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Christopher — Fri, 28 May 2010 08:31:48 +0000

The Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 competition is over and the results can be viewed on the bab.la Language Portal

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The Top 100 Language Blogs – Vote for your favorite!

Priscila — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:00:41 +0000

It has been one week since the beginning of the voting period for The Top 100 Language Blogs. Great blogs are taking part in this competition and running for the number 1 spot! There are four categories in the competition for you to vote for. Visit the pages and cast your votes for the best:

1. Language Learning: Blogs about the language learning process, difficulties with or discussion about learning a language.
2. Language Teaching: Blogs discussing languages from the perspective of a teacher.
3. Language Technology: Blogs discussing technology as part of the language learning process.
4.Language Professionals: Blogs by people using languages in their profession, such as translators or interpreters.

Apart from all the new readers we also have some great prizes up for grabs. So cast your vote and don’t forget to check the results on May 28 th! If you want to know more about how the competition works, check here.

Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – It’s time to vote!

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:18:14 +0000

UPDATE: Voting is now closed. The results (and winners!) will be published on Friday (May 28). Check back then!

First of all, thanks for all the suggestions and blog nominations! We are very pleased to have received a total of 495 blog nominations. From those, we have selected 100 blogs in each category that will go into the voting phase.

How to vote? Very simple: just click on the blog you want to vote for in each of the categories below.You can vote only once in each category.

• Language Learning
• Language Teaching
• Language Technology
• Language Professionals

Remember to check back soon to find out who the winners were, and see what they won!

Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – Vote for Language Technology

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:50:01 +0000

UPDATE: Voting is now closed. The results (and winners!) will be published on Friday (May 28). Check back then!

Here are all the Language Technology blogs who have made it to the voting phase (read more about how the competition works).

Click the radio button next to the blog name you want to vote for and click 'vote' at the bottom of the poll!
You can vote only once in each category.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Other categories: Language Learning - Language Teaching - Language Professionals

View the full list of nominations for Language Technology.

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If you have further questions or would like to contact us for feedback email priscila (at) bab (dot) la

Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – Vote for Language Professionals

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:49:42 +0000

UPDATE: Voting is now closed. The results (and winners!) will be published on Friday (May 28). Check back then!

Here are all the Language Professionals blogs that have made it to the voting phase (read more about how the competition works).

Click the radio button next to the blog name you want to vote for and click 'vote' at the bottom of the poll!
You can vote only once in each category.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Other categories: Language Learning - Language Teaching - Language Technology

View the full list of nominations for Language Professionals.

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Thanks and remember to check back on May 28th to find out who the winners are!
If you have further questions or would like to contact us for feedback email priscila (at) bab (dot) la

Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – Vote for Language Learning

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:48:53 +0000

UPDATE: Voting is now closed. The results (and winners!) will be published on Friday (May 28). Check back then!

Here are all the Language Learning blogs that have made it to the voting phase (read more about how the competition works).

Click the radio button next to the blog name you want to vote for and click 'vote' at the bottom of the poll!
You can vote only once in each category.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Other categories: Language Teaching - Language Technology - Language Professionals

View the full list of nominations for Language Learning.

Add the voting button to your blog!

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Thanks and remember to check back on May 28th to find out who the winners are!
If you have further questions or would like to contact us for feedback email priscila (at) bab (dot) la

Top 100 Language Blogs 2010 – Vote for Language Teaching

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:48:34 +0000

UPDATE: Voting is now closed. The results (and winners!) will be published on Friday (May 28). Check back then!

Here are all the Language Teaching blogs who have made it to the voting phase (read more about how the competition works).

Click the radio button next to the blog name you want to vote for and click 'vote' at the bottom of the poll!
You can vote only once in each category.

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Other categories: Language Learning - Language Technology - Language Professionals

View the full list of nominations for Language Teaching.

Add the voting button to your blog!

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Thanks and remember to check back on May 28th to find out who the winners are!
If you have further questions or would like to contact us for feedback email priscila (at) bab (dot) la

Top 100 Language Blogs – Nominated blogs for Language Professionals

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:30:56 +0000

From all the great nominations we have received from Lexiophiles readers and bab.la users, we have compiled a list of 100 Language Blogs in the category Language Professionals. These blogs represent a great cross-section of experiences, written people all over the world. We hope you enjoy reading and also learning from them!

Nominations are over so take a look through the nominated list, choose your favorite blogs and vote for them here. You can vote for one blog per category. There are blogs in several languages, such as English, German, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish, French and Italian.

