• Ensure you are completing the PDF in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader• Please remember to save the document regularly as you work through it. If you try to complete the planner in a web browser, you may lose your input.
Alternatively, you can print off a copy of this PDF and fill it in manually.
The Study Planner has a separate page for each of the six weeks in the IYE Challenge. Each week is divided into two sections: To do and Reflection
To do:We’ve already filled in some of your weekly ‘To do’s’ from the Improve Your English section of the OET website.
There’s plenty of space for you to add more goals as well. At the start of each week, add some goals and activities to your ‘To do’ section. Try to be as specific as possible and aim for goals that are achievable within that one week.
Too Vague:
Work on my vocabulary.
Practise listening.
Specific and achievable:
Read an article and write down four new words to learn.
Do a complete OET Listening test and review with the transcript.
Reflection:The other area is dedicated to your reflection. At the end of the week, perhaps on a Sunday, set aside half an hour to look back at the work you’ve done. Is there something you’re particularly happy with? Is there something you need to dedicate more time to?
Reflecting in this way can help you prepare the following week’s goals and plays an important role in monitoring your progress.
Join the OET IYE communityBe sure to join us on social media to share your progress, ask questions and chat with other OET preppers.
Improve Your English Forum (Facebook)
OET’s Improve your English ChallengeStudy Planner: Week 1
To do:Write your study plans for the week below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
Virology crossword
Virology flashcards
Healthcare job roles
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Present simple
Closed questions
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People-centred care
Safety and injury prevention
Using adverbs
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Reading
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Listening
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Speaking
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Reflection:At the end of the week, reflect on the work you did below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
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OET’s Improve your English ChallengeStudy Planner: Week 2
To do:Write your study plans for the week below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
Anatomical terminology
Anatomy dictation
Phrasal verbs
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Passive voice
Open questions
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Open and closed questions
Organ systems
Checking a patient has understood you
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Reading
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Writing
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Listening
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Speaking
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Reflection:At the end of the week, reflect on the work you did below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
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I need more practice with…_______________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
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OET’s Improve your English ChallengeStudy Planner: Week 3
To do:Write your study plans for the week below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
Drug abuse
New Academic Word List (1)
Pain adjectives
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Prepositions
Article rules
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Active listening
Blood vessels
Summarising
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Reading
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Writing
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Listening
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Speaking
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Reflection:At the end of the week, reflect on the work you did below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
New words:
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I need more practice with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I feel more confident with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I need more practice with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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OET’s Improve your English ChallengeStudy Planner: Week 4
To do:Write your study plans for the week below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
Nursing and the law
Parts of the mouth
Medical collocations
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Present perfect
Linking words
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Being a nurse in Australia
Breast cancer
Showing empathy
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Reading
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Writing
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Listening
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Speaking
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Reflection:At the end of the week, reflect on the work you did below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
New words:
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I need more practice with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I feel more confident with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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OET’s Improve your English ChallengeStudy Planner: Week 5
To do:Write your study plans for the week below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
Skeletal and muscular systems
New Academic Word List (2)
Body parts
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Commas
Articles with diseases and injuries
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Chunking and checking
Phlebotomy
Checking understanding
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Reading
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Writing
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Listening
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Speaking
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Reflection:At the end of the week, reflect on the work you did below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
New words:
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I need more practice with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I feel more confident with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I need more practice with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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OET’s Improve your English ChallengeStudy Planner: Week 6
To do:Write your study plans for the week below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
Respiratory systems
Sugar quiz
Procedures and operations
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’What’ clauses
Relative clauses
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Structure and signposting
Flu season
’Admitted’ in context
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Reading
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Writing
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Listening
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Speaking
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Reflection:At the end of the week, reflect on the work you did below:
Vocabulary Grammar Workplace English Test Preparation
New words:
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I need more practice with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I feel more confident with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I need more practice with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I feel more confident with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I need more practice with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I feel more confident with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I need more practice with…___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________