US Citizenship Preparation: Tutor Community

07/18/2019

One of our tutors found these YouTube videos on the N400 to be helpful for his students and wanted to share (Thanks, Barry!):

1) N-400 Application Form – Mock Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTnwGo9HQcI&t=37s
2) Citizenship N-400 Part 1-12 (Version 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s16BaDLCUWg&t=41s
3) Citizenship N-400 Part 1-12 (Version 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6YKxkSdib4&t=33s
4) USCIS Citizenship Interview Opening Questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKVFPDUNIgg&t=50s
5) N-400 Vocabulary Pronunciation and Understanding Practice (with Chinese captions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Ddefs3W-4&t=325s
6) Words to learn – Citizenship Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3klb7_35Ww

12/01/2016

There are 100 possible questions on the official USCIS U.S citizenship civics test. How many can you answer?
Good luck!

07/31/2015

Learn about the history of BIAS!
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07/31/2015

Quizlet is another medium you can use with your student to test them on the 100 civics questions:

https://quizlet.com/2038551/us-citizenship-test-flash-cards/

100 terms · The Constitution → What is the supreme law of the…, Protects the basic rights of Americans → What does the Constitution do?, We The People → What are the first three words…, a change/addition (to the constitution) → What is an amendment?

07/31/2015

To spice up your lessons, the USCIS website offers an audio/visual multiple choice quiz on Interview Commands that your student can practice with you and then by themselves for homework:
http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Office%20of%20Citizenship/Citizenship%20Resource%20Center%20Site/Section%20Items/INTERACTIVE%20Section%20Items/Vocabulary%20Activities%20for%20the%20Naturalization%20Test/uscis-vocabulary-test-3/uscis_test3.html

07/31/2015

The USCIS website has a lot of tutoring resources. This link is a PDF of commands commonly encountered during the Naturalization Interview (the PDF is also located in Dropbox):
http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/files/Understanding_Commands_Classroom_Materials.pdf

07/30/2015

One of our tutors created a beautiful US history timeline because his student was confused about dates. If you'd like to use it, go to the Dropbox account and look under the Civics Questions folder.

06/27/2015

In order to access the tutor resources on the Dropbox account, click here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/crqcfb1hkwx3eqi/AADythzTMisAfOtN9bgq8FyIa

Shared with Dropbox

06/16/2015

We asked one of our clients who recently passed her interview what she thought was the most helpful in terms of tutoring. She said keywords from each question and also videos of naturalization interviews. Create flashcards of key words and search "naturalization interview" on YouTube. One of our tutors liked Phillip Truong's "Citizenship Interviews" and Julie Pittman's N400 (audio only).

06/10/2015

http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/teachers/lesson-plans-and-activities

USCIS offers lesson plans with instructions and teaching strategies for novice and seasoned ESL instructors preparing students for U.S. citizenship. Lessons include content on American Government, American History, and Integrated Civics covered in the Civics Test as well as language needed for the r…

06/10/2015

http://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learners/study-test/study-materials-english-test

The English test has three components: reading, writing, and speaking. Your ability to speak English will be determined by a USCIS Officer during your eligibility interview on Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. For the reading portion, you must read one out of three sentences correctly. For…