Language Educators Exchange
Strategy 13: Building Reading Skills with Immersive Readers
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Aniqa Shah discusses how to use Microsoft's Immersive Reader to support reading, pronunciation, and digital literacy with adult English learners. She walks through a practical five-step strategy teachers can adapt for any level. Resources: Immersive Reader guide, Reading Coach, and more. Resources : Handout — This handout goes over the steps discussed in the episode Use Immersive Reader in Word — Start here: a step-by-step guide to turning on Immersive Reader and using each feature in your own documents. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/word/use-immersive-reader-in-word Reading Coach (free standalone app) — Have your students practice reading aloud and get instant feedback on the words they find tricky. Works right in a browser, including on Chromebooks. https://coach.microsoft.com An Educator's Guide to Reading Coach — A practical walkthrough for setting up Reading Coach with your class and making sense of the progress it reports. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/blog/2025/01/an-educators-guide-to-reading-coach/ Immersive Reader Overview — New to the tool? This gives you the big picture: what it does, which apps it lives in, and the research behind why it helps language learners. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/educator-center/product-guides/immersive-reader Read with Immersive Reader — A short, plain-language intro if you'd like to try it yourself before bringing it to your students. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/learning-center/read-with-immersive-reader
