Top 100 Language Blogs – Nominated blogs for Language Teaching
May 12th, 2010 | By Priscila | Category: Language Blog Toplist
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!
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.
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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Nominated blogs for the other categories:
Language Learning
Language Technology
Language Professionals
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How is that Festivalo.ru is in the list here but is not in the voting list? Thank you.
@Vasa: Not all nominated blogs got to the voting phase. You can read more about how the competition works here: http://www.lexiophiles.com/language-blog-toplist/the-top-100-language-blogs-2010-how-the-competition-works
An impressive list. Where do I start? Congratulations to all those nominated, by the way.