(Not Just) Another Translator - About professional translations (English & Italian to French Translations). (English/French)

Schplock - German studies student blogs about languages and linguistics. (German)

A Arte da Tradução - Translation in Portuguese. (Portuguese)

About Translation - Information, news and opinions about professional translation. (English)

Ad maiorem interpret(ation)is gloriam - On the art of translation - a blog by a medical interpreter (Polish)

Algo más que traducir - Personal page of a translator with lots of resources. (Spanish)

An A-Z on ELT - Articles relating to existing entries, or with a view to creating new entries from the book "An A-Z of ELT" – an encyclopedia-dictionary of terminology relating to English language and English language teaching. (English)

Ana Scatena - A professional translator writes about language and teaching. (Portuguese)

Anthro-Ling - Devoted to Anthropology, Archaeology, Language and Linguistics, Culture. (English)

Anyword - French Blog on Translation. (French)

Applied Language - High Quality Language Solutions, delivered on time …with a smile! (English)

ArabLing - Arabic Linguistics. (German)

ATAA - The Blog of 'Ata , it is the latest industry news of audiovisual translation, association, words of translators on their jobs, their small pleasures and their rants. (English)

Atominium the art of translation - Hints on Translations & Translators & Culture & CAT & IT & Technology (Polish)

ATR Blog - It contains over 250 posts: news, events articles, recommendations in Romanian and several other languages, as well as surveys, quotations for translators, interpreters and other language professionals. (Romanian)

Begona Martínez - Transtlation and interpretation in Spanish. (Spanish)

Beyond Words - Beyond Words is ALTA Language Services' blog, wherein ALTA's language professionals comment on issues involving translation, interpreting, language testing, and the intersection of language with current events. Beyond Words aims to be a fun resource for language lovers and professionals. (English)

Blog de Traducción: Trusted Translations - Aquí encontrará consejos, recomendaciones y todo tipo de información, tanto para traductores como para compradores de traducciones mediante artículos redactados por todos los que participamos en la apasionante actividad de la traducción profesional. (Spanish)

Blog on translation - Blog on translation. (English)

Blogging Translator - Translation and Linguistics. A blog covering general topics on translation. (English)

Blogging with Swedish Translation Services - Swedish Translation Services is a company owned by Tess Whitty, a freelance translator (English-Swedish), proofreader, editor, copy writer, localizer and entrepreneur. (English)

Brave New Words - A blog about translation, language, literature, and other related topics. (English)

Building Rapport - Advocating plain language, clear design, sensitivity to audience concerns, and civility. (English)

Crosslingo’s Posterous - A translator, an English teacher, a reader and a blogger (English)

DCblog - English language blog. (English)

Dr. Goodword's Language Blog - English language blog. (English)

Dylematy filolozki - Blog about Polish - language problems, spelling mistakes and other mysteries of Polish language. (Problemy jezykowe, bledy ortograficzne, zagadki polonistyczne…) (Polish)

English, Jack - Second thoughts on English and how she's taught. (English)

Euro London's Blog - The specialists in multilingual recruitment (English)

Evolving English II - In this blog, we observe the language changing all around us. (English)

Freelance Chinese translator - Professional English to Chinese translation and Chinese to English translation. (English)

Fritinancy - Names, brands, writing, and the quirks of the English language. (English)

Games with words - Blog that runs experiments through the Web testing human reasoning, particularly in the domain of language. (English)

Il blog del Mestiere di scrivere - Italian Blog. (Italian)

In parole povere - Thoughts and notes on the Italian language. (Italian)

ISEL - Blog jezykowy - Blog about English vocabulary and grammar. (Polish)

JodyByrne.com - Doc Byrne's Translation Miscellany is blog written by a professional translator and translator trainer and it covers everything and anything to do with translation, localisation, languages, language technologies and research and often presents a humorous take on different topics. (English)

John Wells’s phonetic blog - Blog on everything to do with phonetics; from application to education to resources. (English)

Ken Wilson's Blog - The original idea for the blog was, and remains, to provide free materials for teachers. (English)

L10NBRIDGE Translation blog - The blog posts cover everything from web globalization, translation FAQs, Internationalization, writing for localization, multilingual social media to favorite recipes throughout the world. (English)

Lavori in corso - Note pratiche in corso d'opera. (Italian)

Les recettes du traducteur - Tous les ingrédients pour faire boullir la marmite… (French)

Lingformat - The science of linguistics in the news. (English)

Linguistic Mystic - A place for me to post the things that intrigue me, but also as a place for you to find and learn about things that might intrigue you. (English)

Linneas språkblogg - A blog about things that have to do with the Swedish language in one way or another. (Swedish)

Literal-Minded - Linguistic commentary from a guy who takes things too literally. (English)

Lux Lingua's Blog - Thought on language, translation and the translator. (English)

MA Translation Studies News - A blog for students and graduates of the MA Translation Studies at the University of Portsmouth (English)

Medical Translation Blog - Medical Translation * Regulations * Technology. (English)

Motivated Grammar - Prescriptivism Must Die! (English)

