Pamela Arraras

Throughout these three years that I have been working in the US teaching English as a Second Language, I have always repeated to myself: “I had no idea that EFL and ESL could be so different”. I have taught kids who (in their broken English) tell you how they escaped from war and hunger . . . → Read More: On how my public school teacher skills helped me in the world of ESL

A third clip from Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the day…definitely worth posting!

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The Best “Cause-Related” Online Learning Games

Free Poverty is an online geography game. It’s similar to the popular Free Rice vocabulary game that donates money to purchase rice for distribution by the United Nations. In Free Poverty, though, money to distribute water . . . → Read More: Teach and help a good cause III

Yet another clip from Larry Ferlazzo…

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The Best “Cause-Related” Online Learning Games

A group called Charitii lets users play word puzzles. You can then choose if you want them to donate to provide food, water, be put towards saving a rain forest, or contributed towards education.

Help Thirst is another game that supports water . . . → Read More: Teach and help a good cause II

From the fantastic Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day. I will definitely try to use these!!!

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The Best “Cause-Related” Online Learning Games

Free Rice is the “granddaddy” of these games.  If you choose the correct definition of the word, the next word you’re given is “harder.”  If you answer incorrectly, the next word is . . . → Read More: Teach and help a good cause