JurassicNotice where reading time goes
RDG-TIME-SPLIT — original coaching practice; evidence before judgement.
Practice only; no IELTS scoring.
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Observable problem
One difficult sentence consumes your attention while later questions remain untouched. The useful observation is where you stopped and what you were trying to resolve. Record the paragraph, the unanswered question and the action you took. A long attempt does not by itself prove a vocabulary weakness or justify a score prediction.
Why it happens
Rereading can become a loop when you have no specific question for the next pass. Give the reread a purpose: locate a name, resolve a reference or find the paragraph’s main claim. If that purpose remains unresolved, mark it and move on. This is a review strategy to test, not a universal timing formula.
Original micro-drill
Use two original sentences: “The café moved its entrance to the side street. Customers collecting repairs should use the rear desk.” Ask where repairs are collected. Before rereading, name the information needed. Find “rear desk”, quote it, and stop searching. Note whether you spent time on the entrance even though the question concerned collection.
New-task transfer check
New text: “Workshop visitors sign in at reception. Tool returns go to the courtyard table.” Ask where a borrowed drill must be returned. Keep a simple start/finish note privately and compare the search action with the café attempt. Timing is a review aid; preserve answer evidence and avoid treating a faster unsupported guess as improvement.
Next action
Keep a claim, its paragraph reference and your reason together. If there is no settling line, say what is missing instead of importing background knowledge. Use a new passage before describing transfer. Keep Academic and General Training evidence separately scoped; this exercise supplies no band. Bring both attempts for review if the same unsupported inference returns, and choose one reading action to try next.
Observation code: RDG-TIME-SPLIT