I briefly introduce my experience of passing OET. First of all, my English level was no better than normal Japanese average. Unlike those who have obtained native level English ability by spending their childhood in English spoken countries, mine by no means excelled. Nevertheless, I studied because if I had remained at that not-proficient level of English, there would have been no way for me to practice medicine in Australia. As a prerequisite of enrolment into the master course of journalism at the University of Queensland was average score of 6.5 among four IELTS modules, I passed it before coming to Australia. One year prior to this, my score when I first sat IELTS was average of 6.0. After it, I did commute to IELTS lectures at British Council in Tokyo, face-to-face conversations in an English conversation school, read books written in English, listen to Far East Network radio, etc. By and large, I don't dislike studying English (When I was younger, I disliked studying anything). After coming to Australia, I changed my target to OET as I felt IELTS writing was a big big hurdle. Then 6 months later, I managed to pass OET. In my preparation in Australia, I did study firsthand English in the master course of journalism, participate in an OET preparation course in Brisbane. Thanks to those, I managed to reach the pass of OET. At least, about 2 or 3 years have elapsed overall since I started studying English for this purpose.
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