Kanagawa Entrance English study plan

Set up a daily 15-minute dictation routine using short English audio at near-natural speed and log the words you miss by type (sound confusion, unknown word, lost place).

Identify the five sound features that most often block you (weak forms, contractions, linking, numbers, reduced auxiliaries) and write one example sentence for each.

Review the core sentence patterns tested in sentence-completion items (tense agreement, subject-verb agreement, comparatives, conditionals) and correct 30 faulty sentences you write yourself.

Build a personal error notebook with three columns: item, why it was wrong, and the corrected version.

Complete six timed listening sets of 10 short items each, keeping a log of question types (time, place, reason, speaker's next action) and your accuracy per type.

Practise shadowing two-minute dialogues three times per week to stabilise rhythm and connected speech.

Drill number, date, price and time expressions until you can transcribe 20 spoken values in a row without error.

Rewrite 20 sentences from informal to formal register and back, focusing on verb tense and modal choice.

Read 12 short passages and dialogues under a five-minute limit each, underlining the sentence that answers each question before checking.

Classify every wrong answer by cause: vocabulary gap, misread question, over-inference, or time pressure.

Match 30 listening question stems to the exact phrase in the audio that signals the answer (because, actually, instead, but).

Paraphrase 15 short dialogue lines into reported speech to confirm you understood the intent, not just the words.

Read six longer passages with a fixed procedure: skim for structure, read the questions, then locate evidence line by line.

Practise information-retrieval tasks (timetables, notices, leaflets) by extracting three requested facts from a single text in under three minutes.

Write a 60-word summary of each of three passages using only information stated in the text.

Build a 25-word vocabulary list of connectives and discourse markers (however, therefore, in addition, on the other hand) and use each in an original sentence.

Complete four full-length reading sections under exam timing and record the time spent per passage.

Answer 20 ordering items (scrambled sentence parts) by identifying the grammatical hinge first, then meaning.

Draft three guided compositions of 60-80 words following a prompt, each with a clear opening, two supporting points, and a closing sentence.

Self-edit each draft against a five-point checklist: tense consistency, articles, plurals, spelling, and sentence completeness.

Write four free compositions of 80-100 words in 15 minutes each on familiar topics (school life, a recent experience, an opinion).

Convert 15 pairs of sentences using the required transformations (active to passive, direct to indirect, combining with a relative pronoun).

Memorise and reuse eight sentence frames for opinion and reason (I think that..., The main reason is..., For this reason...) in your own writing.

Proofread your own work aloud once per draft to catch missing words and agreement slips.

Respond in writing to 12 situational prompts (invitations, apologies, requests, asking for directions) using appropriate politeness level and length.

Practise choosing the correct reply among three options by identifying what the first speaker is doing (asking, offering, refusing).

Summarise three short dialogues in two sentences each, capturing who wants what and why.

Compare formal and casual versions of the same request and state which situation each fits.

Take two full mock papers under strict timing and mark them with the same scoring rules you will face.

Re-audit your error notebook and confirm which items are now fixed and which remain unstable.

Redo only the unstable items until you can produce the correct form twice in a row without notes.

Write one final timed composition and one final listening set on the day before the exam to keep rhythm without fatigue.