STEP Exam Preparation
Students in Saudi Arabia sitting the STEP English proficiency test for university admission, scholarships, or a job requirement
هذه الدورة تجهّزك لاختبار ستيب (STEP) للغة الإنجليزية. الاختبار كله أسئلة اختيار من متعدد، ولا يحتوي على قسم للتحدث أو الكتابة الحرة. الأهم من ذلك: درجات الاختبار ليست موزّعة بالتساوي. القراءة تمثّل أربعين بالمئة من درجتك، والتراكيب ثلاثين، والاستماع عشرين، وتحليل النص عشرة فقط. معظم الطلاب يدرسون الأقسام الأربعة بالتساوي، وبذلك يضيّعون وقتهم على الجزء الأقل قيمة. الدورة مبنية على هذا التوزيع تماماً. الدروس الخمسة الأولى مجانية، وتبدأ الدورة بالشرح بالعربية للمستويات المبتدئة ثم تنتقل تدريجياً إلى الإنجليزية.
STEP Exam Preparation is an online course for students sitting the Standardized Test of English Proficiency in Saudi Arabia. It teaches reading, grammatical structure, listening and compositional analysis in the same proportion the exam weights them, and ends with a full mock exam scored section by section.
A full preparation course for STEP, built around how the exam actually distributes its marks. Reading carries 40 percent of your score and Compositional Analysis carries 10, so the course spends its time where the marks are. Fifteen modules covering grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening and exam strategy, ending with a full mock exam scored section by section.
2 hours reading + 4 hours of mock exams
What you'll be able to do
- Know exactly how STEP weights its four sections, and study in that proportion
- Read a passage under time pressure and find the main idea without reading every word
- Answer Structure questions by recognising the pattern being tested rather than guessing by ear
- Correct the grammar errors that cost Arabic-speaking candidates the most marks
- Take usable notes during a listening passage you hear only once
- Eliminate wrong options confidently when you do not know the answer outright
- Sit a full mock exam under real timing and get a section-by-section diagnosis
Modules in this course
The exam does not weight its four sections equally, and that single fact should change how you divide your study time.
8 min read
English fixes its word order and refuses to drop the subject or the verb 'to be'. Arabic does neither, and that difference produces the most common errors in the Structure section.
9 min read
Present simple against present continuous, and past simple against present perfect. The second pair has no direct equivalent in Arabic, which is exactly why the exam rewards it.
10 min read
Two small-word systems that carry a large number of Structure marks, and that Arabic organises differently enough to make the errors systematic rather than random.
9 min read
Word families beat word lists, because the Structure section tests whether you can select the right form of a word you already know.
9 min read
Reading carries 40 percent of the score and is where candidates most often run out of time. Reading less, in a deliberate order, answers more questions.
10 min read
Detail questions are answered by one specific sentence. The skill is finding that sentence quickly and resisting the option that paraphrases a different one.
9 min read
The two hardest Reading question types, and the one discipline both share: staying inside what the passage supports.
10 min read
Sentence-completion questions are won by analysing the gap first. Reading the four options before the sentence is how candidates talk themselves into a wrong answer.
9 min read
The three patterns that account for most remaining Structure questions, each of them a rule you can check rather than a judgement you have to feel.
9 min read
You hear the passage once. That constraint, rather than vocabulary, is what makes listening difficult, and it is trainable.
8 min read
What to write down while a passage plays, and why writing too much is as damaging as writing nothing.
8 min read
The smallest section, worth 10 percent. It asks you to find the error or the better version, and it rewards a checklist rather than an ear.
8 min read
STEP has no penalty for a wrong answer, which makes an unanswered question the only guaranteed way to lose a mark.
9 min read
What genuinely raises a score in the final fortnight, and what only feels productive.
8 min read
Sit a complete STEP-style paper under real timing, score it by section rather than as one number, and produce a weighted diagnosis of where your remaining marks are.
240 min to build
Questions before you buy
- How long does this course take?
- About 2 hours of reading, plus roughly 4 hours across the 1 mock exam. Most of that time is the mock exam, at your own pace.
- Do I need any experience first?
- No formal prerequisites — every course is written to be readable from the first lesson, and that lesson is free to read before you buy, so you can check it's pitched right for you.
- How is the certificate issued?
- Automatically, the moment you complete every module and mock exam. No review queue to wait on.
- What's your refund policy?
- A 14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked — email support@courseparse.com within 14 days of purchase. Full policy on the Refunds page.