How to use Lingolift in an Integrated Setting

Lingolift can offer helpful support to general education teachers with newcomers and beginners, either with or without ESL collaborators. Here are some suggestions:

With ESL Supports (either push-in or pull-out)

• Teacher-Led Lessons – 1-3 times per week (45-60 mins each) in small groups of newcomers or one-on-one, starting with social collections and then adding grammar and academic collections.
• Teacher-Assigned Collections – Daily (30-60 mins), starting with social collections and then adding grammar and academic collections, for students to do outside ESL support time.
• Student-Directed Practice – Daily (30-60 mins), in combination with teacher-assigned collections after 1-2 months of teacher-assigned collections, for students to do outside ESL support time.
• Listenwise ELD lessons – 1 time per week, as indicated, in alignment with curriculum, after 1-2 months of Lingolift lessons.

Without ESL Supports (gen ed teacher only)

• Teacher-Led Lessons – Once a week if possible, in small groups or one-on-one, starting with social collections and then adding grammar and academic collections.
• Teacher-Assigned Collections – Daily (30-60 mins), starting with social collections and then adding grammar and academic collections
• Student-Directed Practice – Daily (30-60 mins), in combination with teacher-assigned collections, after 1-2 months of teacher-assigned collections
• Listenwise ELD lessons – 1 time per week, as indicated, in alignment with curriculum, 1-2 months of Lingolift lessons.

Here is more information about the instructional options listed above:

• Teacher-Led Lessons – Teachers lead lessons focused on collections of 4-6 interactive video lessons on a topic. Collections include a Teacher’s Guide with resources for instructional activities before, during, and after viewing the video lessons.
• Teacher-Assigned Collections – Teachers assign the Collections of 4-6 interactive video lessons for students to complete in sequence on their own. Learn more about assigning here.
• Student-Directed Practice – Students browse the Lingolift library and select video lessons that interest them. They complete the Watch, Learn, Speak instructional sequence for each video lesson they choose. 
• Listenwise ELD lessons – Teachers lead multimedia curriculum-aligned lessons on Listenwise with strong supports for ELs and paired general education versions. Learn more about ELD lessons here.