Among those most affected by distance learning throughout the pandemic were students who are learning English as a second language — about 1.2 million students in California. This week host Zaidee Stavely talks with a teacher in Baldwin Park Unified in Los Angeles about how she’s welcoming back English learners with lots of opportunities to practice speaking and making her classroom a place where students can build a community to ease the anxiety and stress caused by the pandemic.

Guest: Charlene Fried, English teacher, Sierra Vista High School, Baldwin Park Unified School District; Lecturer, California State University Los Angeles; Adjunct professor, Loyola Marymount University.

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