An eight-week route is long enough to create a useful practice cycle and short enough to expose unrealistic plans quickly. The structure should become more specific as your evidence improves.
Weeks 1–2: establish the baseline
Complete representative tasks in all four skills. Record scores, timing problems, recurring errors, and the conditions in which each sample was produced.
Weeks 3–6: build the limiting skills
Keep all four skills active, but give the largest blocks to the areas furthest from the target or most likely to limit the result. Alternate learning, focused drills, and timed application.
- One skill lesson or strategy block.
- One targeted practice task.
- One review and error-classification session.
- One short speaking or vocabulary retrieval loop.
Weeks 7–8: increase realism carefully
Use fuller sections and mock tasks, but keep the review cycle. The goal is not to collect more scores; it is to know what you will do when timing, concentration, or a difficult question creates pressure.