Listenwise
Supports
WIDA States
From Montana to Maine,
Educators Love Using Podcasts & Videos
to Boost Achievement for English Learners
Administrator
Teacher
Instructional Coach
Administrator
“Since implementing Listenwise, we have seen an improvement in students’ proficiency across all domain areas and a deepened interest in learning. As a result of this success, we have expanded our partnership to support more students in our ELL program across more grade levels and proficiency levels.”
– ELL Curriculum Specialist, School District of Philadelphia, PA
Teacher
“I always find relevant content to supplement whatever I’m teaching. The ease of use, and the already identified standards make using Listenwise so easy!”
– Middle School ELA Teacher, Joplin Schools, MO
Instructional Coach
“We love Listenwise because it contains high interest podcasts on a variety of topics. This has stimulated high quality academic conversations that I have never seen for 11 or 12 year olds. I even had a struggling 6th grade student who said ‘I feel like a high schooler. We never talked about current events before we used Listenwise. I love talking about these issues. It’s so much more interesting than our normal routine.’”
– Technology Coach, DeForest Area School District, WI
Proven Success Across WIDA Territories
How Our Multimodal Lessons Align with
WIDA’s Big Ideas
Equity
Listenwise scaffolds help multilingual students access challenging, meaningful content while building their English language skills. We don’t make things “easier” for students by oversimplifying— we focus on delivering comprehensible input that is easy for teachers to scaffold for students at specific proficiency levels.
Integration
We are a product focused on teaching content and language together. Students can use Listenwise to learn about high-interest, curriculum-aligned topics, while also building academic vocabulary and English language skills across interpretive and expressive modes of communication, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Collaboration
Our platform makes it easy for teachers to work together, plan, and deliver grade-level standards-based instruction.
Functional Approach
Listenwise’s multimodal lessons are aligned with WIDA’s Key Language Uses: narrate, argue, inform, explain. Our product supports the explicit teaching of how language works in order to develop students’ language toolbox.
“I recommend Listenwise for culturally and linguistically diverse learners. My students love to talk and they understand so much. Reading and writing will still take some time. Listenwise allows me to teach to their strengths.”
– Elementary teacher, Hoboken Public Schools, NJ
Explore WIDA 2020
Standards-Aligned Lessons
- ELD lessons aligned to WIDA’s 2020 Standards Framework
- Individual teacher and student accounts for anyone in your school
- Close-listening guides, vocabulary, interactive transcripts, & more supports to scaffold and differentiate instruction for different student needs
- Quizzes for easy WIDA ACCESS practice
- Data-tools to track student progress
All lessons now include English Language Proficiency (ELP) levels on lessons
Listenwise makes it easier to determine which lessons are recommended for your students based on their proficiency levels.
Click on the label for more information on how it aligns with your state.
Discover More WIDA Resources
WIDA ACCESS Test Prep Strategies Using Listenwise
Developing Academic Language Through WIDA’s Key Language Uses
Teaching Content and Language Together Using Multimedia
4 Ways to Build Phonemic Awareness with the ELD Lesson Library
8 Ways to Teach Multilinguals Using Podcasts and Video
3 Tips for Providing Windows, Mirrors, & Doors to Explore Identities with Podcasts
Developing Academic Language Through WIDA’s Key Language Uses
Teaching Content and Language Together Using Multimedia
4 Ways to Build Phonemic Awareness with the ELD Lesson Library
8 Ways to Teach Multilinguals Using Podcasts and Video
3 Tips for Providing Windows, Mirrors, & Doors to Explore Identities with Podcasts
