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The following titles in our library will help you learn to speak and read English
- Learning English [DVD] : steps 1-2-3
Call Number: DVD 428.24 LearningFor beginning ESL students, from middle school through adult learners. Ideal for those who are new to English, this set provides lots of practice in the basics of listening, reading, and writing. - Easy Pronunciation - Audio CD
- Word Town: Basic English Vocabulary (DVD)
Call Number: DVD 428.1 WordPresents 400 commonly used vocabulary words found in a typical town. It is organized into 20 relevant scenes, such as house and school, emphasizing real-life situations. Students can see, hear, and read all the words necessary for communication. - Intermediate English Grammar for ESL Learners
- How to prepare for the TOEFL test of English as a foreign language
Call Number: Spoken Compact Disc 428.24 Sharpe - When Jessie came across the sea - Amy Hest
- Tale of Mandarin Ducks - Katerine Paterson
Call Number: JKIT 398.2 PatBook with disc - Everything you need to know when a parent doesn't speak English - Patricia LakinCall Number: 303 LakinIn Children's NonFiction
- U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference LibraryThis electronic book available on our Database page chronicles and provides interpretations of the phenomenal waves of immigration to the United States from the earliest times through the period from 1820 to 1930, when the United States was the destination of some 60% of the world's immigrants -- up to the present day, when restrictive policies have temporarily stanched the flow of immigrants.
- Conversation Pieces for Improving ESL Communication
Call Number: DVD 428.34 ConversationNine topical scenes contain everyday words related to common situations. Each is then repeated with a scrolling text/audio track for listening comprehension. - Ready for Adult Phonics DVDCall Number: DVD 428.40715 Ready 1Helps teach adults how to read English using phonics.
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Resettlement
- 10 million to 1 : refugee resettlement : a how to guide - Jeffrey KirkISBN: 9781452535876Publication Year: 2011Who are refugees? -- Resettling refugees -- Getting started -- Tasks and responsibilities -- Resettlement time line -- The system -- Communication -- Other lessons -- Refugee reactions and responses -- Friendship -- Maintaining & celebrating success -- Things you will discover.
- Refugee Families & Youth Videos: A New Day; Be Who You AreThis DVD was created to assist refugees and refugee providers in learning about adjustment of refugee families and refugee youth to their new lives in the United States.
Topics include:
Family adjustment
Discipline
School life
Home life
Learning English - Welcome to the United States a Guidebook for Refugees EnglishThis newly-revised guidebook from the Cultural Orientation Resource Center was created to help refugees adjust to their new lives in the United States. Topics include:
Pre-arrival processing
Resettlement agency
Community services
Housing
Transportation
Employment
Health care
Money management
Cultural adjustment
Rights and responsibilities of refugees - Welcome to the United States: Refugee Guide to Resettlement Orientation Video (DVD) EnglishThis DVD from the Cultural Orientation Resource Center was created to help refugees adjust to their new lives in the United States. Topics include:
Pre-arrival processing
Resettlement agency
Community services
Housing
Transportation
Employment
Health care
Money management
Cultural adjustment
Rights and responsibilities of refugees
Phrasebooks
These phrasebooks are designed to supply refugees with the appropriate English phrases and supplementary vocabulary for use in the daily activities of American life (rather than simply word-to-word translations, as in a dictionary). Phrases contained in the books have been selected for their directness, brevity and relevance to the needs of newly arrived residents of the United States. Among the nineteen units included are sections on "Giving Information About Yourself," "Recognizing Signs," "Dealing With Money," "Health," "Food," "Clothing," "Housing," and "Jobs."
English-Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 
(7.3 MB)
*English-Chinese (Cantonese) (7.39 MB)
English-Czech (7.74 MB)
English-Farsi (2.06 MB)
English-Haitian Creole (6.77 MB)
English-Hmong (2.58 MB)
English-Hungarian (6.44 MB)
English-Khmer (2.40 MB)
English-Lao (2.41 MB)
English-Polish (6.84 MB)
English-Russian (7.34 MB)
English-Somali (3.37 MB)
English-Spanish (7.02 MB)
*English-Vietnamese
Health/Medical Orientation - Online
The Refugee Services Section of the Ohio Job and Family Services Department has developed a wonderful DVD that comprehensively covers the health information issues that are to be included in refugee orientation sessions. With their permission, Healthy Roads Media has adapted this DVD into web-based materials. The DVD is broken into 28 different topic areas that each provide a 1-4 minute web presentation - all available on this link.
Volume 1 includes information on the role of the resettlement agency, personal care, nutrition, health, adjusting to a new home, safety and emergencies, housing, and employment. The materials are presented in two formats: multimedia (Kirundi) and print (Kirundi and English).
Volume 2 includes eight topics: laws and rights, managing money, using a bank, education for children and adults, parenting in the United States, family communication skills, domestic violence, and the use and abuse of alcohol.
Volume contains the topics: becoming a U.S. citizen, buying and owning a car, bullying and discrimination, mental health issues, and prenatal and maternal health care.
HIV/AIDS information resources in English, Somali, Nepali and Karen (with French and Swahili to come). They cover thirteen different topics and are available in multiple formats
Community Help
Stories - Increase your Awareness
Local Stories
Click here for a local heartwarming story from Omaha..welcoming a new Burmese refugee family!
SHAPE - a book made by local Karen students from Omaha Public Schools
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Somali Folktales to listen to!
Movies
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Becoming a U.S. Citizen
Get ready for the U.S. Citizenship test with these titles! Have your Library Card & Pin number handy.
- U.S. Citizenship Test
Your downlodable (PDF) guide to passing the U.S. Citizenship Test and becoming a citizen. - 400 Must Have Words for the TOEFL
For students whose first language is not English and who wish to study at a university with an English-based curriculum, no admittance test is more important than the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). - TOEFL
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required by most American colleges and universities for international applicants. And this updated and revised edition is designed to provide students with a thorough and easy-to-understand approach to preparing for the TOEFL.
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