FIG 1.0 — Speaking role-plays
Speaking role-plays with a human-like avatar, graded the moment you finish.
A photo-real avatar plays the patient or carer across two profession-specific role-plays. Students get three minutes to prepare each, then speak — and the agent scores the linguistic and clinical-communication criteria right after.
FIG A — The agent
What the speaking agent does
Plays the interlocutor
A lip-synced, human-like avatar runs the role-play from the card — staying in character, responding to what the student actually says.
Respects the format
Two role-plays of about five minutes each, with three minutes of preparation per card, just like the real Speaking sub-test.
Scores both dimensions
Linguistic criteria (intelligibility, fluency, appropriateness, resources of grammar & expression) and clinical-communication criteria, each with examples from your turn.
Replays the moments that mattered
It points to the exact exchanges where you built rapport, missed a cue, or used the right register — so practice is concrete.
FIG B — Format fidelity
How practice mirrors the sub-test
We match the structure, timing and on-screen behaviour of the official computer-based test so nothing on exam day is a surprise.
- Structure
- Two profession-specific role-plays with an interlocutor.
- Timing
- About 5 minutes each, with 3 minutes' preparation per role-play — around 20 minutes total.
- Delivery
- Conducted on screen with a human-like avatar, mirroring in-person / video-link delivery.
- Cards
- Role-play cards set the setting, your role and the task, as in the real test.
FIG C — Feedback
What you get back
Every attempt produces structured, actionable feedback — provisional until a teacher signs it off.
- Scores across the linguistic and clinical-communication criteria.
- Examples pulled from your own recording.
- Notes on register, empathy and rapport-building moments.
- Targeted phrases and strategies to rehearse before the next attempt.
Honest note
The avatar and role-plays are original practice material. Speaking scores mirror the official criteria, are provisional until a teacher signs them off, and are not official OET results.