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Chapter 2: Passage Navigation Skills

Develop the core movement skills required to navigate IELTS passages: skim, scan, predict, locate, and verify.

3 lessons5 concepts

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Before You Start

Prior knowledge check scoped to this chapter's assumed prerequisites

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Before You Start — Check What You Know

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Hook

The Needle in the Haystack

Engaging opening hook grounded in this chapter's specific skill or context

Imagine you are staring at a massive, messy haystack, and someone tells you to find a single silver needle hidden inside. You only have 20 minutes. If you start picking up every piece of hay one by one, the timer will run out long before you find it. This is exactly what it feels like to search for a specific detail in a dense, 900-word IELTS Academic reading passage.

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Chapter Diagnostic

3–5 diagnostic MCQ questions on vocabulary and concepts specific to this chapter

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How should you adjust your reading speed while navigating an IELTS reading exam?

Hint

Concept: navigation-strategy

Concepts

01. Sprint 2.1: Skimming For Structure

Student can skim a paragraph to identify its structural purpose rather than reading for detail.

02. Sprint 2.2: Scanning For Evidence

Student can scan a text for specific targets like names, numbers, and unusual phrases to locate evidence.

03. Sprint 2.3: Paraphrase Detection

Student can detect and categorize different types of paraphrasing between questions and passage text.

04. Sprint 2.4: Keyword Prediction

Student can predict the type of answer or evidence needed by analyzing question keywords before searching.

05. Chapter 2 Review

Student reflects on passage navigation skills and verifies their ability to skim, scan, and detect paraphrases.