My Top Tips for designing a study plan are；
1. Understand what kind of learner you are. Many people have a dominant learning style that works best for them； some people are “visual learners” and remember best by seeing pictures and visualizing things in their mind； other are very “auditory” and are happy to learn by listening； “kinesthetic【肌肉運動知覺的】” learners， on the other hand， learn by doing things and experience. You may have elements of all these—that’s fine， mixing the approaches is a good way to learn.
2. Design a study plan based on the answers to some key questions：
★What is your target level of English？ And what is your current level？ The bigger the gap the longer you will need to prepare.
★How much time do you have before you need to sit IELTS？ The shorter the time the more intensive the study plan will have to be.
★What are your strengths and weaknesses？ Think about the four skills： reading， writing， speaking， listening as well as things like knowledge of grammar， range of vocabulary， pronunciation， etc.
★How many hours a day/week can you study？ It is much better to do a little everyday than try to ‘cram’ lots of learning into a short space of time.
★What learning resources （books， tapes， websites， friends， classes， etc） can you make use of？
3. Write down your plan on a calendar—decide which skill and what area you are going to practice on each day. Make sure the balance reflects your weak points and don’t forget to have rest days as well.
4. Check your progress by setting weekly mini-goals such as to finish reading a chapter of a book or learning 20 new words. This will help to keep you motivated.
5. Stick to your plan！ It will only work if you do it！