EJU Japan and the World study plan
EJU Japan and the World · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Japanese language skills
Build a 300-item personal vocabulary deck from EJU-style reading passages, tagging each item by part of speech and kanji reading.
Read two 600-character explanatory passages per session and mark every clause boundary to practise parsing long sentences.
Write daily 10-sentence summaries of short news articles using only structures you can produce without a dictionary.
Diagnose weaknesses by taking one timed reading section and logging error types (vocabulary, grammar, inference, speed).
Your checkpoint
An error log of at least 40 tagged mistakes plus a 300-card vocabulary deck, reviewed once before week 2.
Japanese language skills
Drill 60 intermediate grammar patterns by writing one original sentence for each and checking them against a grammar reference.
Practise 20 minutes of timed reading three times this week, reducing per-passage time by 30 seconds each session.
Record yourself summarising two passages aloud in 90 seconds to train comprehension under time pressure.
Your checkpoint
A 60-sentence grammar portfolio with self-corrections plus a timed-reading log showing passage times across three sessions.
Japanese language skills
Write two 400-character structured essays using a claim-evidence-conclusion outline, then revise each for cohesion.
Convert 40 reading-passage sentences into listening-shadowing material and shadow them for 15 minutes daily.
Identify and repair your five most frequent grammar errors from week 1–2 logs.
Your checkpoint
Two revised 400-character essays with a marked-up first draft showing at least five concrete edits each.
Japanese language skills & Basic academic abilities
Take one full timed mock of the Japanese section and one of the basic-academic section under exam conditions.
Classify every mock error into domain, skill, and cause, then rank the top three by frequency.
Review mathematics fundamentals (ratios, percentages, linear equations) by solving 20 short problems without a calculator.
Begin a formula and concept sheet covering the quantitative topics you missed.
Your checkpoint
A scored mock report with an error taxonomy table and a one-page formula sheet covering at least 15 concepts.
Basic academic abilities
Solve 30 timed quantitative problems, capping each at 90 seconds and flagging any that exceed the cap.
Build a one-page reference for the science or humanities topics most represented in your mock errors.
Explain five missed problems aloud from first principles to confirm understanding rather than memorisation.
Reattempt all week-4 mock errors and record whether the second attempt succeeded.
Your checkpoint
A 30-problem timed set with per-item times, plus a reattempt log showing a success rate of at least 80% on previously missed items.
Basic academic abilities
Practise 40 data-interpretation items (tables, graphs, text-plus-figure) and write one sentence justifying each answer.
Drill 25 logical-reasoning items, explicitly naming the assumption or inference used.
Review the full formula sheet and rewrite it from memory, then compare against the original.
Time-box a 45-minute mixed set to build stamina for the full section.
Your checkpoint
A from-memory rewrite of the formula sheet achieving at least 90% coverage, plus a 40-item data-interpretation log.
Japanese language skills & Basic academic abilities
Take two full timed mocks across both domains and log scores and pacing per subsection.
Rehearse the writing task twice under a 30-minute limit, then self-assess against a rubric you write.
Compile a one-page list of your 20 highest-risk recurring errors and a fix for each.
Cut reading and listening time per item by 10% versus week 4 while holding accuracy.
Your checkpoint
Two scored full mocks with a pacing table comparing subsection times against week 4, plus a 20-item risk list.
Japanese language skills & Basic academic abilities
Take one final full timed mock early in the week and spend the remainder reviewing only logged errors.
Rehearse exam-day logistics: section order, timing checkpoints, and a 5-minute reset routine between sections.
Review the risk list and formula sheet daily for 15 minutes, retiring items only after two correct recalls.
Stop new material 48 hours before the exam and consolidate existing notes only.
Your checkpoint
A final mock score report, a completed risk list with at least 15 items retired, and a written exam-day timing plan.
Milestones
Week 4: Complete one full timed mock in each domain, produce the error taxonomy, and confirm the vocabulary deck exceeds 500 reviewed cards with at least 70% recall on a random 50-card sample.
Week 6: Reproduce the formula sheet from memory at 90% coverage and show an 80% success rate on reattempted week-4 errors.
Week 8: Show measurable improvement in both domain mock scores versus week 4, with at least 15 risk-list items retired and a written exam-day timing plan.