IELTS Reading Improvement Plan
Duración: 3–4 weeks · Tiempo diario: 1.5 h · Objetivo: reading +1.0
Para quién es este plan
Reading is your bottleneck — you run out of time or bleed points on T/F/NG and headings. This plan installs a location system and a per-passage time budget.
El principio clave
IELTS reading is a LOCATION task before a comprehension task: find where the answer lives, then read that part deeply. Skim the structure, scan for keywords and their synonyms, budget time by question mix.
La ruta
Marca las tareas a medida que las completes — el progreso se guarda en este dispositivo.
Phase 1 — Method (Weeks 1–2)
One question type at a time, untimed. Learn each format's single method.
Avanza cuando: You can state the method for T/F/NG, headings, and matching in one sentence each — and hit 70%+ on drills.
Cada día
One reading passage, timed by its question mix (2 types ≈ 16 min, 3 types ≈ 20, 4 types ≈ 25)→
25 minimprescindible
Re-read yesterday's wrong answers: for each, say out loud WHY the right answer is right before checking the explanation
15 minimprescindible
Durante la fase
Study the True/False/Not Given format guide, then find that question type in a test and do just those questions→
25 minesta semana
Study the Matching Headings format guide, then find that question type in a test and do just those questions→
25 minesta semana
Study the Matching Information format guide, then find that question type in a test and do just those questions→
25 minesta semana
Study the Summary Completion format guide, then find that question type in a test and do just those questions→
25 minesta semana
Study the Synonym Matching format guide, then find that question type in a test and do just those questions→
25 minesta semana
Phase 2 — Timing (Weeks 3–4)
Budget by question mix: ~16 min for a 2-type passage, ~20 for 3 types, ~25 for 4. Full tests under the clock.
Avanza cuando: Three consecutive tests finished inside 60 minutes at target accuracy.
Cada día
One reading passage, timed by its question mix (2 types ≈ 16 min, 3 types ≈ 20, 4 types ≈ 25)→
25 minimprescindible
Re-read yesterday's wrong answers: for each, say out loud WHY the right answer is right before checking the explanation
15 minimprescindible
Durante la fase
Sit one full reading test — 60 minutes strict, then mark it and read the explanations for every miss→
75 minimprescindible
Sit one full reading test — 60 minutes strict, then mark it and read the explanations for every miss→
75 minimprescindible
Sit one full reading test — 60 minutes strict, then mark it and read the explanations for every miss→
75 minimprescindible
Scan this week's new exam recalls — note any 🔥 high-frequency questions in your skills→
10 minesta semana
Anclas diarias
Mañana: Read one passage or transcript aloud for 10 minutes before anything else — mouth and ear before eyes.
Antes de dormir: Before bed, review the words you collected today from wrong answers (5–10 minutes, no new material).
Autoevaluación semanal
- Finishing inside 60 minutes yet? Where does time leak?
- T/F/NG: are your errors FALSE-vs-NOT-GIVEN confusions? That is a method gap, not a vocabulary gap.
Un plan es una ruta, no una promesa — ningún horario puede garantizar una puntuación de band. Ajusta los volúmenes a tu realidad y mantén el trabajo de producción.