Mox's blog - Electromechanical Engineer and English-French to Spanish translator. (English)

Multimanus - A blog by a writing coach. Lots of great tips for writing and getting published. (Swedish)

Musings from an overworked translator - Musings from an overworked translator features musings about Jill's life and the translation industry that are of interest to long-time translators as well as those new to the profession. (English)

Naked Translations - Reflections on words, expressions and the difficulties encountered on the bridge from the English to the French language. (English)

No Peanuts! - Provides support and resources to professional translators and interpreters in demanding and receiving a living wage for their work. (English)

Noncompositional - Noncompositional is a mostly-academic blog by a linguistics graduate student. (English)

Nordic Voices in Translation - Nordic Voices in Translation is a blog devoted to the English translation of the literatures of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - and also Estonia. (English)

Orden runt med Ann Ljungberg - Tips and ideas for people who want to write in Swedish. (Swedish)

Oversetter - Blog by Nick Rosenthal, Managing Director of Salford Translations Ltd. (English)

Paleoglot - Ancient languages, cultures and civilizations. (English)

Peter Harvey, linguist - Teacher, writer, translator. (English)

PHONOBLOG - All things about phonology. (English)

Plsh Text Communications - Helps you reach, speak to, communicate with, and build relationships with a variety of customers and consumers in various industries. (English)

Polyglot Blog - Resources and information about translation, interpreting and languages. (English)

Polysyllabic - Ruminations on grammar, philology and anything else. (English)

Power of Dream, Power of English - Helping learning English language and American culture. (Japanese)

Practicing Writing - Here you'll find updates on writing and publishing opportunities (especially handy between issues of our monthly newsletter). Plus, the blog holds this practicing writer's occasional observations on happenings in the literary world, book reviews, and news about her own work. (English)

Pratbubblor - Språkkonsulterna (the Language Consultants) brings you informational and inspirational musings on language. (Swedish)

Premere il tasto ANY - Riflessioni sulle traduzioni professionali in ambito informatico. (Italian)

Sauvage noble - An Austronesian’s Adventures in Altertumswissenschaft and Indogermanistik. (English)

Semantics etc. - A weblog on semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, and intersections thereof. (English)

Sentence First - An Irishman's blog about the English language. (English)

Separated by a common language - Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK. (English)

Sinosplice - Blog to help understand all things China. Includes articles on language, culture and everything inbetween. (English)

Skrivtips - Tips for writing in Swedish. (Swedish)

Spanish Translation Blog - Blog on translation. In English (English)

Spanish Translation Blog (Spanish) - Blog on translation. In Spanish (Spanish)

Språkförsvaret - A blog in defence of the Swedish language with the hopes of elliminating the intrusion of English. (Swedish)

Språkpolis - The Swedish language police. (Swedish)

TecnoTraduBlog - Un traductor también puede ser geek. (Spanish)

Terminologia etc. - An Italian blog on terminology, translation, localization and language-related quirks. (Italian)

The Biolinguistics Blog - Brings a variety of material pertaining to the field of biolinguistics. (English)

The Engine Room - Blog about language use, publishing and the media in general. (English)

The Grammaphobia Blog - Q and A blog on grammar. Readers questions on use of English are answered and discussed on a daily basis. (English)

The Greener Word - German-English translator specialising in environmental issues and waste management in particular. (English)

The Language Guy - Commentary on how language is used and abused in advertising, politics, the law, and other areas of public life. (English)

The Lexicographer's Rules - This is the personal weblog of Grant Barrett, editor of the Double-Tongued Dictionary, a collection of words from the fringes of English. (English)

The Name Inspector - English language blog. (English)

The POLSKI blog - The POLSKI blog is written by Michal, a Polish journalist, writer, one-time language teacher and linguist, living and working in London. (English)

The Shifted Librarian - Library related materials. (English)

The Translation and Interpretation Blog - This site facilitates knowledge and research in medical and legal translation and interpretation. (English)

There's Something About Translation - A freelance translator blogs about lessons learned at the wordface, her experiences as a freelancer and the changes facing the profession. (English)

Thoughts On Translation - The translation industry and becoming a translator. (English)

Three Percent - Blog with articles on various topics related to translation, communication, technology and other snippets of random, unrelated informational debris. (English)

Tomedes - Smart Human Translation Services. (English)

Trad Online - Trad Online, a dynamic and innovative translation agency (French)

Tradeona - About translations. Being a translator is certainly a trade, but it is mostly an opportunity for the author to exercise her passion every day. (French)

Traduction anglais-français - The entente cordiale between English and French: translation tips, general culture, musings of someone who has already written two dictionaries, and much more - check us out (French)

Transblawg - Weblog from Fürth on German-English legal translation (German/English)

Translate This! - Strategies for Lossless Langage Convrson. (English)

