Ehime Entrance English study plan
Ehime Entrance English · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Reading comprehension (long and medium-length passages)
Read two 600-800 word English passages per session and mark the sentence that answers each question before checking any answer key
Classify every wrong answer as either a misread detail or a wrong inference, and log the cause in a one-line note
Paraphrase each passage's main claim in a single Japanese-free English sentence of 15 words or fewer
Time yourself at 12 minutes per passage and record the finishing time for each attempt
Your checkpoint
A reading error log covering 8 passages, with each miss tagged as detail, inference, or vocabulary, plus per-passage timings
Reading comprehension (long and medium-length passages) & Vocabulary and idiom in context
Underline and define in English every unknown word in four medium passages, then group them into topic, attitude, and logic-signal words
Answer 20 in-context vocabulary items by predicting the meaning from the surrounding clause before checking options
Identify the referent of every pronoun and demonstrative (this, they, such) in two long passages
Write one-sentence English summaries of each paragraph in a five-paragraph passage to expose topic drift
Your checkpoint
A 60-item personal vocabulary sheet organized by function (topic, attitude, logic signal) with the source sentence for each entry
English-to-Japanese translation and paraphrase
Translate six short English paragraphs into natural Japanese, keeping the original sentence order only where Japanese allows it
Rewrite five long English sentences by splitting them at relative clauses and participial phrases before translating
Compare your Japanese version against a model and list every place where you added or dropped information
Translate ten English idioms and fixed phrases into Japanese equivalents rather than literal renderings
Your checkpoint
Six translated paragraphs with a self-review table listing each added, dropped, or shifted element and the reason
English-to-Japanese translation and paraphrase & Japanese-to-English translation and sentence rewriting
Back-translate three of your own Japanese versions into English and measure how far the result drifts from the original
Translate eight Japanese sentences into English, choosing tense and aspect deliberately rather than copying Japanese tense
Rewrite ten Japanese-to-English drafts to remove literal patterns such as overuse of 'there is' and 'can'
Convert five Japanese noun-heavy sentences into English verb-centered sentences
Your checkpoint
A back-translation accuracy report on three paragraphs, plus eight Japanese-to-English sentences with a revised second draft of each
Grammar, usage, and error correction
Correct 40 erroneous English sentences and name the rule broken in each (agreement, tense, article, preposition, word order)
Rewrite ten sentences that are grammatically correct but unnatural in English style
Reduce ten relative clauses to participial or appositive forms and confirm the meaning is unchanged
Produce a one-page list of your five most frequent error types drawn from weeks 1-4 writing
Your checkpoint
A corrected error corpus of 40 sentences with rule labels and a personal top-five error list
Free-response English composition
Write three timed 120-150 word English essays on abstract prompts, each with a clear claim, two supports, and a conclusion
Revise each essay once, cutting at least 10 percent of the words without losing content
Build a reusable bank of eight English linking expressions and use each at least once across the three essays
Self-score each essay against a four-point checklist: task response, organization, vocabulary range, and grammar accuracy
Your checkpoint
Three revised essays of 120-150 words each with a completed four-point self-scoring sheet
Integrated skills: summary, ordering, and information retrieval & Reading comprehension (long and medium-length passages)
Summarize four passages in 40-60 English words each, preserving the main claim and one supporting point
Reorder scrambled paragraph sets of five sentences by identifying topic sentences and cohesive markers
Locate specific information in two long passages within a three-minute limit per question set
Write a summary that deliberately omits examples and repeated details, then verify nothing essential was lost
Your checkpoint
Four 40-60 word summaries plus two completed paragraph-ordering exercises with the cohesion clues marked
Listening comprehension (where administered) & Reading comprehension (long and medium-length passages) & Free-response English composition
Complete four listening sets using short news or lecture clips, taking notes only on numbers, names, and contrast markers
Answer comprehension questions from your notes without replaying the audio, then replay once to check
Run two full mock sections under exam timing and score each domain separately
Write one final timed essay and compare it against your week-6 essay to confirm measurable improvement
Your checkpoint
A full mock score sheet by domain plus a one-page comparison of week-6 and week-8 essays
Milestones
Week 2: You can finish a 700-word passage with questions in 12 minutes and your error log shows fewer inference misses than in week 1
Week 4: Your back-translated English recovers at least 80 percent of the original content words in three test paragraphs
Week 6: A 120-150 word essay is completed in 20 minutes and self-scores at least 3 of 4 on organization and grammar
Week 8: Mock scores show domain 1 and domain 2 above 60 percent, and your week-8 essay scores higher than the week-6 essay on the same checklist