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Title: Free Rice - For Each Vocabulary Word You Get Right, We Donate Free Rice!
Post by: Software Santa on December 04, 2007, 10:42:43 AM
Free Rice - For Each Vocabulary Word You Get Right, We Donate Free Rice to the UN World Food Programme!

http://www.freerice.com (http://www.freerice.com)

Now you can play on your Android or iOS Devices!!!
Freerice 🍚🇺🇳 is an Educational Vocabulary APP from the World Food Programme (https://softwaresanta.com/sssmf/index.php/topic,5686.0.html)


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How to Play:

    *  Click on the answer that best defines the word.
    * If you get it right, you get a harder word. If wrong, you get an easier word.
    * For each word you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

NEW!
Freerice Account Migration
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To all our Freerice players who have used the existing site,
 
It's been a journey! Thank you for being a loyal user on freerice.com. Over the past ten years we've raised over 200 billion rice grains together.  All your right answers went to helping the United Nations World Food Programme deliver assistance to families and children in need. As the Freerice family continues to grow, we've now built a new home at http://freerice.com and our Android app in the Google Play store (with an iOS one coming soon).
 
We've heard your concerns about the old site: sometimes it's too slow, sometimes the scores don't show correctly, and there are many bots and spam accounts floating around. That's why we've built a new site that will run smoother and allow you to play on your desktops and mobile phones anywhere!
 
But we will not be migrating the old site's totals or accounts to the new site — the technical issues with the old site make this almost impossible. This means that when we shut down the old Freerice on Wed 28 Aug 2019, your rice totals will be frozen as-is, and you won't be able to use the old site anymore to increase them.

But rest assured, every rice grain you've donated in the past has made a difference. To reward you for being a loyal user, we offer you something else:

As long as you've filled out this form correctly, we will go into the database, extract your old rice totals, and add them to a special section of your profile on the new Freerice site.

They will not be added into your new total, but will be a separate "legacy rice" section that reflects the effort you put in to making a difference on the old site.
 
We will also give you an exclusive avatar that will only be available for our loyal 'legacy users', so your effort stands out.
 
For now, all you need to do is fill out this form. Later in 2019 we will contact you via the email address you leave here, to let you know the date we'll be adding your legacy totals to your new profile, and giving you your reward.
 
Let's continue this journey of learning and doing good together — on the new and improved Freerice! 


Frequently Asked Questions

How does playing the vocabulary game at FreeRice help me?
Learning new vocabulary has tremendous benefits. It can help you:

    * Formulate your ideas better
    * Write better papers, emails and business letters
    * Speak more precisely and persuasively
    * Comprehend more of what you read
    * Read faster because you comprehend better
    * Get better grades in high school, college and graduate school
    * Score higher on tests like the SAT, GRE, LSAT and GMAT
    * Perform better at job interviews and conferences
    * Sell yourself, your services, and your products better
    * Be more effective and successful at your job

After you have done FreeRice for a couple of days, you may notice an odd phenomenon. Words that you have never consciously used before will begin to pop into your head while you are speaking or writing. You will feel yourself using and knowing more words.


How does the FreeRice vocabulary program work?
FreeRice has a custom database containing thousands of words at varying degrees of difficulty. There are words appropriate for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most scholarly professors. In between are thousands of words for students, business people, homemakers, doctors, truck drivers, retired people, & everyone!

FreeRice automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, assigns you an approximate starting level. You then determine a more exact level for yourself as you play. 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.

There are 50 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above level 48.


How is the difficulty level for each word determined?
The program keeps track of how many people get each word right or wrong, and then adjusts each word's difficulty level accordingly. So the words at the easiest levels are the ones that people most often get right. The words at the hardest levels are the ones that people most often get wrong. As more and more people have played the game, these levels have become increasingly more accurate.


When did FreeRice increase the amount donated for each correct answer from 10 grains of rice?
For its first seven weeks, FreeRice gave 10 grains of rice for each correct answer. On November 28, 2007, we were able to increase this to 20 grains. We hope to be able to increase this again in the future. Here is how we look at it: Your part is to play and donate the rice. Our part is to increase the amount you can donate!

We are also working to increase the number of vocabulary words and levels so that you will not run out of words to learn anytime soon.


What happens if my computer suddenly loses power while I am in the middle of playing? Does my donation still count?
Yes, once your screen says that you have donated a certain amount of rice, that means our servers have registered it. For example, suppose your screen says that you have donated 120 grains of rice. If your computer then suddenly loses power, or you close your browser, or you click to go somewhere else, your donation has already been counted.


Who pays for the donated rice?
The rice is paid for by the advertisers whose names you see on the bottom of your vocabulary screen. This is regular advertising for these companies, but it is also something more. Through their advertising at FreeRice, these companies support both learning (free vocabulary for everyone) and reducing hunger (free rice for the hungry). We commend these companies for their participation at FreeRice.
If FreeRice has the rice to give, why not give it all away right now?

FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice?
you are earning it 20 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.

Does FreeRice make any money from this?
No, it does not. FreeRice runs the site at no profit.

  http://www.freerice.com/ (http://www.freerice.com/) 

You may make this donation: VERY Frequently.


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