FCICE study plan

FCICE · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Sight translation (Phase Two oral) & English language proficiency (Phase One written)

Record and self-score a baseline sight translation of a 250-word legal notice to set accuracy, completeness, and fluency benchmarks.
Build a 150-term bilingual court glossary covering proceedings, pleadings, and rights advisements, and load it into a spaced-repetition deck.
Rewrite 15 colloquial English sentences into formal courtroom register and record the rewrites for comparison.
Read aloud from a judicial opinion 20 minutes daily to stabilize pace, pausing, and projection.

Baseline diagnostic packet: timed sight-translation recording, completed self-scoring rubric, and a 150-term SRS glossary.

Week 2

Shadow 10 minutes of Spanish and 10 minutes of English court audio daily, stretching lag from 1 to 3 seconds.
Sight translate 8 authentic pleadings and mark every syntactic trap (nominalizations, passives, embedded clauses) in the source.
Complete 10 dual-task drills that pair shadowing with writing numbers, dates, and case citations.
Re-listen to each recorded rendition after 48 hours and log every drift, addition, and omission.

Annotated portfolio of 8 sight translations plus a written log of the 12 errors you produced most often.

Week 3

Build and drill one consistent note-taking system across 10 short speeches, capturing names, numbers, and negation.
Interpret 12 three-to-four-minute consecutive segments drawn from arraignment and plea-colloquy scripts.
Shadow 15 minutes daily while performing a secondary task to extend divided attention.
Transcribe one full rendition and tag each addition, omission, and register shift.

Recorded 10-minute consecutive rendition of a mock plea colloquy with scanned notes and a self-tagged transcript.

Week 4

Sustain 15 minutes of simultaneous interpretation of scripted opening statements at 70% or better completeness.
Deliver 10 consecutive segments with accurate dates, dollar amounts, and docket numbers.
Score both performances against your rubric and rank your top 10 error patterns.
Design a targeted drill cycle for your two weakest error categories.

Midpoint mock bundle (15-minute simultaneous plus 10-minute consecutive) with rubric scores and a ranked error inventory.

Week 5

Drill number and unit conversion (dates, decimals, currency, case citations) across 20 rapid-fire sets.
Interpret 15 witness-examination segments containing hedges, self-repairs, and overlapping speech.
Eliminate your top 20 Spanish-English false cognates through targeted substitution drills.
Practice Spanish subjunctive and conditional structures aloud under time pressure.

Number-handling scorecard plus 15 recorded witness-examination segments checked line by line against the source.

Week 6

Complete a full-length timed Phase One written practice test and score each section separately.
Drill the 30 grammar and usage points you missed and write a corrected example for each.
Summarize 6 English appellate opinions and 6 Spanish-language legal texts under strict time limits.
Produce 5 short written legal translations and self-grade them for fidelity and register.

Written Phase One practice test scored section by section (target 80% or better on each) plus a closed-out grammar correction log.

Week 7

Retake your two weakest written sections and raise each to 85% or better.
Extend simultaneous interpretation to 20-minute blocks at 80% or better completeness.
Interpret a simulated hearing with two speakers and crosstalk.
Compile and review a personal danger list of 50 high-risk terms and structures.

Score sheet showing written sections at target plus a recorded 20-minute simultaneous block with self-assessment notes.

Week 8

Run a complete mock Phase Two in exam order and timing: sight translation, consecutive, then simultaneous.
Score the mock against your rubric and narrow the results to no more than three priority fixes.
Drill those three priorities in short repeated cycles until error rates drop.
Rehearse exam-day logistics: equipment check, voice warm-up, hydration, and pacing.

Full recorded mock Phase Two with rubric scores and a one-page remediation plan for exam day.

Week 2: Baseline sight-translation recording scored and filed; cumulative glossary at 200 or more terms; 8 translated pleadings annotated.

Week 4: Two recorded mock performances scored on your rubric; cumulative glossary at 400 or more terms; ranked error inventory written.

Week 6: Full-length written Phase One practice test completed with every section scored and every missed grammar point corrected.

Week 8: Complete mock Phase Two recorded and scored in all three oral domains, with three or fewer priority fixes remaining.