Quick answer: this is a free OET Speaking sample for speech pathology. Two complete role plays, with the Roleplayer Card and the Candidate Card for each, written fresh for the 2026 exam. It opens right here on this page and the PDF is free to download, with no email needed. The complete 2026 speech pathology set holds five full role plays inside my course.
Speech pathology is the profession with the least practice material in circulation, and the two conversations below are the ones that come up most. You deserve cards written for the exam you are actually going to sit. So these are mine: written in house, on the 2026 pattern, in the exact format of the real test, the Roleplayer Card for your partner and the Candidate Card for you.
What is inside this free sample
| Card | Scenario and setting | What it trains |
|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | Community Health Centre, a three year old with delayed talking in a bilingual home | Paediatric language delay, explaining assessment results and the difference between expressive and receptive language, the bilingualism myth, a parent led therapy plan, practical strategies at home. |
| No. 2 | Stroke Unit, dysphagia after a stroke and a patient refusing thickened fluids | Explaining the swallow assessment and aspiration risk, texture modified fluids and food, respecting choice while explaining the danger, safe swallow strategies, the review plan. |
How to practise with these cards
Each role play runs about five minutes, with three minutes of preparation first. You read only the Candidate Card. Your partner, a friend, a colleague, even a family member, reads the Roleplayer Card and plays the patient. You are the speech pathologist throughout, and everything you need is on your card.
Your job is not medical knowledge. Your job is communication: open the conversation, confirm the name, listen, re echo the concerns, explain in plain language, and close with a clear plan. That sequence has a name in my teaching, the 9 Point Pattern, and it works on every card in this set and every card in the real exam. Learn the full pattern free, with the Confirm Trick and the Third Listener Rule.
The full 2026 set
This free sample is cards 1 and 2. The complete speech pathology set holds five full role plays, covering every common scenario family of the current exam, all written on the 2026 pattern, inside my complete course together with the speaking phrase banks, the mock tests and the clearance mocks.
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About the author. Dr. Nasir Bukhari, MBBS, is an OET Certified teacher. He completed OET's official Teacher Training in all four skills, Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking, certified by OET's Head of Education. He has taught OET to healthcare professionals in more than 40 countries. He is the founder of CliniVerba, the house behind OET HQ.