USA Learns - USA Learns Citizenship Course

The USA Learns Citizenship course helps immigrants prepare for all facets of the naturalization process, including the reading, writing, and civics components of the citizenship test, as well as the N-400 interview. The course is located within the free USA Learns website. 

Author(s) Organizational Affiliation
Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE)’s Internet and Media Services Department
Project IDEAL Support Center at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research
U.S. Department of Education - Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
California Dept of Education Adult Education Dept.
Publication Year
2008
Resource Type
Instructional Material
Target Audience
Abstract

The USA Learns Citizenship course helps immigrants prepare for all parts of the naturalization process, including:

  • The steps to becoming a U.S. citizen
  • Who needs legal help and where to get it
  • How to avoid immigration fraud
  • Preparation for the oral review of the N-400 application, section by section
  • U.S. history and government for the Civics test, including practice with speaking, reading and writing
  • What to expect at the interview, including making small talk with the interviewer and following instructions
  • Vocabulary and grammar for answering interview questions
  • What to do after becoming a U.S. citizen
Benefits and Uses

The USA Learns Citizenship course helps immigrants prepare for all parts of the naturalization process, including:

  • The steps to becoming a U.S. citizen
  • Who needs legal help and where to get it
  • How to avoid immigration fraud
  • Preparation for the oral review of the N-400 application, section by section
  • U.S. history and government for the Civics test, including practice with speaking, reading and writing
  • What to expect at the interview, including making small talk with the interviewer and following instructions
  • Vocabulary and grammar for answering interview questions
  • What to do after becoming a U.S. citizen

The course includes four units that are further broken into various learning lessons. Each unit offers an introduction, animations and videos that are central to the learning unit, vocabulary, listening, comprehension, vocabulary, dictation, speaking, and self-check exercises. 

The Lessons and units are uniformly structured so that once a learner understands the process s/he can move with ease through the different lessons. 

Teachers can register on the USA Learns for Teachers website (https://www.usalearns.org/teacher), create classes based on USA Learns’ content, and easily monitor students’ progress and time spent.  Tips and directions for doing so are included.  Teachers can also register themselves as a student using a unique email address (https://www.usalearns.org/) to preview the course content as a learner would see it.

There are technological requirements to be able to access the site:  The site has been optimized for use on computers, tablets, and smartphones. It requires a reasonably fast broadband Internet connection, Web browser, and the equipment needed to play audio, watch videos, and record one’s voice.

The following links are useful to teachers:

USA Learns homepage: http://www.usalearns.org

Teacher homepage / registration: https://www.usalearns.org/teacher 

Resources for teachers: https://www.usalearns.org/resources-for-teachers
Instructions for teachers: https://www.usalearns.org/teacher-instructions/home

Required Training

Teacher instructions are available on the teacher site.

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