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Aichi Entrance English study plan

Aichi Entrance English · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Reading comprehension (short and long passages, information retrieval) & Grammar and vocabulary in context (sentence completion, reordering, error identification)

  • Skim and answer twelve 120–180-word passages, holding each to 8 minutes with a timer visible

  • Tag every missed reading item with one cause: unknown word, reference, inference, or time pressure

  • Complete 60 sentence-completion items on tense, subject-verb agreement, and high-frequency collocations, writing the rule beside each corrected answer

  • Start a vocabulary log of 100 items met inside sentences, sorted by part of speech, with the original sentence copied in

Your checkpoint

A scored 15-question timed reading set, an error-cause table covering every miss, and a 100-entry vocabulary log with source sentences.

Week 2

Reading comprehension (short and long passages, information retrieval) & Grammar and vocabulary in context (sentence completion, reordering, error identification)

  • Work through three 350–500-word passages, underlining and labelling the noun each pronoun refers to

  • Reorder 20 scrambled sentence sets into coherent paragraphs using connective clues such as however, therefore, and for example

  • Answer 20 vocabulary-in-context items, justifying each choice from surrounding words rather than from translation

  • Reduce average per-passage time to 12 minutes while keeping accuracy at or above 70%

Your checkpoint

Three long passages completed under time, each with a one-paragraph summary written from memory and a labelled justification for every answer chosen.

Week 3

Reading comprehension (short and long passages, information retrieval) & Listening comprehension (dialogue, monologue, picture/table-based tasks)

  • Retrieve facts from ten notices, emails, menus, and timetable-style texts within a 10-minute limit, locating the exact line that answers each item

  • Complete 30 short-dialogue listening items with picture or number choices, transcribing the one phrase that decides each answer

  • Shadow one 3-minute monologue daily, matching the speaker's rhythm rather than reading the script

  • Predict the answer to each listening question before hearing the audio, then check the prediction

Your checkpoint

A scored 10-item information-retrieval set at 80% or better plus a listening log of 60 transcribed dictation lines with the decisive phrase highlighted.

Week 4

Listening comprehension (dialogue, monologue, picture/table-based tasks) & Writing (guided composition, sentence-level production, response to prompts)

  • Take notes on 15 minutes of monologue using a two-column layout: stated facts on the left, speaker's opinion on the right

  • Produce eight guided sentences, combining sentence completion and reordering tasks with correct word order and linking

  • Draft one 40-word guided paragraph from a prompt inside 10 minutes without a dictionary

  • Read each draft aloud once to catch missing articles and verb endings before submitting

Your checkpoint

A half-length mock covering reading and grammar/vocabulary in 40 minutes, scored at 65% or higher, with a written diagnosis of the two weakest question types.

Week 5

Writing (guided composition, sentence-level production, response to prompts) & Grammar and vocabulary in context (sentence completion, reordering, error identification)

  • Draft three 50–60-word compositions, each built from a topic sentence, one reason, and one supporting example

  • Revise those drafts against a checklist covering tense consistency, articles, subject-verb agreement, and word count

  • Fix the faulty word in 40 error-identification items and name the grammar point involved

  • Insert at least three linking expressions per composition from a memorised set of 20

Your checkpoint

A three-piece writing portfolio showing each draft next to its revision, with a marked-up checklist and the counted word total for every version.

Week 6

Listening comprehension (dialogue, monologue, picture/table-based tasks) & Communication and situational English (functional expressions, dialogue completion)

  • Solve 20 table- and schedule-based listening tasks where a speaker must be matched to the correct row or slot

  • Complete 25 dialogue-completion items using functional phrases for requesting, apologising, suggesting, and refusing politely

  • Perform six short situational dialogues aloud at natural speed, recording each one

  • Listen back to each recording and mark any phrase that sounded unnatural or over-rehearsed

Your checkpoint

Six recorded role-plays plus a scored 20-item situational English quiz at 80% or above, with the polite-refusal phrases listed out.

Week 7

Reading comprehension (short and long passages, information retrieval) & Grammar and vocabulary in context (sentence completion, reordering, error identification)

  • Sit one full-length reading section in 50 minutes with no pauses, then mark it against the answer key immediately

  • Complete 50 mixed grammar and vocabulary items, timing the whole set at 25 minutes

  • Re-read the week 1 to week 6 error logs and rank the five error types that recur most often

  • Rebuild the vocabulary log, keeping only entries you still miss and adding the sentence context for each

Your checkpoint

A full-length mock score report plus a rewritten list of the 20 items you have now missed twice, each with the corrected rule written beside it.

Week 8

Writing (guided composition, sentence-level production, response to prompts) & Communication and situational English (functional expressions, dialogue completion)

  • Write two 60-word compositions in 12 minutes each and self-check both against the week 5 checklist

  • Complete 20 dialogue-completion items and 10 listening items back to back as a final speed check

  • Recall 30 fixed functional phrases aloud without notes, grouped by function

  • Re-test the surviving vocabulary log entries and retire every item answered correctly twice

Your checkpoint

A final 30-minute mini-exam covering writing and situational English, scored at 80% or higher, plus a one-page reminder sheet of your five most frequent errors.

Milestones

Week 2: Long-passage accuracy reaches 70% under a 12-minute-per-passage limit, and the error log shows vocabulary as the leading cause of misses rather than time pressure.

Week 4: Half-length reading plus grammar/vocabulary mock scores 65% or better, and you can name the two question types that cost you the most marks.

Week 6: Situational English quiz scores 80% or better and the six recorded role-plays contain no scripted-sounding or overly formal responses.

Week 8: Final writing plus situational mini-exam scores 80% or better, and the recurring-error list has shrunk to five items or fewer.