Aragón PAU English study plan

Diagnose your current level by completing one full past-paper reading and writing section under timed conditions and scoring it against the official mark scheme.

Map the exam format: list the exact task types, word limits, time allocation and weighting for reading comprehension, listening, grammar/vocabulary and written production.

Build a personal error log template with columns for question type, error cause and corrected version, and populate it with at least 20 entries from your diagnostic paper.

Set a baseline vocabulary target by identifying 60 high-frequency academic and topic words from two past papers that you cannot yet use actively.

Practise skimming and scanning techniques on three authentic 400-500 word articles, completing gapped-text and multiple-matching tasks in under 12 minutes each.

Train inference and reference questions by underlining the exact sentence in the text that justifies each answer for 25 items.

Consolidate the 60 baseline words from week 1 into active use by writing original sentences and checking them against a dictionary.

Review and re-attempt every week-1 error in the log, marking each as resolved or still unresolved.

Master word formation and open cloze by drilling affixation, collocation and dependent prepositions across 40 items, recording the rule behind each answer.

Revise the tense, modal and conditional systems by rewriting 30 sentences that contain deliberate errors, explaining each correction in one line.

Complete two timed listening sections and transcribe the five phrases you missed most often, identifying why (linking, weak forms, unknown lexis).

Add 50 new lexical items to your vocabulary bank, grouped by function (cause, contrast, concession, emphasis).

Draft a 150-180 word informal email and a 150-180 word opinion essay, each within 25 minutes, using a fixed planning routine of five minutes.

Self-assess both drafts against the four official criteria (content, organisation, language range, accuracy) and rewrite each one to raise the score by one band.

Learn and apply ten cohesive devices and five complex structures (inversion, cleft, participle clause, passive, subjunctive) in your rewritten texts.

Complete a full mock paper under exam timing and log the score per section.

Produce two formal texts (a letter of complaint and a for-and-against essay) using a consistent paragraph architecture: introduction, two developed body paragraphs, conclusion.

Eliminate your five most frequent accuracy errors by writing 20 targeted transformation sentences and checking them against a reference grammar.

Practise paraphrasing: rewrite ten source sentences without copying more than two consecutive words, then compare with your original wording.

Expand lexical range with 40 topic-specific items across education, environment, technology and health, and use at least 20 of them in the week's essays.

Complete three full listening sections and answer all items before the second playing, then verify against the transcript and log every missed item.

Reduce reading time by completing two reading sections in 80 percent of the allowed time while maintaining at least 80 percent accuracy.

Consolidate grammar by re-doing all unresolved items in your error log until 90 percent are marked resolved.

Record yourself summarising a two-minute audio extract and check fluency, pronunciation and paraphrasing against the transcript.

Sit two complete mock exams on separate days under strict timing and without notes, then score them against the official criteria.

Diagnose the weakest section from both mocks and complete 30 targeted practice items in that area.

Rehearse a bank of eight reusable structures and connectors for introductions, conclusions and opinion framing, and apply them in one timed essay.

Finalise a personal exam-day routine covering time allocation per section, order of tasks and a checking checklist.

Complete one final timed mock exam and compare the result directly with the week-1 diagnostic to quantify improvement per section.

Review the entire error log and rewrite the ten most persistent mistakes correctly from memory.

Polish two model answers (one email, one essay) that you can recall structurally under pressure, without memorising them verbatim.

Confirm logistics: permitted materials, timing, and the exact instructions for each task type.