Wakayama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination - English study plan
Wakayama Prefectural Public High School Entrance Examination - English · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Listening Comprehension & Grammar and Vocabulary in Context
Transcribe 40 short spoken English sentences (numbers, times, prices, directions) from dictation and mark every sound you miss.
Identify and write down 30 high-frequency function words and question forms (what/where/when/how much/how long) that carry meaning in listening tasks.
Build a personal error log of 20 recurring listening mistakes, labeling each as sound confusion, speed, or vocabulary gap.
Review 25 core grammar points tested in context (tense agreement, articles, prepositions) and write one original example sentence for each.
Your checkpoint
A 60-item dictation notebook with corrections and a labeled 20-entry listening error log.
Listening Comprehension & Grammar and Vocabulary in Context
Listen to 30 short dialogues and answer content questions without pausing on first pass, then check with replay.
Distinguish 20 minimal pairs (thirteen/thirty, walk/work, light/right) in fast speech and record yourself saying each pair.
Complete 50 fill-in-the-blank grammar items in context and explain in writing why each wrong option fails.
Summarize five 60-second audio passages in two English sentences each.
Your checkpoint
A 30-dialogue answer sheet with accuracy percentage recorded per attempt and a 50-item grammar rationale sheet.
Reading Comprehension (short passages and dialogues) & Listening Comprehension
Read 15 short passages and dialogues and underline the exact sentence that answers each question.
Practice scanning for specific information (names, dates, prices) in 10 notices and schedules within a 2-minute limit per item.
Answer 25 listening questions that require inference (speaker's intention, next action) and justify each answer in one line.
Paraphrase 20 short dialogue lines into reported speech.
Your checkpoint
A 15-passage reading pack with underlined evidence and a 25-item inference justification log.
Reading Comprehension (short passages and dialogues) & Grammar and Vocabulary in Context
Complete 40 vocabulary-in-context items and group the tested words by part of speech and typical collocation.
Read 10 short dialogues and identify the function of each utterance (request, apology, suggestion, refusal).
Rewrite 15 grammatically incorrect sentences into correct ones and state the rule violated.
Do a timed 20-minute mixed set of short reading and grammar items and record your score.
Your checkpoint
A timed 20-minute mixed set with a score sheet and a 40-word collocation list.
Reading Comprehension (longer passages, information retrieval) & Sentence Reordering and Structural Completion
Read three longer passages and produce a one-sentence main-idea statement plus three supporting details for each.
Locate information across two or three linked sources (poster, email, timetable) in 10 retrieval tasks.
Reorder 30 scrambled sentences into grammatical English and explain the structural cue (connector, pronoun, tense) that fixed the order.
Complete 20 structural completion items (cloze with discourse markers) and note why each connector fits.
Your checkpoint
A three-passage main-idea and detail outline plus a 30-item sentence-reordering log with structural cues.
Reading Comprehension (longer passages, information retrieval) & English Composition (free writing)
Write four timed 8-10 sentence compositions (opinion, experience, plan, description) in 15 minutes each.
Use a self-check list (tense consistency, subject-verb agreement, articles, spelling) to revise each composition and count corrected errors.
Read two long passages and answer 10 information-retrieval questions with source citations in your own words.
Write 10 linking sentences that connect an opinion to a reason and a reason to an example.
Your checkpoint
A portfolio of four timed compositions with marked-up revisions and an error-count table.
Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese Meaning Transfer & English Composition (free writing)
Translate 25 Japanese sentences into natural English, focusing on tense, subject, and articles rather than word-for-word mapping.
Translate 20 English sentences into Japanese and back-translate to check meaning was preserved.
Write two compositions using five newly learned expressions from translation practice.
Compare 10 literal translations with natural versions and write the rule that changed each one.
Your checkpoint
A 45-sentence translation notebook with back-translation notes and two revised compositions.
Listening Comprehension & Reading Comprehension (longer passages, information retrieval) & Japanese-to-English and English-to-Japanese Meaning Transfer
Take two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and score each domain separately.
Re-do every item missed in weeks 1-7 and confirm each is now answered correctly without notes.
Review your personal error log and write a one-page exam-day checklist covering time allocation per section.
Practice 10 listening items at exam speed with no replay to confirm retention.
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams with a domain-by-domain score comparison and a one-page exam-day checklist.
Milestones
Week 2: Dictation accuracy on 40 short sentences is at least 70 percent, and you can name your three most frequent listening error types.
Week 4: Timed 20-minute mixed short-reading and grammar set scores at least 60 percent, with all wrong answers explained in writing.
Week 6: All four timed compositions are completed within 15 minutes each, and the error count on the final composition is lower than on the first.
Week 8: Second mock exam total is higher than the first, with no domain scoring below 50 percent and every previously missed item re-answered correctly.