Enrich instruction for your multilingual learners

Help English learners (ELs) learn vocabulary and grammar through story-driven lessons where they apply and practice reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.

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Aligned to standards and eligible for Title III funding

Placement Test

Start by assessing students’ current skills and proficiency levels with an embedded placement test that places them into one of three proficiency ‘tracks’—beginner, intermediate, or advanced. From there, teachers can assign vocabulary and grammar lessons that meet students where they are.

Vocabulary and Grammar Movies

Animated movies and characters model conversational English language skills and make learning vocabulary and grammar an engaging, contextual adventure. Ben and Moby guide students in building background knowledge of vocabulary and grammar conventions. Each movie is also divided into the Grammar movie, which highlights the key grammar taught, and the Vocabulary movie, which highlights the key vocabulary taught.

Moby acting out the word "practice" by jumping rope and lifting weights

Grammar movie teaching punctuation using the text "the boy's book" as an example of when to use an apostrophe

Read It: Apply reading comprehension skills by answering questions about a reading passage connected to the vocabulary and grammar learned in the movie.

Hear It, Say It: Record and playback voices to practice listening and speaking skills, including pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation.

Quiz: Demonstrate understanding of the vocabulary and grammar presented in the movie.

Write It: Practice writing skills using exercises tailored to each proficiency level.

Word Play: Engage with new vocabulary introduced in the movie through multimodal methods, including drawing, writing, and dialogue.

WHAT’S INSIDE?

Practice makes progress—at your EL students’ own pace

90 scaffolded vocabulary and grammar lessons with leveled movies and skill-building activities that provide practice and application of all four language modalities.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT

Every classroom is a multilingual classroom

Whether you’re new to the classroom or a seasoned EL educator, our teacher resources, scaffolded lesson plans and content indexes, and Professional Learning opportunities make it easier for every teacher to reach their EL students.

BrainPOP ELL’s skill-based levels mean it can be used for any age group—while its ability to be assigned in individual and small group settings means every teacher can differentiate instruction.
BrainPOP ELL helps teach English through accessible stories that mirror real-life scenarios. The story structure makes it easy for ELs to remember new grammar and vocabulary, and the natural dialogue helps them practice and apply conversational language skills. Stories are an accessible structure to gain context and help organize information for recall.
Ensure every teacher who supports EL students gets the most out of their BrainPOP ELL subscription with self-paced, online, and in-person workshops where teachers learn instructional strategies to bring BrainPOP ELL into their classrooms to boost student engagement and language proficiency.

TESTIMONIALS

But don't just take our word for it

"BrainPOP ELL has been a lifesaver for our class. I teach varying levels of ELs, and it is wonderful that they can take a placement test and work independently while I am working with other students."

Holly Taylor

Monroe County School District, Indiana

"BrainPOP ELL introduces concepts and terminology in digestible chunks that give my students the information and vocabulary to express themselves, articulate, and elaborate on their thoughts in a way that makes them feel heard."

Bryan Betz

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