Read & Listen Task



Read & Listen is a reference task for reading and listening to articles, stories, and lesson presentations. The main components are a reading and audio. This task introduces the student to the main subject matter of the lesson they are working on.


Find the Read & Listen task in these sections:

Discussion Starters

Famous People

Holidays & Events

Easy Readers

Historic Events

and more!


Step 1

Click Launch Tasks from the lesson overview page.

Step 2

Look for the Read & Listen task on the left-hand side, and click Start.


Step 3

View the instructions at the top, and use the hamburger button to close the tasks list. Use the same button to bring it back.

Step 4

Play the audio for the reading by clicking the play button.

Step 5

To access the Immersive reader, click the Immersive reader button.


Step 6

Use the settings button to enable the speech highlighting feature. Click On from the menu.  As audio plays, you will see text highlighted in real time.

Step 7

Once you have done the task with your students, you can click Done. Try the task again or move on to the next task.

Step 8

To add this lesson to your class, click Add to class.


If you would like to assign only this task to your students, check out the help doc below to find out how.


How to Assign Specific Tasks from a Lesson



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