Translating is an Art - A weblog about translation and language. (English)

Translation Blog: Trusted Translations - You will find tips, advice, and all kinds of information both for translators and translation buyers written by all those involved in the exciting field of professional translation. (English)

Translation Notes - News, ideas, tools to make translation more productive and enjoyable. (Spanish)

Translation Times - The translating twins and entrepreneurial linguists, Judy and Dagmar Jenner, blog about the business of translation from Vienna and Vegas. The blog revolves on ideas and strategies to run a translation business more effectively and efficiently by thinking like an entrepreneur. They dispense useful tips on marketing, advertising, entrepreneurship, real-life economics, pricing, and working with direct clients. (English)

Translator Power - Blog on translation. (English)

Translator's Musings - Share the horror stories, the near misses and the tips for all those requiring translations from English to French. (English)

transubstantiation - Ideas on translation. (English)

Translation Guy - The challenges of language remain eternal, but the business of translation is changing in interesting and scary ways. Translation Guy is a way to get a handle on the transformation of translation for me and my readers. (English)

Trovare X Credere - Blog dedicated to the techniques and tools of research (and not only) for translators and interpreters. (Italian)

Über Setzer Logbuch - German blog on language, Russian and translation. Includes articles on the latest news on related areas. (German)

Wasaty tlumacz O tlumaczeniach przy fajce i kawie - Tips and tricks, toys and tools - everything about translation. (Polish)

wéb-tränslatiôns - The Web-Translations blog is a mixture of informative, serious, and light-hearted content focusing on various areas of language and the localization industry. All members of staff within the company are welcome to contribute, and we encourage comment from our readers - sometimes a real debate is opened, which is great! (English)

Word Routes - Ben Zimmer, executive producer of VisualThesaurus.com and "On Language" columnist for The New York Times, explores the pathways of our lexicon in his Visual Thesaurus column, Word Routes. (English)

word spy - Word Lover's Guide to New Words - Word Spy is devoted to "lexpionage," the sleuthing of new words and phrases. (English)

Wordlustitude - This is a growing dictionary of ephemeral words, also known as nonce or stunt words. All readers are strongly encouraged to use these terms in their blogs, poems, prophesies, and recipes (English)

Wordmall - A blog about the English language. (English)

Words to good effect - Blog about writing, web content, usability, accessibility, language and translating. (English)

Wörter Blog - Blog on how to use German words and grammar correctly. (German)

Wortistik - A German publicist in his function as word custodian of the nation. (German)

Wunderland Deutsch - A declaration of love for the German language. (German)

yndigo - Blog on translation with both insights and incites. Covers many aspects of translation. (English)

Zwiebelfisch - German blog on quirks in the German Language. Bastian Sick writes on topics ranging from language history to correct use. (German)

Vote for Language Professionals here!

Nominated blogs for the other categories:

Language Learning
Language Technology
Language Teaching

Top 100 Language Blogs – Nominated blogs for Language Technology

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:30:31 +0000

From all the great nominations we have received from Lexiophiles readers and bab.la users, we have compiled a list of 100 Language Blogs in the category Language Technology. These blogs represent a great cross-section of experiences, written people all over the world. We hope you enjoy reading and also learning from them!

25 letters in the alphabet - Exploring the effects of Web2.0 on the english language. (English)

2c Worth - Teaching & Learning in the new informatio landscape. (English)

528 Digital Learning - "I am excited to be involved both in education and with integrating digital tools into the classroom." (English)

Adult Education Matters - We share to impart, impact, improve, and empower. (English)

adVancEducation - Blog on the use of new technologies in education. Featuring reviews, where-to-find and how-best-to-use articles. (English)

Always learning - Teaching technology abroad. (English)

Anggarrgoon - Bardi on the Web. (English)

Apprendre les Langues - Various resources to learn languages. (Italian)

Betchablog - Education + technology + ideas (English)

Beth’s Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom - This blog focuses on education, technology and learning. (English)

Betty Online - Betty Gilgoff is an Inservice Faculty Associate for Field Programs at Simon Fraser University. (English)

Bite Sized English - Bite Sized English specializes in helping you practice and perfect the English you worked so hard to learn. (English)

BIZNES translatica.pl blog - Blog on language learning methods, e-learning and modern technologies (Polish)

BLOG-EFL - Observations on the use of Web 2.0 tools for English Language Teaching & Learning. (English)

Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom - A Blend Of Technology And Education. (English)

Blogos - News and views on language and technology. (English)

Box of tricks - Technology and Education. (English)

Bright ideas for education - Bright ideas for education. (English)

busuu.com - An online community for learning languages. (English)

Campus FLE éducation, le blogue de Monica - Blog about learning languages and technologies. (French)

