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Teaching Vocabulary, Background Knowledge, and Comprehension: Routines and Best Practices for all Students
Thursday, February 27 at 6pm Eastern
Educators know that vocabulary, background knowledge, and comprehension are important parts of literacy instruction for all students. But what are best practices for teaching these important things? And what kinds of routines and activities will help all students experience success with these difficult skills?
In this webinar, elementary literary coach Hannah Irion-Frake (@readingwithmsif) will give a science of reading aligned overview of vocabulary, background knowledge, and comprehension that includes routines and activities you can start using right away in your own classroom! Examples will feature Listenwise and Lingolift, but can also be used with texts in your own literacy curriculum.
In this webinar, participants will:
- Learn science of reading aligned practices for introducing new vocabulary words and building student background knowledge.
- Examine a framework for comprehension that shows how we construct a mental model during listening and reading.
- Learn about ways to support comprehension through text structure, syntax, and inferencing.
- See vocabulary, knowledge, and comprehension lesson and activity examples from Listenwise and Lingolift.
Register today to get access to this informative webinar!
Rewatch our Fall 2024 Webinars
These 45-minute conversations explore how to use Listenwise and Lingolift — our new product designed specifically for newcomer and emergent multilingual learners!
Introducing Lingolift: Address All Four Domains Every Day With Newcomer English Learners
Thursday, October 10 at 5pm Eastern
Lingolift is officially live! Find out how it can help you and your newcomer and emergent multilinguals in this upcoming webinar.
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.
In this webinar, you’ll learn all about Lingolift’s exciting features, including:
- 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.
Register today to get access to this informative webinar!
Teaching MLs with Multimedia Resources: An Instructional Framework
Thursday, October 24 at 5pm Eastern
How can Lingolift and Listenwise together help teachers advance language and literacy development at all English proficiency levels? Join us for this webinar where we will share how the instructional framework at the core of Lingolift and Listenwise lessons supports teachers of multilingual learners in using multimedia resources to develop language and literacy across all four language domains.
Lingolift is designed for newcomers and emergent multilinguals in grades 2-12 and features a library full of interactive video lessons that support students in developing survival, social, and academic language. Listenwise features a library of thousands of lessons for teaching academic language and content together using authentic podcast and video lessons.
In this webinar, participants will learn how our framework supports effective teaching practices and strategies before, during, and after students engage with instructional content, including:
- Building background knowledge,
- Providing learning supports, and
- Deepening learning across language domains.
Register now to learn about key practices, strategies, and resources for teaching multilingual learners in a variety of instructional settings.
Accelerating Language Development: Using Lingolift with Newcomer Multilinguals
Monday, October 28 at 3pm Eastern
The goal in supporting newcomer English learners should be acceleration not remediation. That is the philosophy behind the creation of Lingolift, a new product that boosts development of English language proficiency across all four language domains: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Join us and Canadian educator and eduleader Kimiko Shibata (@esl_fairy) for a webinar that shares practical tips and tricks for accelerating language development using high-quality technology supports.
In this webinar, participants will:
- Learn how to use Lingolift to support both English language development and content area knowledge.
- Explore additional resources that you can start implementing in your classroom tomorrow!
Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your teaching practice and make a lasting impact on your students' language development journey.
Rewatch our Past Webinars
We have a large library of our past webinars available on-demand on our YouTube channel.
Find past popular webinar recordings including:
- Listening & Speaking Instructional Strategies for English Learners ft. Jeff Zwiers - Watch Now
- Multilingual Learners: Strategies for Developing Listening Comprehension ft. Beth Skelton - Watch Now
- Building the Listening-Reading Connection for Multilinguals Ft. Valentina Gonzalez - Watch Now
- Supporting Multilinguals With Podcasts & Video w/Tan K Huynh - Watch Now
- Boosting Achievement with Newcomers Using Listenwise ft. Efraín Tovar - Watch Now
- WIDA & Listenwise: Pairing for Student Success - Watch Now
- Guerilla Radio: Making Podcasts in the Classroom with Students - Tips for Teachers - Watch Now