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U.S. Citizenship for Spanish Speakers

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U.S. Citizenship for Spanish Speakers

 

This spring Fisher Hill’s U.S. Citizenship for Spanish Speakers will be available. There are two workbooks in the series to help Spanish speakers pass the English writing, reading and civics portions of the U.S. Citizenship Exam. To pass these three sections, you must be able to write correctly one sentence dictated by the interviewer; read out loud correctly one sentence given by the interviewer; and answer six out of ten of the civics questions given by the interviewer. You will have three opportunities to write correctly a dictated sentence and three opportunities to read out loud correctly a sentence given by the interviewer.

U.S. Citizenship for Spanish Speakers Book 1 will give Spanish speakers information to help pass the American Government questions on the Civics test. Book 1 also provides practice to help pass the reading and writing tests. U.S. Citizenship for Spanish Speaker Book 2 will give Spanish speakers information and practice to help pass the American History and Integrated Civics questions on the Civics test. Book 2 also provides practice to help pass the reading and writing tests. The Civics Test includes 100 questions about government, history and integrated civics. Applicants will be asked 10 questions. The Civics test is an oral test.   One or more of the 10 civics questions may be about the current people holding different government offices. Applicants will need to know the names of these people holding the current government offices.

Adults like our workbooks because the pace is reasonable, print is large, and the directions are in Spanish. Teachers like our books because everything is ready to go! There’s an answer key and an English translation of the Spanish directions at the end of each book.

Next week’s blog will include the Table of Contents for each of the workbooks in the U.S. Citizenship for Spanish Speakers series.

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Visit us on the web at www.Fisher-Hill.com to learn more about our new series U.S. Citizenship for Spanish Speakers.

Reading Fluency

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English Reading ComprehensionReading Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly and with expression.  Fluent readers can think about what they are reading.  Fluent readers recognize words automatically. They do not need to concentrate on decoding words, instead they can concentrate on what the text means.  Most fluent readers recognize words and comprehend at the same time. They can make connections with the ideas in the text and their own personal knowledge.

How do you get to be a fluent reader?  By reading!  Read what you enjoy.  Read comic books, read catalogs, read newspapers, read the internet, read magazines and yes, read books.  Read leveled books that are not too difficult for you.  Go to the library and ask the librarian for your level of reading.  If you’re just beginning, ask the librarian where the decodable books are located.  Then ask where the different leveled books are located for teens and adults.  Fluency comes with practice and more practice. 

If you read with fluency but cannot understand what you’ve read, perhaps you have a problem with vocabulary. Or it could be a problem with visualization.  Are you making pictures in your mind as you read? 

Our three workbook seriesEnglish Reading and Spelling for the Spanish Speaker, English Reading Comprehension for the Spanish Speaker and English Vocabulary for the Spanish Speaker helps Spanish-speaking teens and adults improve their English literacy skills by addressing these necessary skills: fluency, vocabulary, decoding, automaticity and visualization.  Our workbooks provide the necessary practice so students can develop these essential reading skills. 

Visit our website at www.Fisher-Hill.com to get more information about our literacy workbook series and other series that are excellent for Spanish-speaking teens and adults who want to learn how to read, write and speak English.  

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