Multilingual Learners
Help multilingual students access every lesson you teach
Support students as they build English while learning grade-level content. BrainPOP combines animated storytelling, built-in scaffolds, and leveled language lessons so multilingual learners can understand, participate, and grow with the rest of the class.
WHY TEACHERS CHOOSE BRAINPOP
Multilingual learner support built into everyday instruction
Language practice as part of every lesson
Students practice their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through structured activities while they learn vocabulary and grammar in English.
Built-in scaffolds meet students where they are
Students explore the same topics as their classmates, with accessible features like captions, read-aloud tools, and translations that make information easier to follow.
Multiple ways to demonstrate understanding
Students can answer questions, draw or record their thinking, create movies, build with code, and use other activities to show what they know in the ways that work best for them.
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Teaching Strategies
How this looks in real classrooms
Teachers tell us BrainPOP works as flexible, everyday support across grades, subjects, and instructional moments—without creating extra work. Here's how they use it.
Introduce concepts to the full class, then have students revisit topics independently or in small groups. The same BrainPOP content works across different instructional formats, so multilingual learners get built-in scaffolds (captions, translations, read-aloud) without creating additional materials.
In BrainPOP ELL, activities engage all four language domains: students listen to animated explanations, speak their responses using recording tools, read captions and activity prompts, and write or draw to show understanding.
Help students practice academic language in low-pressure, content-rich ways—modeling pronunciation, rehearsing responses, and building confidence using English in classroom contexts.
When students need additional support, the use of visual explanations, multiple language options, and varied activity types help solidify understanding without requiring you to re-teach or pull students out of class.
TESTIMONIALS
Why teachers love BrainPOP
"BrainPOP allowed my English Learners to be more brave in their work. They are sometimes shy to share their ideas on film or with their voice, but BrainPOP has so many creative tools ready-made that anyone can create a masterpiece. Anything with Moby is a hit, so having this available makes all my kids feel like rockstars.
ELL Teacher, California
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THE CHALLENGE
Students need to learn grade-level content alongside learning English
Multilingual learners bring rich knowledge, experiences, and home languages into the classroom. But they’re also expected to keep up with grade-level instruction while learning English. Teachers need flexible support that helps everyone participate in grade-level learning without creating a second version of every activity.