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Inside the Oxford Test of English

Contents

0-1What is the Oxford Test of English?

0-2Listening and Reading: How Adaptive Testing Works

0-3Speaking: Four Parts, One Microphone

0-4Writing: Email Plus One

0-5Test Day: Mindset, Centres, and the Lockdown Browser

0-6Diagnostic Mini-Test

Foundations: First Contact with Every Module01

Contents

1-5Skim, Scan, Eliminate: Strategy for Adaptive Items

1-6Unit 1 Mini-Test: All-Module Integration

Reading

1-2Reading Part 1: Short Texts, Sharp Questions

Writing

1-4Writing Part 1: The Three-Prompt Email

Listening

1-1Listening Part 1: Pictures Under Pressure

Speaking

1-3Speaking Part 1: The Interview Warm-Up

Going Deeper, Set 102

Contents

2-5Plan in 20 Seconds: Speaking Under Time Pressure

2-6Unit 2 Mini-Test: Four New Parts in One Sitting

Reading

2-2Reading Part 2: Match the Right Person

Writing

2-4Writing Part 2: Build the Essay

Listening

2-1Listening Part 2: Note It Down

Speaking

2-3Speaking Part 2: Two Voicemails, Two Registers

Going Deeper, Set 203

Contents

3-5Follow the Trail: Spotting Cohesion

3-6Unit 3 Mini-Test: All Four New Parts in One Sitting

Reading

3-2Reading Part 3: Mind the Gap

Writing

3-4Writing Part 2: Article or Review

Listening

3-1Listening Part 3: Whose Opinion Is It?

Speaking

3-3Speaking Part 3: Pick Two, Speak One Minute

Final Parts + Mid Checkpoint04

Contents

4-5Spot the Distractor: Why Almost-Right Is Wrong

4-6Unit 4 Mini-Test: All Four New Parts in One Sitting

Reading

4-2Reading Part 4: The Long Read

Writing

4-4Writing Part 1 Revisit: Informal Email

Listening

4-1Listening Part 4: Catch the Idea, Not the Words

Speaking

4-3Speaking Part 4: Six Quick Opinions

Depth Pass A — Speed and Register05

Contents

5-5Common Test-Day Mistakes: One Per Module

5-6Unit 5 Mini-Test: Speed and Register in One Sitting

Reading

5-2Reading Part 1 Across Genres: Six Short Texts, Six Different Voices

Writing

5-4Writing Part 2 Essay: A Longer Argument with Two Sides

Listening

5-1Listening Part 1 at Pace: Picture-MC Under 12 Seconds

Speaking

5-3Speaking Part 2 in Formal Register: Voicemail to a Workplace Listener

Depth Pass B — Opinion and Abstraction06

Contents

6-5One Test, One Mindset: Three Strategies That Cross Every Module

6-6Unit 6 Mini-Test: Opinion and Abstraction in One Sitting

Reading

6-2Reading Part 3 at Speed: Subtle Cohesion Clues

Writing

6-4Writing Part 2 Review: Recommending With Detail

Listening

6-1Listening Part 3: Hedged Opinions

Speaking

6-3Speaking Part 3 on Abstract Themes: Pick Two, Speculate and Evaluate

Full Module Mocks + Strategy Synthesis07

Contents

7-1Listening Module Mock: All Four Parts at Exam Pace

7-2Reading Module Mock: All Four Parts in 35 Minutes

7-3Speaking Module Mock: Four Parts, One Microphone

7-4Writing Module Mock: Email Plus Essay/Review Under Time

7-5Last-Mile Error Clinic: What Most Students Get Wrong on the Day

7-6Exam-Day Playbook: 24 Hours, 60 Minutes, 60 Seconds Before