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Bring the New Texas ELPS to Life: Real-World Media Lessons for Grades 2–12
Empower your district’s emergent bilingual students with authentic, multimodal podcast and video lessons that integrate directly into ELA, Science, Math, and Social Studies.
Designed to supplement and align with Texas HQIM frameworks
Across Texas public school districts, 1.3 million emergent bilingual (EB) students require targeted, research-validated language acquisition strategies to access grade-level content. LingoLift provides a turnkey, supplemental solution that bridges the gap between complex TEKS subject matter and English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) mastery.
Featuring explicit vocabulary instruction, multimodal inputs, systematic scaffolding, and integration of all four language domains: listening, speaking, reading, and writing, LingoLift supports native English speakers and students who arrived last month simultaneously.
Robust enough to anchor daily language practice, and flexible enough to use alongside existing ELD, bilingual, or dual language core programs.
Stories that spark conversation
A single lesson engages every student in the room — from brand-new arrivals to the most advanced students. Every lesson is built on video and audio from trusted sources like NPR and PBS. From these established publishers we bring news, science, history, English language learning, and stories. Emergent bilingual students hear authentic English, read along with a transcript, then talk and write about what they heard.
What’s changed with the ELPS in 2026-2027
The revised English Language Proficiency Standards reach Texas classrooms this school year. The State Board of Education adopted them in 2024. They go from four proficiency levels to five, with separate grade bands for K–3 and 4–12 and new proficiency level descriptors.
The expectation hasn’t changed: language development is every content teacher’s job. What’s new is the language of the levels themselves. You need materials that allow teachers to meet students at their actual proficiency level today — not where an outdated scale put them yesterday.
LingoLift is ready for ELPS
- Meets the new 5-level proficiency scale (Pre-Production → Advanced)
- Turnkey supplemental HQIM designed to backfill language acquisition gaps without disrupting your existing ELD, bilingual, or dual-language core curriculum frameworks
- Aligned to the 4–12 band, plus grades 2–3
- Flexible Implementation that seamlessly integrates into daily 10-to-15-minute language practice routines, warm-ups, or small-group accelerated instruction blocks
- Hits all four required domains: listening, speaking, reading, and writing
- TEKS appropriate across core subjects
What Texas teachers get with LingoLift
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Stories that spark conversation
Every lesson is multimodal, built on video and audio content from established publishers like NPR and PBS.
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3,000+ lesson library
TEKS-appropriate lessons across ELA, ESL, social studies, science, math and character education, for grades 2–12.
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Differentiation for your classrooms
One lesson engages your district’s newcomers to your advanced emergent bilingual students. No training or setup required.
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Four domains of literacy
Comprehension and language activities tagged to grade and ELPS level, with practice in all four domains: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
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Instructions in the home language
Activity instructions in students’ home languages, from Spanish to Vietnamese, so no one has to guess at the task.
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Seamless adoption
SSO and student rostering so every classroom in the school can benefit.
Testimonials
The best part: Texas teachers love it.
Hear from Texas teachers using Listenwise, LingoLift’s predecessor.
Fun and engaging
Tons of short but fun and engaging podcasts for students to listen to. The podcasts are always short but very interesting. I found myself listening to some of the podcasts in my own leisure! We then decided to purchase student licenses to support our Emergent Bilingual students in the district. … They can learn about fluency, proper pronunciation, intonation, etc.
A great resource
It’s been a great resource for Emergent Bilingual students in our classrooms. It helps improves learners fluency levels by allowing them to practice.
A launch-pad
A great launch pad for lesson planning. It allows teachers to package lessons in a way that is TEKS-aligned and impacts our students while giving them that relevance and background knowledge that they need.
A great tool
A great tool for Emergent Bilinguals … exposes them to multiple perspectives and allows them to make connections from the text to the narrators, intonation, rhythm, and tone.
ELPS strategies teachers can run with real-world media
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Listen first, then read along.
Students hear a short story once for the gist, then follow the read-along transcript to connect sount to print.
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Pre-teach the words that matter.
On LingoLift, each lesson comes with vocabulary comprehension & pronunciation activities to make new words stick.
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Get every student talking.
After listening, students retell, discuss, and write about the story, building speaking and writing on content they understand.
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Start at the right level.
Each lesson is tagged to language proficiency level and grade, so every student including newcomers have a place to start.
Bring LingoLift to your Texas district
We’ll build a plan around your campuses, your LPAC process and your budget cycle.
Frequently Asked
Common Questions
What does “emergent bilingual” mean in Texas?
It’s Texas’s term for students learning English, who were previously called English learners or limited English proficient. Sometimes called “EBs”, the change frames students by what they’re gaining: a second language.
Is LingoLift TELPAS prep?
Not directly. Rather than teaching to the test, LingoLift gives students authentic, daily practice in the exact four domains the ELPS describe and TELPAS assesses.
Does LingoLift work for high school and long-term emergent bilinguals?
Yes. LingoLift’s stories come from real-world sources like NPR and PBS, so secondary students get content that respects their age and intelligence, not material written for younger students. That matters most for long-term EBs, who are often stuck with repetitive, remedial practice.
How does LingoLift support newcomers?
LingoLift includes 100+ newcomer lessons specifically designed for students at the pre-production and beginning levels, bridging into intermediate. Transcripts and adjustable playback speed help newcomers follow along. We’re adding more newcomer lessons all the time. Learn more about how we support English learners here, and our recommendations for teachers in our ultimate guide on teaching newcomers.
Do we need an ELD program to use LingoLift?
No. LingoLift is a supplemental resource that also works on its own. Teachers get ready-to-teach lessons that build all four language skills, with no rollout required. Some schools use it as their main supplemental resource for language and literacy; others add it to an existing program.
Can we use LingoLift with our current ELD program?
Yes! Adaptive ELD programs give students individual practice in the format of the test. LingoLift adds the daily, teacher-led practice students actually want to do: real stories they listen to, talk about, and write about together. It also fits within bilingual, dual language, and ESL models, during English instruction time.
Is LingoLift eligible for Texas funding?
Many Texas districts fund supplemental emergent bilingual materials through the Bilingual Education Allotment or Title III, Part A. Talk to us about fitting LingoLift into your plan.
Is LingoLift free for teachers?
Yes! LingoLift is free for teachers to use for whole-class instruction. Some features, like configuration to to ELPS, requires a district account.
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