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LANGUAGE! Fourth Edition and Focus on English Learning are for students who are more than two years below grade level and need to acquire knowledge of Academic Language as well as the structure and function of the English language. These students often represent three populations: English language learners, students with special needs, and "instructional casualties."

LANGUAGE! 4th Edition provides research-validated, mastery-based, intensive reading and language arts intervention that targets non-readers, struggling readers and English Learners in grades 3-12.

LANGUAGE! Focus on English Learning provides targeted instruction to English language learners in grades 3-12 and includes Everyday English, a six-week course for newcomers to the English language.

  
LANGUAGE! 4th Edition Focus on English Learning

Curriculum Features

LANGUAGE! targets the specific learning needs of students who are two or more years below grade level in reading and writing. It provides an engaging and motivating literary experience and meets individual student needs with explicit instruction, pacing, and differentiation options.

LANGUAGE! accelerates learning:

 		 Ensures appropriate student placement through multiple entry points
Explicit, mastery-based, multisensory instruction
Data-driven differentiation
Repeated exposure to key concepts and ample practice

 		 Consistent instructional routine including "I do, we do, you do" model

 		 Teaches "missed" skills, including phonemic awareness and phonics

 		 Develops formal writing proficiency through systematic, scaffolded writing instruction

 
 		 Exposes students to increasingly difficult text, and expands student vocabulary and critical thinking skills

Multiple Entry Points
The teacher begins by assessing skills giving the LANGUAGE! Placement Test which directs appropriate placement into one of three two-year levels: Book A, Book B, or Book C Everyday English, Focus on English Learning Book A or C or LANGUAGE! Book E. Ongoing progress monitoring, differentiation, and online assessment guides teacher instruction through all book levels.
LANGUAGE! Six-Step Process
Each LANGUAGE! lesson develops content understanding through integrated instruction of the six key literacy strands and is soundly based on the most widely accepted reading research—moving students from speech or sound to written text.


 
 		 Phonemic Awareness and Phonics: Helps students learn the building blocks of the English language

 
 		 Word Recognition and Spelling: Teaches students how to use the sound-spelling correspondences to fluently read and spell words

 		 Vocabulary and Morphology: Develops the meanings of words students can read and spell

 		 Grammar and Usage: Increases understanding of sentence parts and patterns

 
 		 Listening and Reading Comprehension: Teaches comprehension using three different levels of text, each with an increasing level of difficulty

 		 Speaking and Writing: Develops communication skills through speaking and writing
Try It Together
The lessons in LANGUAGE! follow the gradual-release model of instruction. Lessons are designed to transfer responsibility from the teacher to the students. As their skill increases, students work more independently. A system of icons cues teachers for the level of scaffolding.
Differentiated Instruction
Lesson-specific teaching strategies enhance instruction for both English language learners and students with special needs.

Performance data drives differentiation.

 		 Prescriptive teaching boxes guide teachers to reinforce or reteach based on student performance.

 
 		 Content Mastery retests allow teachers to check that mastery is achieved after reinforcing or reteaching content and skills.

 		 Planning and Pacing Guides use icons to identify activities that accommodate specific learner needs.

 		 Technology tools help teachers develop materials to meet specific student instructional needs.

 		 Interactive technology allows students to practice skills and content.

 		 Homework Options provide practice beyond the LANGUAGE! classroom.
Assessment Guides Instruction
Data from the VPORT Assessment System can be used to identify students' strengths and weaknesses; guide instructional decisions to intensify instruction and target areas of weakness; and record student growth and mastery of concepts, skills, and strategies.
Multi-Sensory Lessons Develop Concepts
LANGUAGE! Hands-On Lessons help teachers present important literacy concepts using common visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile learning. Detailed support and explicit lesson dialogue ensure high-quality instruction.
Blended Solution
LANGUAGE! and Kurzweil 3000 technology brings state-of-the-art technology to the instructional delivery and support of LANGUAGE!.


