OET Speaking Checklist 1 Use this checklist to assess your own performance. Linguistic Criteria Criterion Intelligibility Self-assessment checklist Is it easy to understand you? Have you used stress, intonation and rhythm (pausing and chunking) effectively? Fluency Is your rate of speech appropriate? Is your flow of speech appropriate? Appropriateness of Language Is your register appropriate? Is your tone appropriate? Is your vocabulary appropriate? Have you explained technical matters in lay terms? Resources of Grammar and Expression Is your range of grammar sufficient to communicate effectively? Is your range of vocabulary sufficient to communicate effectively? Have you paraphrased effectively? Have you used idiomatic expressions accurately? OET Speaking Checklist 2 Use this checklist to assess your own performance.. Clinical Communication Criteria Criterion Relationship Building Self-assessment checklist Did you: initiate the interaction appropriately? demonstrate an attentive and respectful attitude? adopt a non-judgemental approach? show empathy for feelings/predicament/emotional state? Understanding & Incorporating the Patient’s Perspective elicit and explore the patient’s ideas/concerns/expectations? Providing Structure sequence the interview purposefully and logically? pick up the patient’s cues? relate explanations to elicited ideas/concerns/expectations? signpost changes in topic? use organizing techniques in explanations? Information Gathering facilitate the patient’s narrative with active listening techniques, minimizing interruption? use initially open questions, appropriately moving to closed questions? avoid using compound questions/leading questions? clarify statements which were vague or needed amplification? summarise information to encourage correction/invite further information? Information Giving establish initially what the patient already knows? pause periodically when giving information, using the response to guide the next steps? encourage the patient to contribute reactions/feelings? check whether the patient understood information? discover what further information the patient needed?
