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FREERICE.COM - FREE EDUCATION BASED ON APPEALING LEVEL-BASED ENGLISH TESTS
FREERICE.COM - FREE EDUCATION BASED ON APPEALING LEVEL-BASED ENGLISH TESTS

Author(s): Mariana Coancă
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Freerice.com; English; teaching; learning; online resources

Summary/Abstract: Our paper deals with the presentation of Freerice.com and its custom database. We also show the impact of the level-based English tests - Freerice.com upon our students during classes. The levelbased tests for grammar and vocabulary are very appealing to us and our students: firstly, because Freerice.com provides education for free and offers the teachers the possibility to create a “closed” group for a class, by registering each student so that they have a login username and a password. Secondly, the database contains questions at varying levels of difficulty and adjusts automatically to the student’s level. When the student selects an answer, this information is sent to a server via a regular HTML form. This answer is then processed by the server using the PHP programming language, which then is able to discern if the student’s answer was correct. Grammar and vocabulary tests were highly appreciated by our students because they consider the tests as a challenging, funny and efficient method to improve their English grammar and vocabulary while donating rice (if their answers are correct) and feed as many people as possible all around the world.

  • Issue Year: 8/2012
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 116-121
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English