Carol's thoughts on life, ICT and whatever comes - Here you are likely to find short and possibly infrequent posts. They will most likely be linked to the use of ICT within or without of the curriculum. (English)

Creating Lifelong Learners - Teaching digital literacy, closing the digital divide. (English)

CT Educational Technology & Information Literacy - The purpose of this BLOG is to maintain a dialogue with EETT grantees, post updates for Connecticut Educational Technology and Information Literacy initiatives and to offer links that will support educational technology integration thoughout the curriculum. (English)

D’Arcy Norman dot net - Words are not action. (English)

DaF-Blog - Über das Deutschlernen und -lehren mit und ohne Internet. (German)

Ed Tech Review - Technology for Teachers! (English)

Educación y Virtualidad - Avances interdisciplinarios en materia educativa y virtual. (Spanish)

Education Technology - News, Techniques and Theories of Effective Use of Technology in Education. (English)

Educational technology & change - A co-operative blog journal for educational technology & change. (English)

Educational technology in ELT - Experimenting with web 2.0 tools to enhance language learning (English)

EFL Classroom 2.0 - Teacher Talk - “When 1 teaches, 2 learn.” (English)

elanguage - Conference & course notes. (English)

e-learning 2.0 - Blog personal de información especializada en formación virtual. Elaborado por Mª Dolores Capdet, Postgraduada y Doctorando en e-learning. (Spanish)

ELEARNING 3D: educación en mundos virtuales 3D - Educación en mundos virtuales 3D. (Spanish)

E-Learning Queen - E-Learning Queen focuses on distance training and education, from instructional design to e-learning and mobile solutions, and pays attention to psychological, social, and cultural factors. The edublog emphasizes real-world e-learning issues and appropriate uses of emerging technologies. Who is the Queen? You are, dear reader. Susan Smith Nash is the Queen's assistant. (English)

eLearning Technology - Tony Karrer's eLearning Blog on e-Learning. (English)

elearnspace - Learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community. (English)

Emerging Internet Technologies for Education - Engaging students and enhancing learning outcomes with Internet & Instructional Technologies. (English)

English Virtual Community - A English Virtual Community online. (English)

ESL Technology - A blog about ESL technology. (English)

ESOL Technology - Comprehensive resource for ESL language instructors who are looking for effective ways to incorporate technology in their teaching. (English)

ew blogs - Ruminations on the electronics industry from David Manners. (English)

Freestyle Language - Learning languages both on the web and off, as well as cool language-related things. (English)

Fremdsprachen und neue Medien - Blog on how to use new technologies and media in foreign language learning. (German)

Human - For fellow teachers… (English)

I should be marking - Blog for Language teachers on using ICT in the classroom (English)

ICT for Language Teachers - This is a blog related to the ICT4LT website at http://www.ict4lt.org It aims to encourage feedback on the ICT4LT site in particular and the use of ICT in language learning and teaching in general. (English)

iLearn Technology - An edublog dedicated to providing teachers with free, easy to use, and practical technology resources that will increase student learning and motivation in the classroom. (English)

Infinite Thinking Machine - Ideas to help teachers and students thrive in the 21st century. (English)

Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom - Joe Dale offers practical tips and advice on using ICT to enhance the teaching of modern foreign languages. (English)

IT IS ENGLISH BLOG - English with an IT focus. (English)

Italianiamo - Have fun and meet other Italian learners from all over the world! (Italian)

Jane's Elearning Pick of the Day - A daily item of e-learning interest selected by Jane Hart of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. (English)

Japanese language and culture blog - Developing educational games for learning Japanese (English)

JoeWoodOnline - Joe Dale offers practical tips and advice on using ICT to enhance the teaching of modern foreign languages. (English)

Language Lab Unleashed! - LLU was started in 2005 as a place for language teachers and technologists (K-16 and beyond) from around the world to come together and discuss current practices and suggest ways to improve teaching and learning languages in the 21st century. LLU is a blog but it also hosts skypecasts, podcasts, SL meetups and other ways to explore the tools we can use for teaching. (English)

Language Trainers Blog - German citizen, living in UK, blogging about online language learning. (German)

Langwitches - The Magic of Learning through Technology. (English)

Le petit Champignon illustré - Fun articles about languages and French in general (French)

Learner Evolution ~ Chris Harte - Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century. (English)

Learning Teaching English - Blog about new media in language learning education. (German)

Mac For Translators - A blog for translators working on Mac OSX. (English)

Me, technology and language teaching - English Language Fellow discussing EFL and the use of technologies (English)

Moving at the Speed of Creativity - The weblog of wesley fryer. (English)

Nik's Learning Technology Blog - Tips, resources and teaching materials to help EFL and ESL teachers use ICT and new technology. (English)

Nik's Quick Shout - News, Links and Opinion on Learning, Technology, Web 2.0 and EFL, ESL. (English)

