Listening Supports

ELD lessons include various native language supports and scaffolds to ensure accessibility of content and to leverage background knowledge. See below for more information:

Native language translation of podcast transcript

Built-in English and picture dictionaries

Adjustable audio speed

Native language translation of podcast transcript

If you’re listening to the podcast as a class, you can have the transcript automatically translated into Spanish. Spanish is the only language currently available for translation.

To do so, change the language in your teacher account from English to Spanish. The Spanish translation will replace the interactive transcript below the audio player. Note that the Spanish transcript is not interactive. 

You will find this option at the top of the lesson page:

This is what the transcript will look like in your teacher account:

If a student is completing an assignment on their own, they can also change the language from English to Spanish to see a Spanish translation of the transcript. Students will find this at the top of their assignment:

This is what the transcript will look like in a student’s account:

Built-in English and picture dictionaries

Within their assignment, students can highlight one word and get an English dictionary definition.

They can also highlight one word to look it up in a picture dictionary. 

IThis video provides an overview of all of the Texthelp toolbar functionality: 

Adjustable audio speed

The listening speed button (.75) slows down a story’s audio speed by roughly 25%. The slower pace can help students understand more challenging content.