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TOEFL® study-plan generator, by test date
Study plan
- Days until the test
- 56
- Weeks in the plan
- 8
- Practice sessions
- 32
Week 1 — rotate all four sections
Sun, 13 Sept 2026 – Sat, 19 Sept 2026
Sun, 13 Sept 2026 · Listening
One talk or conversation set, with notes taken as you listen rather than after.
Mon, 14 Sept 2026 · Build a Sentence
A run of items — arranging the given words is a speed skill, so volume helps.
Wed, 16 Sept 2026 · Speaking
One recorded response per task type, played back before moving on.
Fri, 18 Sept 2026 · Review
Re-read this week’s feedback and rewrite one response you scored lowest on.
Week 2 — rotate all four sections
Sun, 20 Sept 2026 – Sat, 26 Sept 2026
Sun, 20 Sept 2026 · Review
Re-read this week’s feedback and rewrite one response you scored lowest on.
Mon, 21 Sept 2026 · Academic Discussion
One full response to a discussion prompt, written inside the listed ~10 minutes.
Wed, 23 Sept 2026 · Reading
One passage set, working on finishing within the listed section time.
Fri, 25 Sept 2026 · Write an Email
One email response inside the listed ~7 minutes, then read it back for clarity.
Week 3 — rotate all four sections
Sun, 27 Sept 2026 – Sat, 3 Oct 2026
Sun, 27 Sept 2026 · Write an Email
One email response inside the listed ~7 minutes, then read it back for clarity.
Mon, 28 Sept 2026 · Listening
One talk or conversation set, with notes taken as you listen rather than after.
Wed, 30 Sept 2026 · Build a Sentence
A run of items — arranging the given words is a speed skill, so volume helps.
Fri, 2 Oct 2026 · Speaking
One recorded response per task type, played back before moving on.
Week 4 — rotate all four sections
Sun, 4 Oct 2026 – Sat, 10 Oct 2026
Sun, 4 Oct 2026 · Speaking
One recorded response per task type, played back before moving on.
Mon, 5 Oct 2026 · Review
Re-read this week’s feedback and rewrite one response you scored lowest on.
Wed, 7 Oct 2026 · Academic Discussion
One full response to a discussion prompt, written inside the listed ~10 minutes.
Fri, 9 Oct 2026 · Reading
One passage set, working on finishing within the listed section time.
Week 5 — rotate all four sections
Sun, 11 Oct 2026 – Sat, 17 Oct 2026
Sun, 11 Oct 2026 · Reading
One passage set, working on finishing within the listed section time.
Mon, 12 Oct 2026 · Write an Email
One email response inside the listed ~7 minutes, then read it back for clarity.
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 · Listening
One talk or conversation set, with notes taken as you listen rather than after.
Fri, 16 Oct 2026 · Build a Sentence
A run of items — arranging the given words is a speed skill, so volume helps.
Week 6 — rotate all four sections
Sun, 18 Oct 2026 – Sat, 24 Oct 2026
Sun, 18 Oct 2026 · Build a Sentence
A run of items — arranging the given words is a speed skill, so volume helps.
Mon, 19 Oct 2026 · Speaking
One recorded response per task type, played back before moving on.
Wed, 21 Oct 2026 · Review
Re-read this week’s feedback and rewrite one response you scored lowest on.
Fri, 23 Oct 2026 · Academic Discussion
One full response to a discussion prompt, written inside the listed ~10 minutes.
Week 7 — rotate all four sections
Sun, 25 Oct 2026 – Sat, 31 Oct 2026
Sun, 25 Oct 2026 · Academic Discussion
One full response to a discussion prompt, written inside the listed ~10 minutes.
Mon, 26 Oct 2026 · Reading
One passage set, working on finishing within the listed section time.
Wed, 28 Oct 2026 · Write an Email
One email response inside the listed ~7 minutes, then read it back for clarity.
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 · Listening
One talk or conversation set, with notes taken as you listen rather than after.
Test week — rehearse, do not cram
Sun, 1 Nov 2026 – Sat, 7 Nov 2026
Sun, 1 Nov 2026 · Full mock
One complete four-section run at the listed timings, in one sitting.
Mon, 2 Nov 2026 · Full mock
One complete four-section run at the listed timings, in one sitting.
Wed, 4 Nov 2026 · Full mock
One complete four-section run at the listed timings, in one sitting.
Fri, 6 Nov 2026 · Rest
No practice the day before the test. Check your ID and the test-center details.
This plan schedules practice. It does not predict a score, promise a score gain, or claim any particular outcome — nothing here could support such a claim, and no honest tool can make one from a date and a number of study days.
How the plan is built
- Counted back from the test. The last week always ends on test eve, so any short week is the first one rather than the most important one.
- All four sections rotate. The two open-response writing tasks come round most often, because they are the ones repetition moves fastest, but no section goes untouched — an ignored section is what shows up on a real score report.
- The final week rehearses. Full four-section mocks at the listed timings, not new material.
- The day before is rest. Deliberately. Cramming before a test this long costs more in fatigue than it returns.
What this plan does not tell you
This plan schedules practice. It does not predict a score, promise a score gain, or claim any particular outcome — nothing here could support such a claim, and no honest tool can make one from a date and a number of study days.
It also cannot tell you how many weeks you personally need. Nobody can: it depends on where your English is now, which no date-based tool can see. If you want that answer, sit a full mock early rather than late — the gap it shows you is real information, and a schedule built on it beats a schedule built on a guess.
One page per value, if you want the answer without the tool
Each of these answers one narrow question from the same sourced tables this page uses, and states the date those sources were last checked.
Weeks remaining, against each band ETS names as a requirement
Common questions
- How long should I study for the TOEFL?
- There is no published answer to this, and anyone giving you a confident number is guessing. What the plan does instead is take the time you actually have and spread it across the four sections so none is left untouched — which is the failure mode that shows up in real score reports, not a shortage of total hours.
- Will this plan raise my score?
- This plan schedules practice. It does not predict a score, promise a score gain, or claim any particular outcome — nothing here could support such a claim, and no honest tool can make one from a date and a number of study days.
- Why does the plan work backwards from the test date?
- Because the week that matters most is the one before the test, and it needs a different shape from the others — a full mock and then rest, not new material. Counting back guarantees that week lands correctly; counting forward would leave whatever remainder fell out of the arithmetic sitting against your test day.
- Why is the last day always a rest day?
- Cramming the day before a four-section test costs more in fatigue than it returns in recall. The plan schedules the last full mock earlier in the final week so there is time to read the feedback, then leaves the eve clear.
- Do I need an account to generate a plan?
- No. The plan is date arithmetic that runs in your browser. Nothing is stored, nothing is emailed to you, and no account is involved.
The next step
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