EIKEN Grade 1 study plan

Read one full-length English essay or editorial (roughly 800-1,200 words) per day and mark every sentence whose main clause you had to re-read

Build a personal vocabulary log of 60 academic and abstract nouns/verbs drawn only from this week's reading, recording collocations rather than single-word translations

Write two 200-word English summaries of opinion pieces without looking back at the source, then compare against the original for missed claims

Time yourself on one 25-question reading section under exam pacing and record wrong-answer causes in a three-column log (vocabulary, logic, time)

Practise three question types in isolation (main idea, inference, paraphrase-in-own-words) using 10 items each

Paraphrase 15 difficult sentences from your reading into simpler English to expose meaning gaps

Complete two full timed reading sections and cut average time per passage by at least 60 seconds versus week 1

Identify and drill your two weakest question types until accuracy on those types reaches 80 percent

Write four timed 200-240 word English essays on abstract social topics, each with an explicit thesis in the first two sentences

Draft and revise one essay through three versions, logging every change and the reason for it

Build a reusable bank of 20 transition and hedging phrases and force at least 12 of them into your essays

Self-score each essay against a four-point rubric (task response, organisation, vocabulary range, grammar accuracy) and rewrite the lowest-scoring paragraph

Run a full mock under exam conditions covering reading and writing back to back without breaks

Diagnose every writing error in the mock by category and rank the top three by frequency

Write 30 sentences that each deliberately fix one of your three most frequent grammar errors

Re-attempt the reading section of the mock and explain aloud why each previously wrong answer is wrong

Listen to 20 minutes of unscripted English audio (lecture, interview, panel) daily and take keyword-only notes

Transcribe three 60-second segments by ear and compare against the transcript to locate mis-heard sounds and connected-speech patterns

Practise 40 short-answer listening items, focusing on numbers, names, and negation traps

Summarise each day's audio in three spoken sentences immediately after listening

Complete two full timed listening sections and log errors as vocabulary, speed, or attention failures

Record yourself answering 10 speaking prompts and review each recording against clarity, structure, and grammar

Practise shadowing 10 minutes daily to stabilise rhythm and linking

Answer abstract opinion prompts in 60 seconds with a claim, one reason, and one example, repeated 15 times

Conduct three 10-minute mock interviews with a partner or recording, covering narration, reading aloud, and opinion questions

Rehearse a fixed structure for opinion answers and apply it to 20 unseen prompts

Reduce filler and self-correction by counting them in recordings and cutting the count in half by week's end

Practise reading aloud unfamiliar passages for fluency, stress, and pause placement, five passages total

Sit two complete mock exams across all four domains on separate days

Review every error and redo only the items you got wrong, without redoing the whole section

Deliver a final 10-minute speaking interview and a timed essay on the same day to rehearse stamina

Consolidate the vocabulary log and error logs into a one-page pre-exam review sheet