Family Culture, Crafts, and Cuisine

Bring the family and come join us for Culture, Crafts, and Cuisine! Each month, starting in August, ESL students will share a little bit of their heritage at the library. Come learn about different cultures from around the world and listen to story time, enjoy activities and crafts, and snack on regional cuisine.

Our first Family Culture, Crafts, and Cuisine (Hispanic heritage) will be on Monday, August 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the Children's Programming room. Hope to see you there!

Citizenship: Passing the Test

Help your students prepare for the new Citizenship Test. Citizenship: Passing the Test provides all of the skill and concepts your students need to pass the civics and literacy tests and prepare for the interview. The program comes in three parts. Each part of the program includes a workbook and audio CDs.

Civics and Literacy Student Book
(Literacy – Low Beginning)

• Material is presented in a visual format
• Students learn words that must be pronounced correctly in spoken answers
• Words key to recognizing and understanding oral civics questions are presented
• Words found on the official spelling list are identified
• Students can review the official USCIS test questions

The Civics and Literacy Audio CD helps students build listening comprehension skills that are critical to passing the civics and literacy tests.

Ready for the Interview
(High-Beginning – Intermediate)

• Students learn to prepare for various interview situations and answer questions from the N-400 application
• Vocabulary and communication skills are reinforced to build student confidence
• Students practice asking to have a question repeated

The Ready for the Interview Audio CD includes exercises to check understanding, sample interview segments, and questions that can be used to practice answering with personal information.

Literacy Skills Workbook
(Literacy – Low Beginning)

• Students learn sounds and names of letters, simple spelling patterns, and sight word recognition
• Writing is taught through modified dictation activities
• Each student page contains a note to the teacher to guide student learning

The Literacy Skills Audio CD provides oral instructions and models for pronunciations of featured words and dictations.

Tutor Training

The quarterly tutor training is coming up right around the corner. We've got a great bunch of tutors and we're always looking to add to the ranks. We're doing all we can to try to get the word out about our need for tutors. If you know anyone who would be interested in volunteering their time, please encourage them to consider becoming an ESL tutor for Largo Public Library.

The ESL training workshop will be held Saturday, July 24, from 10:00-4:00 and Saturday, July 31, from 10:00-4:00. New tutors will need to attend both workshop dates. Materials and refreshments will be provided.

Please register online or by calling Britney Hord at 727-587-6715 ext. 2501. Applications are also available at the circulation desk.

Past tutor training workshops: