L3IFT Framework:

Learning, Language, and Literacy Integrated Framework for Teaching

Lifting All Students to Rigorous Levels of Learning through Language

The Learning, Language, and Literacy Integrated Framework for Teaching (L3IFT), designed to transform the way you see language and how to teach it, helps you meet the needs of every student in your classroom, especially multilingual learners. Our framework isn't meant to give you one more thing to worry about, but to lift your teaching practices to make teaching within a diverse classroom easier. Through our resources, you’ll walk away with tools you can use tomorrow to enhance your instruction, build more inclusive learning environments, and bring language into the heart of your teaching. 

You aren't alone. Together, we'll navigate through our framework and build our understanding of how language, literacy, and learning are interconnected.

How Does the L3IFT Framework Change Instruction?

The L3IFT Framework uses six components to approach high-quality teaching:

  1. Culturally Sustaining Practices

  2. Integration of Disciplinary Literacy, Language, and Reasoning

  3. Experience-Anchored Language Learning

  4. Explicit and Sustained Language Focus

  5. High Challenge & High Support with Macro-Micro Scaffolding

  6. Quality Interactions for Meaning Making

By implementing these core components, educators can create inclusive learning environments that promote the academic success of all students.

Learn more about these components and how to implement them in our introductory paper!

What’s Next?

If you're ready to learn more about implementing this research-based framework in your classroom, reach out to us. We are here for you and your students! The team that made this framework has dozens of years of experience with multilingual learners and training the educators who teach them. No matter your comfort level with teaching these learners or with our framework, we're ready to guide you every step of the way.