Kaoyan English study plan

Diagnose baseline reading speed and accuracy by completing one full Part A passage set under 18 minutes and logging wrong-answer types in a spreadsheet.

Annotate every incorrect option from the diagnostic with the exact sentence in the passage that contradicts it.

Build a personal vocabulary log of 60 high-frequency academic words drawn only from the diagnostic passages, with Chinese glosses and one original example sentence each.

Practice one passage using the 'question stem first, then locate' routine and record time per question.

Complete four Part A passages (one per day across four days) with a hard 18-minute cap per passage and no dictionary.

For each passage, write a one-sentence English summary of the author's main claim before checking answers.

Complete two cloze (Use of English) sets and classify every blank by test point: collocation, logical connector, verb form, preposition, or lexical contrast.

Memorize 30 fixed collocations and 15 logical connectors (however, moreover, whereas, thereby, etc.) and use each in a self-written sentence.

Complete six Part A passages across the week, focusing on inference and attitude questions, and justify each answer with a quoted line number.

Learn the three Part B formats (matching, ordering, heading selection) by solving one sample of each and writing down the format-specific strategy in five bullet points per format.

Practice two Part B sets under 20 minutes each and mark which cohesive devices (pronouns, synonyms, discourse markers) gave away each link.

Review the week's error log and rewrite the five most frequent mistakes as rules in your own words.

Complete eight Part A passages under exam timing (four in one 72-minute block to simulate fatigue) and keep a running accuracy rate.

Solve three Part B sets of mixed formats and reduce average completion time to 17 minutes per set.

Translate two Part C passages (about 150 words each) into Chinese, then compare against a reference translation and list five recurring mistranslation patterns (passive voice, long modifiers, pronouns, nominalization, idioms).

Drill sentence-splitting: take ten long English sentences from past passages and break each into Chinese clauses without losing logical connectors.

Translate four Part C passages under a 25-minute limit each and self-grade against a checklist of accuracy, fluency, and completeness.

Memorize the structural conventions of three Part A genres (formal letter, notice, email) and write one of each within 15 minutes.

Build a reusable bank of 12 opening lines and 12 closing lines appropriate to formal and semi-formal registers.

Proofread each piece of writing for the five most common Chinese-candidate errors: article omission, subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, comma splices, and Chinglish collocations.

Analyze six Part B picture or chart prompts and write a thesis sentence for each that states the phenomenon and your stance in one sentence.

Draft two full Part B essays (160-200 words) in 35 minutes each using a fixed three-paragraph structure: describe, interpret, conclude.

Compile a topic-specific phrase bank of 40 expressions for common themes (education, technology, environment, culture, employment) and use at least 20 in the essays.

Rewrite one Part A letter after feedback, cutting word count by 15% without losing required content points.

Complete two full mock papers (Part A + Part B + cloze) under strict timing and record section-by-section scores.

Re-drill cloze by completing three sets and reducing logical-connector errors to fewer than two per set.

Revisit the error logs from weeks 1-3 and re-answer every previously wrong Part A question without looking at the old answer.

Practice two Part B ordering tasks and articulate the paragraph-sequence logic aloud in under three minutes each.

Complete one final full mock under exam conditions and compare every section against the week-4 scorecard.

Write two Part A pieces and one Part B essay under time pressure, then proofread using the week-5/6 checklists.

Translate two Part C passages and verify that no clause is left untranslated and no connector is dropped.

Consolidate a one-page personal error sheet covering all six domains and read it aloud before each practice session.