EIKEN Grade Pre-2 Plus study plan
EIKEN Grade Pre-2 Plus · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Vocabulary, grammar, and usage in context & Reading comprehension (short and medium passages, information retrieval)
Build a 300-item personal vocabulary log from EIKEN Pre-2 level word lists, sorted by part of speech and topic, and mark the 80 items you cannot yet recall under timed pressure.
Review and drill the 12 grammar targets that most often appear in Pre-2 short passages: tense consistency, passive voice, relative clauses, comparatives, conditionals, gerunds vs infinitives, modal verbs, prepositions of time, articles, subject-verb agreement, reported speech, and conjunctions of contrast.
Complete 20 short reading passages (150-250 words each) under a 6-minute-per-passage limit and record your accuracy per passage type (notice, email, article, advertisement).
Identify the three question types you miss most often in short passages (detail, inference, vocabulary-in-context) and write one sentence explaining why each miss happened.
Your checkpoint
A dated vocabulary log of 300 items with 80 flagged as weak, plus a one-page error tally from 20 timed short passages showing accuracy by question type.
Vocabulary, grammar, and usage in context & Reading comprehension (short and medium passages, information retrieval)
Convert the 80 flagged vocabulary items into 40 cloze sentences of your own and score at least 90% on a self-test without notes.
Drill the 12 grammar targets from Week 1 with 60 sentence-correction items, correcting every wrong answer and writing the rule beside it.
Read 15 medium passages (300-450 words) and practise locating the exact sentence that answers each detail question before reading the options.
Summarise each of 5 medium passages in exactly two sentences to force main-idea extraction.
Your checkpoint
A 40-item self-made cloze test with your score, plus 5 two-sentence passage summaries and a corrected grammar drill sheet.
Reading comprehension (short and medium passages, information retrieval) & Listening comprehension (dialogues, announcements, longer talks)
Complete 8 full timed reading sections (short plus medium plus information retrieval) at 1.3 minutes per question and log your score each time.
Practise information-retrieval tasks specifically: 10 multi-document sets where you must cross-check two notices, tables, or schedules to find one answer.
Start listening work with 30 short dialogue items, listening once only and writing the key phrase that decided each answer.
Build a listening note-taking shorthand of 15 symbols for numbers, times, prices, and negation, and use it on 20 announcement items.
Your checkpoint
A score-tracking table for 8 timed reading sections showing per-question-type accuracy, plus 10 completed information-retrieval sets and a one-page shorthand key used on 50 listening items.
Listening comprehension (dialogues, announcements, longer talks) & Vocabulary, grammar, and usage in context
Complete 40 dialogue listening items and 20 longer-talk items, replaying only after answering, and transcribe the 10 sentences you misheard.
Shadow 15 short audio clips of 30-45 seconds, matching rhythm and connected-speech reductions, three repetitions each.
Review all grammar and vocabulary errors from Weeks 1-3 and re-test the 60 most persistent items.
Identify five recurring listening traps (distractor numbers, correction phrases, implied negation, similar-sounding words, answer restated later) and write an example of each from your own practice.
Your checkpoint
A listening error log of 10 transcribed misheard sentences with the corrected version and the reason for the mishearing, plus a re-test score on the 60 persistent items.
Writing: email/message response and opinion-based essay & Vocabulary, grammar, and usage in context
Write 4 email or message responses of 40-50 words each, covering all three required content points in every response and using a consistent opening and closing formula.
Write 2 opinion essays of 120-150 words with a clear position, two supporting reasons, and one concrete example each, drafted in 20 minutes.
Apply a self-editing checklist of 10 items (tense, articles, plurals, spelling, word count, point coverage) to every draft and record how many errors each pass caught.
Review 20 usage-in-context items where two similar words compete (e.g., borrow/lend, say/tell, bring/take) and state the rule for each choice.
Your checkpoint
Six finished writing samples (4 emails, 2 essays) with word counts, a completed self-editing checklist for each, and a log of errors caught per editing pass.
Writing: email/message response and opinion-based essay & Speaking: read-aloud, question response, illustration description, and opinion question
Write 3 more opinion essays under a strict 20-minute limit and revise each once to raise the number of distinct supporting details from one to two.
Practise the speaking read-aloud task on 10 passages of 40-60 words, recording yourself and checking for pronunciation, chunking, and pacing at roughly 100 words per minute.
Answer 30 spoken question-response prompts within 5 seconds of hearing each one, recording every attempt.
Describe 5 picture-illustration prompts aloud for 45-60 seconds each, covering who, where, what is happening, and one inference.
Your checkpoint
Three timed essays with revision notes, plus 10 read-aloud recordings and 5 illustration-description recordings with a self-rating of 1-5 on fluency, accuracy, and completeness.
Speaking: read-aloud, question response, illustration description, and opinion question & Listening comprehension (dialogues, announcements, longer talks)
Answer 20 opinion-question speaking prompts with a 15-second preparation and 45-second answer structure: state position, give two reasons, close.
Re-record the 5 weakest illustration descriptions from Week 6 and raise each self-rating by at least one point.
Complete 3 full listening sections under exam timing with no replay and score each.
Run 2 mock speaking sessions end to end (read-aloud, question response, illustration, opinion) and note timing overruns.
Your checkpoint
A speaking progress sheet comparing Week 6 and Week 7 ratings across all four speaking tasks, plus 3 timed listening section scores.
Reading comprehension (short and medium passages, information retrieval) & Listening comprehension (dialogues, announcements, longer talks) & Writing: email/message response and opinion-based essay & Speaking: read-aloud, question response, illustration description, and opinion question & Vocabulary, grammar, and usage in context
Take 2 full mock exams under strict timing and score every section separately to find the weakest remaining domain.
Re-drill the 50 highest-error vocabulary and grammar items from the whole plan until you score 90% or better.
Write 1 final timed essay and 2 email responses, then self-score against the coverage and word-count checklists.
Complete 1 final mock speaking session and compare it against your Week 7 recording.
Compile a one-page exam-day checklist covering time per section, question order strategy, and common trap types.
Your checkpoint
Two scored full mock exams with a section-by-section comparison table, a final essay and email set, a final speaking recording, and a one-page exam-day checklist.
Milestones
Week 2: Vocabulary log complete at 300 items with the 80 weak items converted into a 40-item cloze test scored at 90% or higher, and all 12 core grammar targets drilled with corrections written out.
Week 4: Timed reading accuracy at or above 65% across 8 full sections, 10 information-retrieval sets completed, and a listening error log showing 10 transcribed and corrected mishearings.
Week 6: Six writing samples finished with every required content point covered and word counts inside the limit, plus 10 read-aloud and 5 illustration recordings self-rated at 3 or higher on average.
Week 8: Two full mock exams taken under exam timing with all five sections scored, a final speaking recording rated at least one point above the Week 6 baseline, and the exam-day checklist finished.