Ibaraki Entrance English study plan

Sit one 30-minute listening section under strict exam timing to establish a baseline, then classify every miss by cause (number/date, connected speech, paraphrase, inference).

Shadow five 2-minute dialogues per session across four sessions, marking each word or phrase you cannot reproduce at natural speed.

Dictate numbers, prices, times, and dates for 10 minutes daily until you reach 95% accuracy on a 40-item set.

Compile a 60-entry personal trap list covering homophones, contractions, negation, and sound linking, one line each with the corrected form.

Complete three timed long passages (8 minutes each) and draw a one-line function label (claim, example, contrast, conclusion) beside every paragraph.

Answer 30 reference and vocabulary-in-context items drawn from those passages, reviewing each wrong option to state why it fails.

Listen to four longer monologues (3-4 minutes) and write a five-point outline from memory before replaying.

Reduce average time per long passage by two minutes without dropping below 70% accuracy.

Read two full-length passages per session and summarise each in exactly three sentences without looking back at the text.

Drill inference and author-attitude questions until you can name the textual clue that supports each chosen answer.

Run 40 minutes of listening practice per week on announcements, directions, and short narratives, transcribing the final sentence of each.

Build a 40-item vocabulary log of words met in reading, each with the sentence context and a paraphrase.

Complete a half-length mock of reading plus short situational passages under exam conditions and score it against the answer key.

Answer 25 short-dialogue items where the correct response depends on tone, politeness level, or implied refusal.

Rewrite five situational reading tasks (notices, signs, schedules) as one-sentence paraphrases to prove comprehension.

Cut off-topic answer choices first in every remaining practice item and log how often that shortcut is correct.

Work through 60 short situational items covering requests, apologies, invitations, and phone calls, noting the fixed phrase patterns you miss.

Memorise and actively use 50 high-frequency collocations and preposition patterns by writing one original sentence for each.

Complete two timed 15-item grammar sets and re-teach every wrong item in writing as a one-rule explanation.

Practise 20 items where meaning shifts with a single function word (however, instead, unless, while).

Answer 100 mixed vocabulary and grammar items in four timed blocks and raise block accuracy to 80% or higher.

Repair your ten most frequent errors by writing two fresh items of your own for each and solving them a week later.

Role-read 20 short dialogues aloud in pairs or against a recording, matching stress and intonation to the speaker's intent.

Answer situational items by identifying the speech act first (asking, refusing, warning) before reading the options.

Write four guided compositions of 60-80 words from prompt prompts, each within 12 minutes and following a fixed three-part structure.

Edit each draft against a five-point checklist (tense consistency, subject-verb agreement, article use, linking words, word count).

Memorise and reuse 15 sentence frames for opinion, reason, example, and conclusion so drafting needs no mid-sentence planning.

Rewrite two earlier drafts to raise the score, keeping a before-and-after note of each change.

Sit two full mock exams under strict timing, replicating section order and breaks, and score each section separately.

Write one timed composition immediately after each mock to train stamina under fatigue.

Review every mock error and convert each into a one-line rule or phrase card for the final two days.

Rehearse the listening opening 10 minutes of each section twice so the first-play panic is gone.