It’s a remarkably simple concept: The website freerice.com challenges you to test (and improve) your English vocabulary, and for every word you get right, ten grains of rice will be donated to a hungry person somewhere in the world. How does it work?
FreeRice automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary….When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level. This one-to-three ratio is best for keeping you at the “outer fringe†of your vocabulary, where learning can take place.
Whether you are CEO of a large American corporation or a street child in India, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself.
Perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice that you helped provide. Thank you.
FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com.
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Its nice to donate few grains, but here is how you could make a real difference – Join the FaceBook group Free Rice Helpers where you could download a small program that answers the questions for you! Just run it and watch your pile of rice growing. It even “presses” the ads links once in while so everyone will be happy :) Dont forget to spread the word – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7357688972
November 15th, 2007 at 7:14 am