EETC English Exam study plan

EETC English Exam · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Listening Comprehension & Reading Comprehension

Map the listening section's task types and time limits, then complete one untimed diagnostic set to establish a baseline score
Build a note-taking shorthand of at least 15 personal symbols for names, numbers, and contrast words
Read three short academic passages and label each paragraph's function (claim, evidence, counterpoint) in the margin
Set up a daily 10-minute listening log that records source, length, and one comprehension failure per session

A baseline score sheet for one listening set and one reading set, plus a dated listening log with 7 entries

Week 2

Practice predicting content from question stems before audio plays, across 4 short-answer and 4 multiple-choice items
Transcribe 60 seconds of authentic speech daily and mark every reduced or blended sound you missed
Skim 5 passages in 3 minutes each to extract main idea and structure without answering questions
Identify and correct 10 distractor traps in reading options (overstatement, scope shift, true-but-irrelevant)

A two-column error table listing 20 listening and reading mistakes with the cause and the fix for each

Week 3

Complete two timed listening sets and compare accuracy on detail versus inference items
Apply a three-pass reading routine (structure, question-targeted scan, verification) to 4 timed passages
Review the five clause patterns and underline the subject and main verb in 30 complex sentences
Reduce grammar errors on a 20-item structure quiz to 3 or fewer by reviewing each miss aloud

A timed listening score and a timed reading score logged side by side, with a written note on which item type costs the most time

Week 4

Complete 3 full reading sections under exam timing and record per-passage completion minutes
Drill subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, and pronoun reference across 40 items
Rewrite 10 faulty sentences from your own writing, naming the rule each correction follows
Summarize 4 passages in 2 sentences each to test whether you grasped claim versus support

A midterm practice test (reading plus structure) with a scored report and a list of the three weakest grammar rules

Week 5

Master 60 high-frequency academic words by writing a definition, a collocation, and one original sentence for each
Complete 50 structure items focused on modifiers, parallelism, and comparatives, logging every error by rule
Replace 15 vague words in your own draft with precise alternatives and note the register shift
Build a personal list of 20 confusable word pairs and a one-line memory cue for each

A vocabulary notebook of 60 entries with original sentences, checked against a dictionary for collocation accuracy

Week 6

Draft 3 timed essays of 250 words in 30 minutes each, using a fixed outline template
Edit each draft for cohesion by adding or repairing transitions between every paragraph
Apply 25 topic-specific vocabulary items from your notebook inside full sentences in the essays
Self-score each essay against a four-criterion rubric (task, organization, range, accuracy) and justify each score in writing

Three timed essays with self-scored rubrics and a marked-up revision of the weakest one

Week 7

Complete 3 timed listening sets while writing summaries of each talk in 3 sentences
Write 2 essays under full exam conditions and cut filler to reach the word limit within 5 minutes of spare time
Record yourself speaking a 90-second summary of a listening passage and check it against your notes
Revise all graded essays for repeated error patterns and tally each pattern's frequency

A frequency tally of your top five recurring errors across all essays written so far, with one targeted fix per error

Week 8

Take 2 full-length mock exams under strict timing and no pauses
Review every incorrect answer and assign it to a domain and an error cause
Re-drill the 30 items you missed most often across the plan
Finalize a one-page exam-day checklist covering timing checkpoints, note-taking setup, and essay outline order

Two complete mock exam score reports with a domain-by-domain comparison against your week 1 baseline

Week 2: You can identify the main idea of a 3-minute talk and a 600-word passage on first pass, with notes you can read back without the source

Week 4: Timed reading accuracy is at or above 65 percent and structure quiz errors are at or below 3 out of 20

Week 6: Three timed essays are complete within the limit, each scoring at least 3 of 5 on all four rubric criteria

Week 8: Mock exam totals exceed your week 1 baseline in at least three of the five domains, with no domain below 60 percent