Make a Holiday Study Plan
- Choose at least FIVE achievable “I will” goals for your holiday study plan.
- Give each goal a NUMBER
- e.g. “once a week”
- e.g. “every day”
- e.g. “two Harry Potter books by April”
- See Resources for lists of other ideas
Reading
- “I will borrow and read X graded readers”
- “I will read English Central for X minutes every day”
- “I will read for X minutes every day”
- “I will read X news articles in the holidays”
- “I will buy a copy of MAGAZINE NAME and read it every day”
- See Reading Resources for more ideas
- See New Sites
Listening
- I will watch X TED lectures with/without English subtitles
- I will watch X movies (without subtitles?)
- I will do TOEIC/TOEFL listening practice
- I will download, read, and listen to the lyrics of one song every week
- See Listening Resources for more ideas
Writing/Typing
- “I will keep a diary every day”
- “I will use practice software and websites until my speed is X words per minute”
- “I will use practice software and websites for X minutes per day”
Do more normal homework (If summer, maybe get a head start on next term)
- “I will do X quickwrites a week/day”
- “I will do 1 speed reading every day”
- “I will learn X new words every week/day”
- “I will study vocabulary for X minutes every day”
- “I will finish/review Malc’s lists”
- “I will use my Memrise/Quizlet app every day for 10 minutes”
- “I will look at the syllabus for next semester/year and start the reading”
Speaking / Groups
- “With my friends, we are going to Skype each other and talk in English X times per week
- “We are staying near here, so we will meet X times a week to talk in English”
- “There is a holiday lounge. I will go X times / every day”
- “I will sing at least one song every time I go to karaoke in English”
- Line/Facebook/Twitter - anything with text (not just photos).
- “I will make one post in my English in English every week”
- “I will read the page of a friend or group in English on Facebook every day”
- “I will add at least five English feeds, and then read them every day”
- “I will make a English-only Line group with friends and post to it every day”