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November 7, 2025
ANNOUNCEMENTS Upcoming Events:Date: 17 October, Lightning TalksDate: 12 November, 9 am EST, Coffee Hour, M. Faruq Ubaidillah, Who We Are When We Speak: Identity and Intercultural Communication in Language EducationDate: 10 December, Winter Solstice gatheringWe are on social media: Facebook, X, MyTESOL, LinkedIn, YouTube LEADERSHIP UPDATES Letter from the ChairNichole McVeigh, PhD, University of Ri

Using The U.S. Naturalization Civics Test for Academic Vocabulary Development and Cultural Exchange

November 7, 2025
Matt Goode, University of Florida English Language Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USAbout Naturalization Civics TestsThis article focuses on the US naturalization test, but other countries have similar English-language tests: Canada and Australia have their own citizenship (as opposed to naturalization) tests, and the UK has the Life in the UK Test. Ireland and New Zealand do not currently admin