How WholeReader Helps You Improve Your Reading Skills and Stay on Track

WholeReader is an excellent tool for English learners, offering an immersive reading experience that combines text and audio. This unique alignment allows you to read and listen at the same time, engaging multiple senses to improve comprehension and retention. Studies show that using both visual and auditory learning methods makes reading more effective than reading or listening alone. Whether you’re working on vocabulary, pronunciation, or fluency, WholeReader ensures that you learn in a focused and enjoyable way.

But how can you make the most of it? WholeReader’s smart features help you stay on track with your reading goals and measure your progress. Below are the top features and tips on how they will support your learning journey.

1. Vocabulary Assessment: Track and Improve Your Reading Level

One of the most important skills in learning English is expanding your vocabulary, and WholeReader makes this easy with its Vocabulary Assessment Test.

What is it?
The Vocabulary Assessment Test contains multiple-choice questions where you identify the correct definition or synonym of a given word.

Levels: The test has 12 difficulty levels based on American reading compehension grade system, starting from Elementary (levels 1-4), through Intermediate (levels 5-7) and Difficult (levels 8-9) to Challenging (levels 10-12):

• Elementary: Great for beginners working on basic words.
• Intermediate: For learners building a stronger vocabulary foundation.
• Challenging: Perfect for advanced learners looking to master complex words.

How It Works:
You’ll answer about 10 questions per level, with up to 30 seconds to respond to each. This test can take up to 15 minutes the very first time. After taking the test, you will be assigned a level from 1 to 12, measuring your vocabulary capacity.

Our Vocabulary Assessment test is built on extensive corpuses of vocabulary for each level (1–12), aligned with grade reading comprehension levels. This ensures that the test offers a diverse and comprehensive range of words. Because of this, the test can be retaken multiple times, and each time you’ll encounter a new set of questions, providing a fresh challenge and continued opportunities to track and improve your vocabulary skills.

Why It’s Important:

Regularly taking the Vocabulary Assessment helps you monitor your growth and pinpoint areas where you need improvement. Vocabulary is the backbone of reading comprehension — improving it will make every book easier to read and understand.

Practical Tip:

Schedule a vocabulary test every 2–3 weeks. Use your results to focus on new words in the books you’re reading. Highlight unfamiliar words and revisit them after reading.

Take your Vocabulary Assessment here

2. Activity Dashboard: Stay Accountable and Track Your Goals

The Activity Dashboard is your personal reading progress tracker. It allows you to set specific reading goals and monitor your progress over time. Here’s what you can do:

• Set a Daily Goal: Decide how many minutes you want to read each day. Whether it’s 10 minutes or an hour, setting a goal gives you a clear target to achieve daily.
• Plan Your Reading Days: You can choose which days of the week you want to read. This helps you build a consistent routine, which is essential for language improvement.
• Track Your Streak: The app keeps track of how many days in a row you meet your reading goals. Your streak encourages you to stay consistent—try to beat your “Best Streak” to stay motivated!
• Review Your Achievements: The dashboard shows the total number of completed books, total hours read, and even your most active reading time.
• Monitor Your Progress: WholeReader keeps a record of the books you’ve completed, those in progress, and your full reading history, so you always know where you left off.

Practical Tip:

Set realistic goals when starting out. For example, 15 minutes a day, 3 days a week, is a great start. As you build confidence, increase your daily target or aim for longer streaks. Seeing your progress on the dashboard will keep you motivated and make reading a regular habit.

You can see your Activity Dashboard here

3. Immersive Reading: Read and Listen for Better Comprehension

While not technically a feature on its own, WholeReader’s immersive reading experience is one of its biggest advantages. By combining text with audio, the app allows you to:

• Improve pronunciation by hearing how words are spoken while you read them.
• Strengthen listening skills as you follow the narrator’s natural rhythm and intonation.
• Boost comprehension by processing information visually and audibly at the same time.

Why It Works:

Reading and listening together engage multiple senses, making it easier to retain information. For language learners, this means you can improve pronunciation, fluency, and vocabulary faster than with traditional reading alone.

Practical Tip:

Start at a slower narration speed to fully focus on the text and audio alignment (You can adjust the speed of narration in the Book Settings). As you get more comfortable, increase the speed to match your listening and reading fluency. This practice helps build both speed and comprehension over time.

If you’re hesitant to dive into a big novel, we recommend starting with immersive short stories. These can be read in one sitting, offering a complete and satisfying experience without requiring a major time commitment, making them perfect for building confidence and consistency.

Try reading immersive short story here

Final Thoughts

WholeReader is more than just a reading app — it’s a complete tool to help you improve your English skills in a structured and enjoyable way. Use the Activity Dashboard to set goals and stay consistent, take the Vocabulary Assessment regularly to track your progress, and take advantage of the immersive reading experience to boost comprehension. By combining these features, you’ll not only stay on track with your reading but also see real improvement in your vocabulary, fluency, and confidence.

Start small, track your progress, and enjoy the journey — every page read brings you one step closer to mastering English.