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A Free Website to Learn English and Prepare for U.S. Citizenship usalearns.org Andrea Willis Sacramento County Office of Education What is USA Learns? A free website created by the Sacramento County Office of Education Teaches ESL

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A Free Website to Learn English and Prepare for U.S. Citizenship

usalearns.org

Andrea Willis Sacramento County Office of Education

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What is USA Learns?

  • A free website created by the Sacramento County

Office of Education

  • Teaches ESL and U.S. citizenship to adults
  • Uses high quality multimedia, videos and

interactive lessons

  • Target audience: adult ESL, ABE and U.S.

Citizenship learners

  • Built for classroom, library, workplace and home

use

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English Courses

  • 1st English Course
  • Low to High Beginner ESL
  • 192 lessons and 639 activities
  • 2nd English Course
  • Low to High Intermediate ESL
  • 141 lessons, 848 activities
  • Practice English & Reading
  • Real news stories and activities
  • Builds vocabulary, speaking and

comprehension skills

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Website Statistics

  • Web pages viewed since 2008: 1.6 Billion
  • Number of website users: 10 Million
  • Average amount of time per visit: 25 minutes
  • Number of users per day: 9,000
  • Accessed by every country in the world

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New U.S. Citizenship Course Launched November 1, 2017!

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Quality Content and Resources

Content developed in partnership with…

  • Expert ESL and U.S. Civics Teachers
  • Immigration attorneys at Immigrant Legal

Resource Center

  • USCIS program specialists

Utilized high-quality resources…

  • Align with USCIS Adult Ed Citizenship

education content standards and foundation skills

  • Use USA Learns best practices

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Praise From Experts

“I’m not aware of another free resource that is this in-depth and prepares applicants for ALL aspects of the naturalization interview. The combination of reading, writing, listening and speaking practice makes this course ideal for many levels of citizenship students.”

  • Jennifer Gagliardi,

U.S. Citizenship Teacher

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A Tour of…

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USA Learns Citizenship

[ the most exciting part of my presentation! ]

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New Course Has 4 Units

  • Steps to become a U.S. Citizen
  • N-400 Application
  • Civics & Reading and Writing

Practice

  • Prepare for Naturalization Interview

and U.S. Citizenship

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Steps to Become a U.S. Citizen

  • Eligibility
  • The N-400 Form and Application Costs
  • Overview of the Interview Process
  • Exceptions and Accommodations
  • Explanation of “Red Flags” on the N-400
  • How to protect yourself and avoid fraud

Click to play video

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N-400 Application & Interview Questions

  • Explains how to answer interview

questions about info provided in N-400 application

  • Covers 150 key words and concepts

with images, definitions and practice sentences

  • N-400 Interview most difficult

part of naturalization process

  • Few online resources help immigrants

practice for the N-400 Interview

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U.S. Civics

  • Covers the 100 Civics Questions
  • 120 key words and concepts are

presented in multimedia videos Sample Civics Topics:

  • Constitution
  • Bill of Rights
  • U.S. Geography
  • Our Government
  • Rights and Responsibilities

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Civics Multimedia Example

  • Professional quality animations and voice-overs
  • Students can pause and re-watch videos

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Click image to play video

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Prepare for the Naturalization Interview

  • What to expect at the USCIS office
  • Practice conversational English (“small talk”)
  • Practice answering online “officers” in videos
  • Includes listening and speaking activities to fully

prepare applicant

  • Practice for Reading and Writing tests

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Completing Your Naturalization

Click image to play video

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Creative Implementation

  • Mobile Library serves 70 Gridley

migrant farm worker families

  • 40 adults study with USA Learns

“I liked seeing the interview videos best. Every part of the application is here, but I didn’t know what the interview would be like. Practicing makes me feel better.”

  • Josefina (Migrant Worker)

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Teacher Side

  • Enables adult educators to easily

create online courses

  • Provides tools to monitor learners’

progress as they complete activities and lessons

  • Easily enrolls students into classes

using a “class key”

  • Includes basic communication tools

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Teacher Quick Start: 3 Easy Steps!

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  • Set up a Teacher account

by registering at usalearns.org/teacher

  • Create classes based on
  • ne of the 4 courses
  • Invite students to register

at usalearns.org. Give them your class key.

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Thank You!

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usalearns.org

Andrea Willis

Sacramento County Office of Education

awillis@scoe.net