CSAT Second Language/Hanja study plan

CSAT Second Language/Hanja · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Classical Chinese (Hanja) I

Memorize 60 base Hanja (천지인, 숫자, 방위, 가족) with sound and meaning, writing each 10 times from memory
Distinguish 30 visually similar Hanja pairs (日/曰, 未/末, 土/士) and record the stroke or component that separates them
Practice writing 8 basic stroke-order rules on grid paper until each character is produced without looking
Build a personal Hanja deck of 120 cards tagged by radical for spaced repetition

A handwritten notebook of 120 Hanja with sound, meaning, and radical, self-tested at 80% recall

Week 2

Learn 40 high-frequency radicals (water, wood, speech, heart, metal) and infer meaning of unfamiliar compounds from them
Decode 50 two-character Sino-Korean words by combining known characters and verifying against a dictionary
Read 10 short Classical Chinese sentences and mark subject, verb, and object boundaries
Drill 20 반의어/유의어 Hanja pairs (大小, 高低, 生死) to lock in contrast meanings

A 50-word Sino-Korean glossary where each entry shows the characters, sound, and a guessed-then-verified meaning

Week 3

Master 30 Classical Chinese function words (之, 其, 而, 以, 於, 者, 也) with their grammatical roles in sample sentences
Translate 15 short Classical Chinese passages into modern Korean, sentence by sentence
Identify 20 사자성어 and state the literal character meaning plus the idiomatic Korean gloss
Apply 5 reading strategies for unknown characters: radical inference, context, parallel structure, sound loan, and known compounds

A translation log of 15 Classical Chinese passages with annotated function words and a self-scored accuracy note

Week 4

Review all 300 Hanja learned so far and re-test the 60 most-missed characters
Read 12 intermediate Classical Chinese passages under timed conditions (3 minutes each)
Learn 40 pinyin syllables and 4 tones, then read 30 single-syllable Chinese words aloud with correct tone marks
Recognize 40 basic Chinese characters and match them to their Hanja equivalents to reinforce shared forms

A timed mini-test of 20 Hanja readings plus 20 pinyin tone identifications, scored and error-logged

Week 5

Produce 10 correct Chinese sentences using 是, 有, and measure words with accurate tones
Expand to 80 Chinese characters and read 8 short dialogues aloud for pronunciation accuracy
Continue Hanja maintenance: 15 new characters per day with radical tagging
Compare 25 simplified Chinese forms against their traditional/Hanja counterparts and note the simplification pattern

A recorded 2-minute self-introduction in Mandarin plus a written transcript checked for tone marks

Week 6

Learn hiragana and katakana to 90% recognition and read 30 kana words aloud
Produce 10 Japanese sentences using です/ます, particles は, が, を, and に
Map 30 Japanese kanji to their Hanja equivalents, noting shared meaning and sound shifts
Maintain Hanja review at 15 characters per day, focusing on the weakest radicals

A kana recognition quiz scored at 90% or higher plus a 10-sentence Japanese writing sample

Week 7

Learn German articles and noun gender for 50 common nouns and write 10 correct nominative sentences
Conjugate 20 regular French -er verbs in the present tense and write 10 sentences
Conjugate 20 Spanish -ar/-er/-ir verbs in the present tense and write 10 sentences
Practice pronunciation of 15 key sounds per language (German ü/ö, French nasal vowels, Spanish rr) with audio repetition

A three-language sentence bank of 30 sentences (10 per language) checked against a grammar reference

Week 8

Learn the Cyrillic alphabet and read 30 Russian words aloud with correct stress marked
Learn the Arabic alphabet in isolated and connected forms and read 20 words with short vowels
Learn Vietnamese tones and diacritics and read 30 words with correct tone marks
Run a full Hanja mock section under timed conditions and review every missed item
Consolidate all 8 domains into a one-page error summary sorted by frequency

A full timed mock across all 8 domains with a scored error report and a prioritized review list for the final days

Week 2: Recall 80% or more of the first 200 Hanja by sound and meaning on a self-administered quiz

Week 4: Translate 12 Classical Chinese passages at 70% accuracy within 3 minutes each, and read 30 pinyin syllables with correct tones

Week 6: Score 90% on kana recognition and correctly map 30 Japanese kanji to Hanja equivalents

Week 8: Complete a timed mock across all 8 domains, with Hanja accuracy at 75% or higher and each language domain above 60%