Not So Distant Future - About technology, libraries, and schools. (English)

Redmamy's Daf Blog - Deutsch als fremdsprache. (German)

Reflections on Teaching - The author uses this blog as a place for her to reflect on best practices, and the practices she's (trying to) putting in place in her classroom." (English)

Réseaux Education FLE Langues - Blog covering both old and new Internet resources for learners and teachers of English. Not only reviews and presentations, but also advice on how to get the most out of it. (French)

Sean Banville's Blog - Language Teaching, Teacher Education & New Technologies. (English)

Sprachen lernen web - Blog about language learning through the internet. (German)

SprachenNetz - Information, news and links about online language learning. (German)

Sprachnet - Media-based learning in foreign languages, including podcasts and videos. (German)

Stephen's Web - "I work for the National Research Council, Institute for Information Technology, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. I specialize in online learning, content syndication, and new media." (English)

Steve Hargadon - K-12 Educational Technology: Web 2.0, Free and Open Source Software, and the Future of Education. (English)

Teach42 - Education and Technology. Looking att different tools to use and how to use them, by Steve Dembo. (English)

Teachers Teaching Teachers - A weekly webcast on the EdTechTalk channel of the WorldBridges network. (English)

Teaching in SecondLife - Reflections of a language teacher. (English)

The GITS Blog - About programming, translation and Japan. (English)

The Learned Man! - Covering research, news, and trends in instructional technology and e-Learning. (English)

The Learning Circuits Blog - The LC Blog is a community feature of Learning Circuits. It is dedicated to sharing ideas and opinions about the state of learning and technology. (English)

The Power of Educational Technology - Demonstrating the power of technology to transform learning, energize communities and inspire innovative thinking. (English)

Translation Tribulations - A rabble-rousing mix of commentary and coaching for technology and issues affecting language service providers and their clientele. (English)

Ubiquitous Thoughts - Thoughts and Ideas about Teaching, Learning, and Ubiquitous Computing. (English)

Un blog pour apprendre, apprendre avec un blog - Reflexions and articles about blogs as learning spaces. (French)

Wedblogg-ed - Learning with the read/write web. (English)

Day-Blog - Use of internet resources (websites, exercises) for the reason of learning language efficintly. (Russian)

Digilearning - Chinese Blog on Digital Learning. (Japanese)

Vote for Language Technology here!

Nominated blogs for the other categories:

Language Learning
Language Teaching
Language Professionals

Top 100 Language Blogs – Nominated blogs for Language Teaching

Priscila — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:30:01 +0000

From all the great nominations we have received from Lexiophiles readers and bab.la users, we have compiled a list of 100 Language Blogs in the category Language Teaching. These blogs represent a great cross-section of experiences, written people all over the world. We hope you enjoy reading and also learning from them!

26 Letters - Towards better language teaching and learning (English)

A CLIL to Climb - Blog with games and downloadable activities for teachers (English)

A Journey in TEFL - About teaching. (English)

A Linguist Goes to Law School - Linguistics and language. (English)

Accademia Del Giglio - Italian language courses and Art school in Florence. (Italian)

Alex Ermakov - About the special learning techniques aimed at language learning. (Russian)

Alice’s posterous - You will find the author's attempt to use web 2.0 tools in her teaching and to enthuse her students, recipes, singing news, film reviews, unusual stuff, stuff she's discovered thanks to her amazing PLN. (English)

Angela Maiers - Putting Learners and Learning First. (English)

Anglais Facile - Free English lessons by a British teacher. (French/English)

Apprendre lánglais en s'amusant - A blog for French people who want to learn English. (French)

Becoming a Better EFL Teacher - For EFL teaching improvement to learn a foreign language to develop more productivity and skill as an Article Writer or give professional polished Speaking Presentations - You're in the right place! (English)

Behind the Curtain - Thai, Lao, Cambodian, Mon, Burmese, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Jawa, Bali, Sunda, Melayu, Tagalog and other languages from the Philippines, Gu Wen, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Hokien, Naxi and other Chinese dialects / regional languages, Hindi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Pali and other Indic Languages, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Italian, Signed English, Auslan and other Sign Languages, NLP, ESP or Esperanto ... This Blog should have something for you. (English)

Better at English - Real engish for real people. (English)

Blog "Angielski OnLine" - English teachers explain grammar and other English language phenomena. (Polish)

blog de prof - La dernière année d'une prof de francais - The last year of a French teacher - stories and tips. (French)

Blog didattici - Information and links about educational blogs. (Italian)

Blog italiano - lingua italiana ma non solo - Lively and vividly illustrated bite-sized pieces of Italian language, culture and general information that keep the reader interested and constantly stimulated. (English)

Blogidiomas - Teaching English, English lessons, resources and travel. (Spanish)

