IELTS Reading Performance Dashboard & Action Plan

 

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Student: Bai Plu

Focus: Achieving IELTS Reading Band 7+

Review Date: June 15, 2025

Your Performance at a Glance

This dashboard shows your strengths and the key areas we need to focus on.

Skill Level	Question Types	Performance	Analysis
EXCELLENT (Band 7-9)	🟢 Multiple Choice - 🟢 Matching Features - 🟢 Summary Completion (from text)	100%	You are an expert at finding specific details and keywords. Your ability to scan and match information directly from the text is a huge advantage. Keep this up!
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT (Band 6-6.5)	🟡 Note Completion - 🟡 Identifying Info (T/F/NG) - 🟡 Table Completion - 🟡 Sentence Completion	60-83%	You understand the tasks but sometimes miss key details. Errors here are often due to misinterpreting one or two words, or not being careful enough to distinguish between "False" and "Not Given".
CRITICAL FOCUS (Band 5-5.5)	🔴 Summary Completion (from list) - 🔴 Matching Sentence Endings	0-33%	This is the #1 area holding you back. These questions test your understanding of paraphrasing and synonyms. The correct answers are not written directly in the text; you must understand the meaning behind the words.

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Your 3-Step Action Plan for a Band 7+ Score

To get a Band 7, you need to turn your "Critical Focus" areas into strengths. Here is a simple, targeted plan.

Action 1: Master Paraphrasing

The Problem: You struggle when the answer choices use different words than the passage, even if the meaning is the same.

The Goal: To train your brain to see connections between different phrases and vocabulary.

Your Task:

Read a paragraph from any IELTS text.

Cover it up and try to explain the main idea out loud in your own words.

Find 3 sentences and write them down. Now, rewrite each one using different vocabulary (synonyms). Do this for 15 minutes every day.

Action 2: Build an Active Vocabulary Notebook

The Problem: You need a wider range of vocabulary to recognize paraphrased ideas.

The Goal: To move beyond just knowing a word's definition to understanding how it's used in different contexts.

Your Task: Create a notebook with four columns. For every new word you learn, fill it out:

New Word	Definition	Synonyms (at least 2)	Example Sentence
significant	important; of consequence	crucial, vital, notable	The discovery of penicillin was a significant medical breakthrough.
facilitate	make (an action or process) easy	aid, assist, enable	The new software will facilitate better communication.

Action 3: Predict the Answer Type

The Problem: In "Matching Sentence Endings," you may be getting lost trying to connect too many ideas at once.

The Goal: To simplify the task by focusing on the logical flow of the sentence.

Your Task:

Cover the answer options (A, B, C, etc.).

Read only the first part of the sentence (the question stem).

Ask yourself: What kind of information should come next? A reason? An example? A result?

Write down your prediction (e.g., "This needs to be a consequence of the action.").

Now, uncover the options and find the one that matches your prediction.

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Final Thought: Your ability to find direct information is already at a Band 7+ level. By focusing intensely on these three actions, especially mastering paraphrasing, you are not just practicing—you are building the specific skills required to conquer the most challenging questions and achieve your goal score.