As I was driving back home from school today, I heard on
National Public Radio that April 25th is World Malaria Day. To
quote from The Financial Times: “More than 40 per cent of the
world’s population is at risk from malaria with about 500
million cases every year and more than 1 million deaths in sub-
Saharan Africa.” Since I’m taking my Intermediate English class
to the computer lab on Friday, and all of them come from
countries where malaria is quite active, I thought I’d put
together a quick list of sites for them to visit. I’ve divided
this “The Best…” list into two sections — one with sites that
are accessible to English Language Learners, and the other
sharing teacher resources that include materials that could be
modified for ELL’s. Here are my choices for The Best Resources
For Learning About World Malaria Day: UNICEF has a short online
video titled — Fighting Malaria in Africa. Here are three short
videos from ABC News: The CBBC Newsround has two short and
accessible articles on malaria: ESL Holiday