Burcu Akyol's Blog - Impressions, reflections, reviews, tips and resources from an English teacher. (English)

CATALÀ . cat - It’s a blog full of resources both for teachers and for students who want to learn Catalan. (Catalan)

Chiltern Edge MFL - Resources and information for students and teachers of MFL at Chiltern Edge School. (English)

CHIODO SC(HI)ACCIA CHIODO - For students learning Italian. (Italian)

Confessions of a Comunity College Dean - Education and teaching blog (English)

daf-material Weblog - Lectors at Italian universities teaching German as a foreign language. (German)

DAILYFRENCHPOD - Blog on English as a foreign language. Discusses what tools there are and how to use them. (English)

Deut(sch)lich - Five language enthusiasts form the language center Göttingen teaching German. (German)

Diario de una profesora de lengua castellana - Diary of a Spanish teacher. (Spanish)

DICAS DE INGLÊS - Useful tips and practical information on Shakespeare's language. (Portuguese)

Dindirindina - Spanish woman teaching Italian. (Italian)

Ein Blog für Deutschlerner in aller Welt - A blog for learners of German on the world. (German)

El blog de don abel - Teaching Spanish, curiosities, correcting Spanish texts, discussing about the correct use of Spanish. (Spanish)

El blog para aprender inglés - English teacher shares her knowledge, lots of resources, everyday a new "lesson". (Spanish)

e-Learning Goddes - Blog about e-learning. (Italian)

English Advantage - English Advantage Blog provides interesting and up-to-date information for international students who want to study in the US and for learners of English as a foreign language. (English)

English as a Second Language and Teacher Training - ESL and education blog. (English)

English Caffe - English learner willing to share his knowledge through tips and lessons for other english learners. (Portuguese)

English Experts - Many tips and lessons to learn English and exchange ideas and knowledge about this language. (Portuguese)

English for All - Blog for the English learners, teachers and enthusiasts about learning languages. (Portuguese)

English Spark - Putting a spark in the English learning community with tools to learn, share, collaborate and connect. (English)

Epea Pteroenta - Language, linguistics, literature, and film. (English)

ESL etc. - Global Issues-themed Materials for English Language Teachers. (English)

ESL Lesson Plan - ESL Lesson Plans, Teaching Locales, Tips, Tricks & Budgeting Advice for Novice & Veteran ESL Instructors. (English)

ESL pod - Podcast for learners of English. Helps advance learners of English. (English)

Estudia ingles - English resources, English learning. (Spanish)

everythingESL - a blog about teaching English Language Learners - everythingESL imparts the challenges of teaching English Language Learners in the general education, ESL and bilingual classrooms. (English)

Foreign Language Fun - Where learning languages is child's play: lessons, resources, and inspiration for teaching kids French and Spanish. (English)

Fragen Sie Dr. Bopp! - Dr. Bopp answers user questions related to the German language. (German)

Free Language - Lessons, Podcasts, Study Guides, and more. (English)

Grammar Girl - Blog with quick and dirty tips for better writing. (English)

If bees are few - Reveries on teaching, learning, and living. (English)

Incroci - To share knowledge with other teachers. (Italian)

Inglês é Cultura - English tips and explanations. (Portuguese)

Inglês na Ponta da Língua - English teacher sharing his knowledge with English learners. (Portuguese)

Inglês Online - Dicas, lições e guia de sites para quem aprende ou ensina inglês. (Portuguese)

Ingles total - English resources, English learning and English course. (Spanish)

Italiano - For students learning Italian from the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas di Ciudad Real. (Italian)

Janet's Abruzzo Edublog - Blog on the author's thoughts on ELT issues and her own lesson ideas for learners and teachers of English to use.specialists via their blogs. (English)

John Wells's phonetic blog - Everything to do with phonetics. (English)

Kalinago English - Teaching EFL Teachers How To Teach Speaking. (English)

Learn Italian - For students learning Italian. (Italian)

Learn Japanese - Japanese learning website ( include Japanese culture, grammer, songs). (Japanese)

Learn Languages Now - Blog providing you with all the resources, articles and reviews you need to learn a new language. (English)

Learn Polish with Bilus' - Blog on learning Polish. (English)

Lecciones de portugués 3.0 - Portuguese Language Blog. (Spanish/Portuguese)

LETUTOR - LETUTOR's guide to languages. (English)

Língua à Portuguesa - Ingredientes: muitos erros, bastantes dúvidas e uma mão-cheia de reflexões. Juntam-se esclarecimentos, correcções e sugestões em quantidade generosa. Tudo polvilhado com bom humor. Porque queremos partilhar a nossa maneira de saborear a língua! (Portuguese)

Lingua Italiana - For Spanish speaking students to learn about Italian language and culture. (Italian)

