By Zaidee Stavely, EdSource, August 24, 2021
As students return to in-person classes, some California teachers are focused on giving English learners lots of time to talk and write about their feelings.
In order to learn to speak, read and write fluently in English, those students need many opportunities to practice interacting with their peers in the language. A lot of English learners didn’t get enough of that practice during distance learning.
During the pandemic many school districts lacked adequate plans to support English learners, according to a report by Californians Together, a nonprofit focused on educational equity for students who are learning English as a second language.
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