Simon Sir,
By God's Grace, I have passed my OET exam.
Thank you very much, sir.

Meeting assets for Training Sessions - Thursday - 28 August 2025

Meeting summary - Quick recap

Simon launched a new listening series and invited participants to share their challenges with Part C of the listening section, offering personalized video support and further discussions to address their concerns. He conducted practice sessions on understanding medical concepts like time duration, patient symptoms, and lifestyle modifications, emphasizing the importance of quick thinking and accurate comprehension for the OET exam. Simon shared student success stories and conducted a practice session on listening comprehension, focusing on symptom description and medical test results, while also announcing limited spots available for upcoming courses.

Next steps

• Students to message Simon personally with their listening problems for personalized guidance.
• Students to practice analyzing questions before listening to audio as demonstrated in the session.
• Students to focus on identifying keywords and question types in OET listening tests.
• Students to contact Simon for registration if interested in personal training sessions .
• Students to subscribe, like, share, and comment on Simon's videos.
• Students to spread the message about Simon's classes to others.

Summary

Listening Series Problem-Solving Session

Simon began a new listening series and invited participants to share their problems related to Part C of the listening section. He encouraged attendees to write down their difficulties, including issues like accent comprehension, anxiety, and spelling mistakes. Simon offered to create personalized videos to address these challenges and requested participants to share their concerns via WhatsApp. He also mentioned that he would be available for further discussions to help manage and improve their problems. Sarabjeet confirmed having one hour to participate in the session.

OET Listening Practice Series Launch

Simon introduces a new series of listening and reading exercises for OET students, consisting of 25 sets each. He explains that this is a practice test with 12 questions in Part A, similar to the official OET format but with a faster pace. Simon emphasizes the importance of understanding the questions before listening to the audio and advises students to guess answers if needed. He then begins the live stream of the first episode of the listening test.

Medical Timing Questions Clarified

Simon explained the concept of "how long ago" in medical questions, distinguishing between "when" (asking for a specific point in time) and "how long ago" (asking for the duration since the onset of symptoms). He emphasized understanding the question's structure to accurately answer about the patient's symptoms and their timing.

Understanding Units of Time

Simon explained the concepts of unit of time and number of units, emphasizing the importance of understanding these two key components. He listed various units of time, including seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and decades. Simon also discussed how to determine whether to use singular or plural forms when referring to time periods, noting that less than one year is singular, while more than one year is plural. He clarified the difference between "when" and "how long ago" in time-related questions, explaining that "when" refers to a specific starting point in time, while "how long ago" indicates the duration from that starting point to the present.

Patient Symptom-Driven Lifestyle Changes

Simon led a discussion on understanding patient symptoms and actions, emphasizing the concept of "doing differently" as a result of symptoms. He explained that this concept involves identifying lifestyle or activity changes, such as exercising regularly, reducing salt intake, or stopping junk food consumption. Simon clarified the distinction between actions in progress and completed actions, encouraging participants to focus on identifying the specific actions patients modify due to their symptoms.

Lifestyle Modification and Activity Changes

Simon discussed the concept of lifestyle modification and activity changes, emphasizing the importance of identifying clues such as "I have started," "I am avoiding," and "I can't do something anymore" to understand the nature of these changes. He explained that lifestyle modification involves altering habits, either by starting new activities or stopping old ones, and provided examples like avoiding junk food, resting more, or modifying routines. Simon stressed the need for quick thinking and readiness to identify such changes without listening to the audio, as these skills are crucial for future tests.

Medical Symptoms Recognition Training

Simon explained the concept of understanding and identifying symptoms in medical questions, emphasizing the use of plural terms like "symptoms" to indicate multiple conditions. He provided examples of physical and mental symptoms, such as fatigue, fever, pain, nausea, headaches, dizziness, and breathlessness, and stressed the importance of recalling these symptoms when answering questions. Simon encouraged students to practice recognizing these symptoms and their variations to improve their understanding and response to medical inquiries.

OET Exam Results Discussion

Simon shared the OET exam results of a student named Katie, who scored 380 in speaking, 360 in writing, 370 in reading, and 390 in listening, achieving all B grades. He encouraged the student to spread the message about their classes and provided a contact link for admissions and personal training sessions. Simon also mentioned that only one student can contact him for personal sessions at a time.

Blood Test Result Analysis Overview

Simon discussed the analysis of blood test results, explaining that findings can be categorized as positive, negative, or neutral. He provided examples of how test results might indicate high, low, or normal levels of various markers such as cholesterol, sugar, or iron. Simon emphasized the importance of understanding these categories and the language used to describe test outcomes, noting that doctors might say results show, indicate, or identify a problem.