First Person American

First Person American is a website which is being created with the aim of helping immigrants to the US settling down.

The site will not be fully operative until July this year, but we can already watch a few videos of immigrants telling their personal stories, what they found it difficult to adapt to, and what their current problems are.

H/T to Larry Ferlazzo.

Immigration debate

Watch the embedded video on immigration and answer the questions about it that follow.



1- How are immigrants portrayed, according to the woman speaking?
2- What percentage of household has been done by immigrants in 2004?
3- Which are the results of the study mentioned by the woman?
4- How much is the deficit going to be according to the speaker?
5- Explain with your own words the meaning of the following words heard on this video shot: welfare state, dropout and domestic policy.

Ellis Island

You can make a virtual tour of Ellis Island by clicking on the image below. The tour will allow you to know a little bit more about the topic of immagration to the States while your practise your reading and listening skills.



Later on you can do this interactive quiz on the topic.