A Complete Oral Language Toolkit to Teach Everyone Language
Oral language is the heart of literacy! It is fundamental for reading, comprehension, and overall learning. Students need to understand and be understood to thrive. Yet oral language often receives less attention than phonics and other literacy instruction.
The TEL Ted Program is a proven, cost-effective solution for PreK-1 that helps educators to quickly and accurately identify and address language challenges, laying the foundations for lifelong literacy success.
Universal Screening
Quick, reliable universal screening in less than ten minutes per student
Professional Development
Training in language fundamentals and programme delivery
Whole Class Instruction
Flexible activities that can be adapted to the specific needs of the class
Targeted Intervention
Weekly small group and individual sessions for focused skill-building
"The one thing I want to emphasize is how important early language screening and intervention is. It often gets overlooked when we are talking about literacy and the more we as a district have delved into the language component of literacy, we realised how much we were missing. For me that was a big eye-opener."
Hannah Scheiderer, School Psychologist
Why focus on oral language?
A positive, proven impact in improving oral language skills
The TEL Ted Program is based on extensive University of Oxford research. A series of randomized controlled trials and independent evaluations of the TEL Ted Program have demonstrated its effectiveness in improving children’s educational outcomes.
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Students make up to seven months’ additional progress in language skills
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English learners make the same progress as students speaking English at home
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Positive effects seen long-term with improvements seen two years after intervention
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Assessment is as accurate and valid as professional speech-language assessments
See TEL Ted in Action
"Time and time again, NELI has proven its effectiveness in boosting young children’s language development. It’s hard to overestimate how exciting it is to see a programme have an impact on a national scale. This gives early years educators a programme that they can trust to support children who might need additional support with their communication and language skills, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds."
Professor Becky Francis CBE
Chief Executive, EEF
11,000 schools
using our assessment and early language programs
800,000 students
assessed using our assessment apps
30,000 educators
trained in language fundamentals