Linguism - Language in a word. (English)

Lingvistbloggen - Lingvistbloggen is writen by the people who work at the Insitution of Linguistics at Stockholm University. (Swedish)

London Language - Language blog run by staff and students of English Language at Middlesex University in London. (English)

Magnablog - Italian departmento of EOI Gandia. (Italian)

Mappi - Blog of an Italian teacher for foreigners. (Italian)

Marisa Constantinides – TEFL Matters - Language Teaching, Teacher Education & New Technologies. (English)

Metrolingua - "A fascinating and enlightening look at language and other important matters" - Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune (English)

Miss Shonah - Learn English Online with Miss Shonah. (English)

Mr. Verb - Dealing with language evolution. This blog looks deeper at what direction our language is taking us and how we use it. (English)

Multilingual Mania - Multilingual Parenting, Multilingual Education, Multilingual Advocacy. (English)

Muralogu - Teaching and learning method for Japanese. (Japanese)

nihongo kyôshi no tsudoi - Exchanges ideas among Japanese language teachers. (Japanese)

Nonsololingua - For students learning Italian. (Italian)

OUP Global Blog - This blog is intended for teachers, trainers, lecturers and anyone else with an interest in keeping up with what’s happening in the world of ELT and what we’re up to. (English)

Paperless English - Blog by a high school English teacher. (English)

Pensamientos - "If you talk in his language, that goes to the heart." Nelson Mandela (English)

Português? É fácil! - Blog com dicas de português. (Portuguese)

Prestwick Cafe - A virtual coffee shop to talk with teachers about literature, teaching, and what's new at Prestwick House. (English)

Ressources FLE du Prof - Resources for the teaching and learning of French as a foreign language. (French)

Russian Word of the Day - Russian Word of the Day, a blog aimed at first- and second-year students language, provides light-hearted discussion of basic Russian vocabulary with bilingual examples and cultural commentary on both Russian and American culture. (English/Russia)

Russificate - Russificate: New Russian language blog, created in September 2009 by Yulia Amlinskaya, professional Russian language teacher, containing a great variety of interactive grammar, communication and vocabulary materials, exercises and quizzes for two different levels as well as Russian songs with exercises and a wide range of articles on Russian customs and traditions, literature and history, life and personalities, etc. (Russian)

Ryan's linguistics blog - Topics can range from phonetics to syntax to aspects of specific languages. (English)

Señorita in the City: A teacher's blog - Written by a high school Spanish teacher in a NYC public school. Very inspiring and helpful to teachers! (English)

Six Things - Six Things is a quirky miscellany of English language teaching, each post containing a list of exactly six things. (English)

Slang o' the Day - Slang o' the day presents and discusses a new slag expression each day, to make sure we keep up with what those damn kids are saying. (English)

So this is English... - A collection of ideas, thoughts, discoveries, feedback and anything else that comes to mind on the teaching and learning of English and the language itself. (English)

STM Publishing, Inc. - Language programs for corporate and continuing education (English)

Straniero ma vero - Educational blog to interculturalism. (Italian)

Superlearn 12345 - Language learning lessons for English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. (Arabic)

Talk To Me In Korean - Korean learning made simple and easy. (English/Korean)

Teacher Boot Camp - Ideas & challenges for teaching ELLs. (English)

Teacher Dude's Grill and BBQ - Random thoughts on teaching EFL/ESL and living in Greece. (English)

Teacher Training Unplugged - Simplifying Initial Language Teacher Education (English)

Teaching Village - Blog made by a passionate teacher, especially about teaching English to young learners. (English)

Tecla SAP - Blog created to help English learners with their studies focused on common difficulties that Portuguese speakers have when learning English. (Portuguese)

TEFLtastic - News, views and reviews from Alex Case. (English)

The Butterfly Effect - Creating shiny girls . . . (Spanish)

The English You Need Blog - The English You Need Blog provides free English grammar and vocabulary, exercises, learning tips, a variety of reading material, links and resources for EFL students. (English)

The FCE Blog - An afterclass meeting point for all First Certificate in English Students. (English)

The Island Weekly - English teacher offers some grammar tips. (English)

The Lives of Teachers - About teaching and learning languages (English)

Think and Dream in English - Teaching, learning, reading, writing, culture, literature, classroom management, new technologies, health... anything related to education. Think and Dream in English (plus some Spanish and Catalan). (English)

Una finestra sull'Italia - For students learning Italian. (Italian)

WissensLogs - Institut für allgemeine und angewandte Sprachwissenschaft. (German)

World Wide Words - International English from a British viewpoint. (English)

Hellenisteukontos - An occasional blog on Greek linguistics (broadly meant). (English)

Festivalo - About Petersburg's Festival of languages. (Russian)

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Language Learning
Language Technology
Language Professionals