Canada CLB 5-8

General Resources

All About Canada Discussion Questions Download

Canada-Intermediate Listening Comprehension: Video and interactive comprehension questions by ESOL Courses

Online English Lessons about Canadian People, Places, Culture & History

Learn English Summary Writing: Blog post that might be helpful when doing a summary writing exercise with some of the Canada readings in this topic (e.g. for the task of “taking notes about key events in Canadian history in preparation for the citizenship test.”)

BC Day Jeopardy: Interactive game

BC Day Jeopardy game instructions and answer key

Applying for Citizenship

Canadian Citizenship: Government website with information about applying for Canadian Citizenship

Journey to Canadian Citizenship: This video by AMSSA highlights some of the organizations that help newcomers on their journey to citizenship. The video begins with a clip of new citizens making the oath of Canadian citizenship.

Citizenship Resource: A classroom resource for teaching citizenship topics
to adult English language learners Canadian Language Benchmarks 1-8

Citizenship Resource audio files (scroll down to find the downloadable files)

Citizenship Study Guide Materials For Newcomers to Manitoba

Study Guide: Discover Canada: This website provide links to the study guide for the Citizenship Test. There is also a link to audio readings of the study guide text as well as embedded video explaining the details of the Citizenship test

Discover Canada: PDF of the study guide

Citizenship Resources: Educational lesson plans and materials, including ESL specific materials (scroll down on page)

Canadian Citizenship Practice Test: Provided by Richmond Public Library

The Inside Story: Avery Haines prepares for Canadian citizenship test: YouTube video

The Canadian Citizenship Ceremony: What You Need to Know: video giving information about the ceremony