Galicia PAU English - First Foreign Language study plan

Identify the main idea, purpose and intended audience of three 350-450 word Galician PAU-style opinion articles without using a dictionary

Distinguish main ideas from supporting details by underlining the thesis sentence and labelling three supporting examples in each text

Summarise each text in exactly two sentences that capture the global meaning without copying phrases from the original

Build a personal glossary of 25 discourse-marker and stance expressions (e.g. however, moreover, arguably, nonetheless) taken from the texts

Locate specific information in four texts by answering six true/false/not-given items per text and justifying every answer with a quoted line

Infer the writer's attitude and tone from word choice, marking five evaluative adjectives or phrases per text

Practise reference questions by tracing what pronouns and demonstratives (it, this, they, such) refer to across sentences

Time yourself: complete one full reading section (global plus specific questions) in 25 minutes

Revise the tense system by rewriting ten sentences into the correct past, present perfect and future forms in context

Transform ten sentences using passive voice, reported speech and conditional structures without changing meaning

Complete three gap-fill cloze passages (12 gaps each) selecting the correct word from four options and state the rule for each choice

Classify and correct ten common interference errors from Spanish/Galician (e.g. false friends, preposition use, gerund vs infinitive)

Recycle 20 lexical items from your reading log into original sentences that show the meaning clearly

Practise word-formation by deriving nouns, adjectives and adverbs from 15 base words and using five in context

Draft one 120-150 word opinion paragraph on a familiar topic, then rewrite it replacing five vague words with precise ones

Self-assess the rewrite against a three-point checklist: accurate structures, varied vocabulary, no repeated sentence openers

Analyse three model compositions to extract their structure: opening stance, two developed arguments, concession, conclusion

Plan four compositions in 5 minutes each using a skeleton outline of thesis, two arguments with examples, and conclusion

Write one 150-180 word composition under a 30-minute limit on an argumentative prompt

Revise that composition to add one concession clause and one counter-argument, keeping within the word limit

Write two more timed compositions (150-180 words) on different prompt types: opinion and advantages/disadvantages

Apply a cohesion checklist by inserting or varying linkers so no two consecutive sentences begin the same way

Edit all three compositions for punctuation: commas after introductory phrases, correct use of semicolons and apostrophes, capitalisation of proper nouns

Proofread for spelling by keeping an error log of your ten most frequent misspellings and writing each correctly five times

Complete two full past-paper-style mock exams under timed conditions (reading 45 minutes, writing 30 minutes)

Mark your own mocks against the domain weightings and record a score per domain

Identify your three weakest question types and redo five items of each type with written explanations

Review paragraph organisation in your mock compositions and rewrite one introduction to state the thesis more directly

Write two final timed compositions and compare them against your week 5 drafts to confirm measurable improvement

Consolidate the error log and glossary into a one-page pre-exam revision sheet

Rehearse the full exam sequence once more, allocating time per section and leaving five minutes for proofreading

Practise a final proofreading pass on a sample text, correcting punctuation, spelling and cohesion slips within five minutes