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Teach academic language and content together using authentic podcast and video lessons.

  • Prepare all students to succeed in general education classrooms
  • Address all four domains of language and literacy using listening as a lever for access
  • Discover fascinating education podcasts and videos to meet grade-level standards
  • Utilize literacy and language supports to meet the needs of all students — great for English Learners
  • Leverage an extensive library of teachers’ guides and comprehension assessments

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Thousands of 3-6 Minute Podcast and Video Lessons For Grades 2-12

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Elementary

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Secondary

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ELD

Why Teachers Love Us

Standards-Aligned
Podcast Lessons

Authentic podcasts and videos across the curriculum are aligned with content-based instruction and ELD standards. Easily address listening and speaking with built-in scaffolding for multilingual learners.

Auto-Scored Quizzes

Auto-scored listening comprehension quizzes are embedded in lessons. Measure student growth on comprehension and understanding with our largest collection of listening assessments.

Interactive Transcripts

Students can listen and read along at the same time — great for decoding and learning academic language. A game changer for improving comprehension and language acquisition!

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How It Works

Listenwise is a fun and engaging way to teach grade-level curriculum and language together while developing listening skills. Podcasts, visuals, and videos provide multiple entry points for students to learn in a meaningful and engaging way. Our extensive scaffolding improves comprehension without reducing rigor. 

ESSA Level 4
Download our report on the listenwise logic model

Research Validated: ESSA Level IV

Listenwise meets evidence requirements for
ESSA Level IV validation: 

  • Detailed logic model informed by previous, high-quality research
  • Ready to plan and design an ESSA Level III study
The Listenwise solution has a foundation in existing research. By offering an extensive differentiated lesson library and other instructional support, Listenwise provides a clear avenue to the development of student listening skills, especially for English learners.
LearnPlatform
Mary Styers, Ph.D.
Director of Research, LearnPlatform by Instructure

New! Lingolift

Designed for newcomers and emergent multilinguals in grades 2-12, Lingolift helps students develop English language proficiency across all four language domains: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. 

Listenwise and Lingolift are better together: by pairing a Lingolift and Listenwise subscription, you have access to a single platform that fosters student growth — from their first 90 days in school and beyond.

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With Lingolift You Get

First 90 Days
  • Short, interactive video lessons with built-in supports like a Texthelp Toolbar that offers translation into 15+ languages, as well as English and picture dictionaries.
  • Interactive videos that include speaking support with speech recognition for immediate personalized feedback and opportunities for continued practice.
  • Ready-made teacher’s guides and embedded assessments to make teaching newcomers and emergent multilinguals empowering and effective.
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Middle School Teacher
Middle School TeacherHawaii
"I love to use Listenwise because it helps me to easily address the listening and speaking standards. Students can listen both as a class and individually. I can easily assess using the premade quizzes or with a class discussion. I love that the quizzes clearly mark which questions match our standards, and the data is presented in an easy-to-read format, so I can see what the class needs continued work on."
Elementary School Teacher
Elementary School TeacherCalifornia
"Listenwise blends seamlessly into our ELD and social studies curriculums, and I have noticed an improvement in my students' listening scores on their testing. There are always segments I can find related to what I am teaching so it is a great way to introduce a different mode of instruction."
High School Teacher
High School TeacherArizona
"I have used Listenwise with my high school-level English learners for three years now and I would say it's the most robust listening program I have found for my high school-level students. The listening activities are authentic and age-appropriate for high school students."
Principal
PrincipalTexas
"Before I found Listenwise, I was looking for something that teachers can use that would lift their lessons in that relevancy category that might spark an interest in a student, activate background knowledge, and would help them make real world connections. Listenwise ticks all those boxes."

Content You Can Trust

Listenwise hand curates the highest quality material from many of the world’s most trusted brands in journalism.

Lessons feature age-appropriate, fact-based, and curriculum-aligned sources that offer diverse voices and perspectives.

We’re here to help you teach students how to think, not what to think.

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