Pancyprian Russian study plan

Set up a listening routine: listen to 10 minutes of B1-level Russian audio (news headlines, short dialogues, or a graded podcast) five days this week and note every word you catch on first hearing

Transcribe two 60–90 second audio clips word for word, then compare your transcript with the audio a second time and mark each missed or misheard word

Build a personal error log with three columns (word heard, word intended, reason: sound confusion, unknown word, fast speech) and add at least 25 entries

Review the case system: nominative, accusative, and prepositional singular for nouns, adjectives, and personal pronouns, writing one original example sentence per form

Drill 20 high-frequency verbs of listening texts (говорить, сказать, слушать, слышать, спрашивать, отвечать, думать, знать, хотеть, мочь) in present and past tense

Listen to one 3-minute authentic recording (weather forecast, announcement, or short interview) three times: once for gist, once for detail, once with transcript, and answer five self-written comprehension questions

Practise distinguishing unstressed vowels and voiced/voiceless consonant pairs by shadowing a 2-minute clip aloud, recording yourself, and comparing rhythm and stress with the original

Master genitive and dative singular of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns; write 15 sentences using quantity words, negation, and indirect objects

Learn 25 new words from your listening material and enter them in a spaced-repetition deck with an example sentence each

Do a 15-minute dictation from audio and score it, targeting 80% accuracy on endings

Read three B1-level texts of 250–350 words (short article, notice/advertisement, personal letter) and answer six questions per text, underlining the exact sentence that justifies each answer

Identify and list the discourse markers and connectors used in those texts (однако, поэтому, кроме того, во-первых) and write one new sentence with each

Consolidate verb aspect: choose the correct aspect in 40 gap-fill items and explain each choice in one clause

Practise verb government: build a table of 20 verbs with their required case or preposition (помогать + dat, зависеть от + gen, интересоваться + instr) and write one sentence per entry

Skim a 400-word text in 4 minutes, write a three-sentence summary from memory, then reread and correct the summary

Work through two full reading sections under exam timing (one text every 8–10 minutes) and record score and time per text

Analyse every wrong answer by category (vocabulary gap, misread question, inference error) and rewrite the question in your own words to prove understanding

Review all cases in plural, plus comparative and superlative adjectives, with 30 transformation items (singular to plural, positive to comparative)

Read one 500-word opinion text and separate facts from opinions in a two-column table with at least eight items

Recycle 40 previously logged vocabulary items through a self-test and retire the ones you answer correctly twice

Write one 120-word informal letter or email per day for three days (invitation, apology, news update), each using at least four connectors and three different cases correctly

Self-edit each text against a checklist (case endings, aspect, verb government, punctuation of clauses) and log every corrected error

Write one 150-word opinion paragraph with a clear thesis, two supporting reasons, and a conclusion, using formal register

Practise the subjunctive and imperative forms (бы, давай, -те imperatives) in 20 original sentences suited to letters and instructions

Rewrite one of your earlier texts from memory after 24 hours and compare it with the original to measure retention

Write two timed 150-word texts in 25 minutes each (one letter, one opinion piece) and score them against the official-style criteria of task, coherence, vocabulary range, and accuracy

Record a 2-minute monologue on a familiar topic (my work, my city, last holiday) three times, improving fluency and cutting hesitation markers each take

Prepare and rehearse answers to ten typical oral questions (about yourself, plans, preferences) with a keyword card, not a script

Practise five interactive functions aloud: asking for clarification, disagreeing politely, suggesting, agreeing, and closing a conversation

Learn 20 fixed phrases for written and spoken opinion (по-моему, я согласен с тем, что, с одной стороны) and use each once in speech or writing

Complete one full timed mock of listening and reading in a single sitting and record section scores separately

Do a 10-minute oral simulation: describe a picture-free prompt in 2 minutes, then answer five follow-up questions recorded by a partner or yourself

Re-listen to every clip you failed in the mock and write the exact phrase you missed, adding it to your error log

Read two texts at speed (5 minutes each) and answer questions without a dictionary to train tolerance of unknown words

Review your error log and delete or archive items you have now used correctly three times

Sit one complete timed mock of all five sections across two sessions, following real section time limits strictly

Write a 150-word letter and deliver a 2-minute monologue on the same day to simulate exam fatigue, then compare quality with week 6 output

Do a final grammar sweep: 50 mixed items on cases, aspect, verb government, and comparatives, targeting 85% or better

Hold a 10-minute unscripted conversation with a partner or language exchange, covering three unpredictable topics, and note recurring errors

Compile a one-page personal cheat sheet of your ten most frequent errors with the corrected form and one example each