Program Description

LANGUAGE! Live® is a comprehensive literacy intervention for struggling students in grades 5–12. With a blended approach, LANGUAGE! Live's instruction reinforces the literacy foundations students need while strategically using authentic text to engage and accelerate them to grade-level proficiency.

Cost

Teacher start up packages range from $768.00 to $1,180.00 + $82.00 to $85.00 per student license. Program renewal prices vary.

Intended Population

• Intervention
• Intensified intervention

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Any

ELL/DLL

• Partial

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• Partial

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Yes

Accelerated Learning

• No

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

LANGUAGE! Live is an outgrowth of the LANGUAGE! literacy curriculum (which is classified as "Strong" by ESSA). A 2018-2019 study conducted by the publisher showed positive effect sizes for students who utilized the intervention. One peer-reviewed study examining the impact of LANGUAGE! Live on the reading comprehension of middle school students found that students receiving the intervention made positive gains in Lexile scores at post-test. Due to the limited peer-reviewed empirical evidence, there is insufficient evidence to support the efficacy of LANGUAGE! Live at this time.

Study Citations

Gutierrez de Blume, A.P., Soares, L.B., Snyder, A. (2022). Effect of Language! Live Curriculum on U.S. Middle School Students’ Lexile Scores. PUPIL: International Journal of Teaching, Education and Learning, 6(3), 29-47. https://doi.org/10.20319/pijtel.2022.63.2947

LANGUAGE! Live 2018-2019 National Results (2019). Voyager Sopris Learning.

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• No studies met inclusion requirements

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence

Additional Reviews

• https://www.techlearning.com/resources/language-live-a-comprehensive-literacy-curriculum