Learning Pages
1. Study Vocabulary Based on Word Frequency Lists
a) Word Frequency Level Test - Take two or more level tests on this page:
b) Word Quest - Study vocabulary based on the academic word frequency listed (starts with 1000th most common word:
2. Study Content
World Hunger (advanced level) You have five minutes to read a short article and answer five related questions. These readings are about World Hunger, from the famous book of the same title by Francis Moore Lappe.
Greek Myths (high intermediate level) You have five minutes to read a Greek myth and answer five related comprehension questions.
Jakata Tales (external link)
Grimms Fairy Tales (external link)
2. Study Grammar
a) The Grammar Aquarium
b) English Grammar Quizzes
3. Below is a link to two websites where you can create pages with definitions: the first one is for ENG-ENG, the second one is for ENG-JAPANESE You can click unknown words and get an English/Japanese definition.
For Eng-Eng:
a) Go to the UltraLingua homepage
b) Sample: Copy and paste a website. Sample: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3694230.stm
c) Read the article; click on unknown words for an Eng definition
For Eng-Japanese
a) Go to the WordChamp website
b) Sample: Copy and paste a website. Sample: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3694230.stm
c) Read the article; put the pointer over unknown words for a Japanese (or other) definition
Charity Links
Below are some of the organizations that GlobalStoriesPress has donated to in the pastand plans to support in the future.
The Grameen Bank was started by a Bangladeshi man named Muhammad Yunus in 1972. Yunus’ idea was that if poor people could receive some capital, they could start a business or figure out some way to make a living. Although the experts continually said it would prove impossible to significantly improve the lives of the poor, Yunus’ Bank has been a huge success, improving the lives millions of people struggling to survive. Microfinancing, which is the worldwide movement to provide credit for the world’s poorest people, is based on the Grameen Bank. The People’s Fund supports various microfinancing operations around the world.
Located in the village of Hardwar in northern India, Sri Ram Orphanage has adopted approximately 50 children without homes. The Orphanage was started by the Indian yoga teacher Baba Hari Dass. It also supports the surrounding villages with a medical assistance and a school.
Ammachi, The Hugging Saint
http://www.ammachi.org/charities/donations.html
Ammachi is the perfect example of a selfless karma yogi. She has established numerous charity and educational institutions throughout India and North America. Ammachi has hugged millions of times in her life, often for hours as crowds take their turn to receive her blessing.
YMCA of Japan
http://www.ymcajapan.org
Besides offering English classes and other programs that develop the mind, body and spirit, the YMCA of Japan is involved in charity and volunteer work. One way is they teach refugees how to read and how to find a job. Another way is they train young people to work for peace. Finally, the YMCA’s third way to help people in need is their disaster relief fund.
The food bank provides food to not only the homeless but struggling single parents and others in need. They also work to find long-term solutions to poverty and homelessness. Information is available at the website above and through Tengu Natural Foods, distributer of organic foods in Japan.
Japan’s Minsai Center
http://www.geocities.com/kelly12jp/laos#project%20idea
The Minsai Center is a Tokyo-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that was established to help children in Thailand and Laos attend school. The organization does this through a scholarship fund called the Darunee Fund for Education in Asia. The scholarship fund matches donors in Japan and other countries with children in Laos and Thailand who want to attend school but do not have the funds to do so.
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