Pass the New Life in the UK Test: The Complete Study Guide for 2013 - Softcover

Those who wish to pass the new Life in the United Kingdom citizenship test but don't know where to start or how to study need look no further. This book is a complete, fully updated, step-by-step study guide to first time passage of the citizenship test. Designed for adults studying on their own - especially those who do not have English as a first language - or for teachers to use as a textbook for a course on citizenship, the study guide is for people preparing for the 2013 test that they have to take for UK naturalization or settlement. The guide contains: official study material with additional information on important topics * illustrations, tasks, and activities to help remember facts and figures * timelines to help with dates * advice and tips on study skills and how to prepare for the test * a glossary to aid understanding of difficult words and phrases * a section on the test, covering the types of questions and other information for necessary confidence * self-assessment exercises and practice tests with answers to help check on progress * further sources of useful information on all the main topics.

Celine Castelino is an educational consultant specialising in ESOL. She worked on many national initiatives, including the core curricula, the ESOL Strategy for Wales, provision for refugees/asylum seekers and ESOL for citizenship. The only former member of the Advisory Board for Naturalisation and Integration (ABNI) to write a Life in the UK Test study guide, she chaired its sub-group in Wales and sat on editorial boards for the Life in the UK handbook (2007) and the Life in the UK test questions. Chris Taylor leads for NIACE on English for Speakers of Other Languages. With colleagues from the London Language and Literacy Unit and NIACE, she developed the Citizenship Materials for ESOL Learners, commissioned by the Home Office and Department for Business Innovation and Skills.