How to Prepare for the English Language (2) Test: 6-Week and 2-Week Plans

Last verified: 30 October 2026. Our sources are the test taker handbook for the English Language (2) specialized test and the Teachers' Professional License page. Dates can change, so check the ETEC website. This guide is independent: it is not affiliated with the Education and Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC), Qiyas (the National Center for Assessment) or any government body.

In short: the test has 88 questions in 120 minutes. Standards 6.9.1 and 6.9.11 together carry 35% (about 31 questions), so start with them and measure yourself with a full timed mock exam twice before your test. The next specialized window is expected in late January 2027, so plan around the weeks you have until then.

Know what you are facing

• Format: four-option multiple choice in English; each question measures one indicator.
• Time: 88 questions in 120 minutes, about 80 seconds per question.
• No penalty for wrong answers: never leave a question blank.
• Your target in numbers: 50 is the minimum for Practitioner Teacher, which on 88 questions is about 44 correct answers (62 for 70 and 71 for 80). The license level uses the lower of your General and specialized scores.

Where the questions go

The weights are from page 7 of the handbook. Details of each standard are in test content and weights.

A six-week plan

The plan assumes 20 to 30 questions a day, with wrong answers reviewed the same day. The weeks follow the weights, so the biggest standard gets the first week.

Week 1: Standard 6.9.1 (19 questions, 21%)

1. On day 1, answer the free questions to find your starting point.
2. Listening and speaking, then reading and vocabulary, then writing and grammar: two days for each pair, covering both indicators (research trends and classroom strategies).
3. End the week by redoing the 6.9.1 questions you got wrong.

Week 2: Standards 6.9.11 and 6.9.10 (12 + 6 questions)

1. Phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax: a day for each branch, including IPA symbols and the English terms for morphology and syntax.
2. Semantics and pragmatics, then 6.9.10 (design features of language, history of English, varieties).
3. Each of the five branches brings only about two questions, so review all of them.

Week 3: Standards 6.9.4, 6.9.3 and 6.9.2 (8 + 7 + 6 questions)

1. 6.9.4: teaching methods (GTM, ALM, CLT, TBLT and others), motivation, critical thinking and technology.
2. 6.9.3: formative and summative assessment, validity and reliability, feedback.
3. 6.9.2: designing activities and sequencing a lesson.

Week 4: Standards 6.9.8, 6.9.9 and 6.9.5 (7 + 6 + 6 questions)

1. 6.9.8: second language acquisition theories, stages and the influence of the first language.
2. 6.9.9: trends in TESOL/TEFL and their links with culture.
3. 6.9.5: writing measurable objectives.

Week 5: Standards 6.9.6 and 6.9.7, then review (7 + 4 questions)

1. 6.9.6 and 6.9.7 in just three days; together they are about 12%.
2. Midweek, sit a full mock exam of 88 questions against the clock, with no phone. It is your first full measurement and needs paid access (7 days or lifetime).
3. Compare your score with week 1 standard by standard and pick your three weakest.

Week 6: Weak points, then the last mock exam

1. The first two days go to your three weakest standards, especially if one of them is 6.9.1 or 6.9.11.
2. Two full timed mock exams, with a day between them spent only on wrong answers.
3. Do not start new topics. The day before the test: light review of no more than an hour, and enough sleep.

A two-week plan

With only two weeks left, follow the weights:

1. Day 1: the free questions, then read the test content and weights.
2. Days 2 to 6: Standards 6.9.1 and 6.9.11 (about 31 questions), 30 questions a day.
3. Days 7 to 10: Standards 6.9.4, 6.9.3, 6.9.8 and 6.9.10 (about 28 questions).
4. Days 11 and 12: Standards 6.9.2, 6.9.5, 6.9.6, 6.9.7 and 6.9.9 at a faster pace.
5. Day 13: one full timed mock exam.
6. Day 14: review the mock exam's wrong answers only, with no new topics.

Using the site

• Free questions to see your level now, with every option explained and sourced.
• Practice by standard in the practice area, with a wrong-answers list to redo what you missed.
• Full timed mock exam with the same split (88 questions).
• Arabic and English switch for the interface; the questions themselves are in English, as in the test.

This plan is our suggestion for organising your time and does not guarantee any score, and your mock exam score is an estimate of readiness, not an official result. For registration and dates see registering for the test, then start unit practice with standards 6.9.1 and 6.9.11 (35% together).