OET Speaking Practice
Practise OET Speaking on OET Practice with role-plays for your profession. After a short warm-up, you get 3 minutes to prepare each role card, then speak with an AI-voiced patient for about 5 minutes. Your answers are recorded, and a person on our team reviews every Speaking result before you see it.
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OET Speaking in brief
Based on the official OET Speaking information. Check oet.com before your test.
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Time
About 20 minutes
Including two role-plays
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Role-plays
2
About 5 minutes each
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Preparation
3 minutes
For each role card
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Criteria
9
4 language, 5 clinical communication
In each role-play you talk with a patient, relative or carer, using a role card that sets the scene and lists your tasks. Our OET Speaking guide explains the test with a worked example.
How Speaking practice works
| Step | What happens |
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| Start | Open a test in the exam library, start the Speaking sub-test and choose your profession. |
| Check | The test checks your microphone before you begin. |
| Warm up | Answer a few short questions to get used to speaking. |
| Prepare (3 minutes) | Read the first role card and plan your opening and the tasks. |
| Role-play (about 5 minutes) | Talk with the AI-voiced patient. A live transcript shows what you say. |
| Repeat | Prepare and complete the second role-play, then submit. |
Before you start
Use a laptop or desktop computer with a microphone and an up-to-date browser. Find a quiet room, so the microphone picks up only your voice. Allow about 20 minutes for a full session.
Your recordings and feedback
Writing and Speaking get AI-assisted feedback, reviewed by our team. A person on our team reviews every Speaking result before you see it. You get a practice grade (A–E) and written feedback, and we email you when it is ready. Open the result to listen to your warm-up and both role-plays next to the feedback.
The feedback is easier to use if you know the nine criteria. Our guide to the Speaking marking criteria explains what each one listens for.
A Speaking routine
One Speaking session a week, in four steps
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Complete the warm-up and both role-plays
Use the full preparation time, and plan your opening line for each role card.
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Listen to your recordings
Listen once with the Speaking self-check list. Note where you hesitated, used jargon or forgot to check understanding.
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Read your feedback
Match each comment to a criterion, and pick one thing to improve.
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Practise that one thing
Focus on it in your next role-play, such as opening with an introduction or asking the patient to explain the plan back to you.
Written by OET Practice team. Last reviewed: 27 October 2026. Read our editorial policy .