 		 Engaging technology support for all six steps of the LANGUAGE! instructional process
Read-Aloud Technology
Metacognitive questions
Multiple choice questions
Data captured response sheets
LANGUAGE! Focus on English Learning

Curriculum Features

LANGUAGE! Focus on English Learning targets the specific needs of English learners, providing effective, explicit, sequential, linguistically logical, and systematic instruction. Focus on English Learning goes beyond teaching students to just read English; they learn to write and speak English.

LANGUAGE! Focus on English Learning accelerates learning through:

 		 Appropriate student placement through multiple entry points

 		 Integration of skill development for English language proficiency
Explicit, mastery-based, multisensory instruction
Data-driven differentiation
Repeated exposure to key concepts and ample practice

 		 Consistent instructional routine including "I do, we do, you do" model

 		 Teaching of "missed" skills, including phonemic awareness and phonics

 		 Developing formal writing proficiency through systematic, scaffolded writing instruction

 
 		 Exposing students to increasingly difficult text, and expands student vocabulary and critical thinking skills

Multiple Entry Points
The teacher begins by assessing skills giving the LANGUAGE! Placement Test which directs appropriate placement into one of three two-year levels: Book A, Book B, or Book C Everyday English, Focus on English Learning Book A or C or LANGUAGE! Book E. Ongoing progress monitoring, differentiation and online assessment guides teacher instruction through all book levels.
Relevant English Language Learner Scenarios Engage and Motivate
Six motivating scenarios connected to students lives are found in Everyday English for Newcomers to English, a six-week curriculum for newcomers focusing on the sounds of the English language, everyday words and their use, knowledge of core vocabulary, and key characteristics of how English works.
LANGUAGE! Six-Step Process
Each LANGUAGE! lesson develops content understanding through integrated instruction of the six key literacy strands and is soundly based on the most widely accepted reading research—moving students from speech or sound to written text.

 
 		 Phonemic Awareness and Phonics: Helps students learn the building blocks of the English language

 
 		 Word Recognition and Spelling: Teaches students how to use the sound-spelling correspondences to fluently read and spell words

 		 Vocabulary and Morphology: Develops the meanings of words students can read and spell

 		 Grammar and Usage: Increases understanding of sentence parts and patterns

 
 		 Listening and Reading Comprehension: Teaches comprehension using three different levels of text, each with an increasing level of difficulty

 		 Speaking and Writing: Develops communication skills through speaking and writing
Try It Together
The lessons in LANGUAGE! follow the gradual-release model of instruction. Lessons are designed to transfer responsibility from the teacher to the students. As their skill increases, students work more independently. A system of icons cues teachers for the level of scaffolding.
Differentiated Instruction
Lesson-specific teaching strategies enhance instruction for both English language learners and students with special needs.
Performance data drives differentiation.

 		 Prescriptive teaching boxes guide teachers to reinforce or reteach based on student performance.

 
 		 Content Mastery retests allow teachers to check that mastery is achieved after reinforcing or reteaching content and skills.

 		 Planning and Pacing Guides use icons to identify activities that accommodate specific learner needs.

 		 Technology tools help teachers develop materials to meet specific student instructional needs.

 		 Interactive technology allows students to practice skills and content.

 		 Homework Options provide practice beyond the LANGUAGE! classroom.
Assessment Guides Instruction
Data from the VPORT Assessment System can be used to identify students' strengths and weaknesses; guide instructional decisions to intensify instruction and target areas of weakness; and record student growth and mastery of concepts, skills, and strategies.
Multi-Sensory Lessons Develop Concepts
LANGUAGE! Hands-On Lessons help teachers present important literacy concepts using common visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile learning. Detailed support and explicit lesson dialogue ensure high-quality instruction.
Blended Solution
LANGUAGE! and Kurzweil 3000 technology brings state-of-the-art technology to the instructional delivery and support of LANGUAGE!.

 		 Engaging technology support for all six steps of the LANGUAGE! instructional process
Read-Aloud Technology
Metacognitive questions
Multiple choice questions
Data captured response sheets