The English Native

In this episode, Kev Dean explores a bold new approach to OET Speaking preparation—treating roleplay as performance. Drawing on drama pedagogy, clinical communication theory, and AI-enhanced rehearsal tools, Kev shares how medical candidates can rehearse tone, empathy, and genre-specific phrasing to reduce fillers and sound more like real clinicians.

🎭 Highlights include:

• Why “Hamlet with a stethoscope” reframes OET as rehearsable dialogue
• How drama pedagogy boosts fluency, intonation, and emotional clarity
• Using AI-generated audio scripts for shadowing and rehearsal
• Replacing “ums” and “ahs” with structured, empathetic phrasing
• Building a tonal repertoire: clinical, conversational, and examiner styles
• Real examples from Turkish and Ukrainian learners
• Links to Kev’s OET podcast, LMS, and LinkedIn newsletter

Whether you’re a doctor, nurse, or educator, this episode offers a fresh lens on how performance theory can transform medical English training.

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