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TOP 100 LANGUAGE BLOGS 2008
LANGUAGE BLOG TOPLIST
Here at Lexiophiles and the bab.la dictionary we love all our fellow bloggers. Some are really good and others
are just fantastic! Here is our list of the Top 100 language and education blogs currently on the web. Read
about how and why we made this list.
1. The English Blog:
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.
2. English Experts:
Blog on studying
English as a second
language online for
Portuguese speakers.
3. Listen to English:
Podcast and blog for
learners of English.
Topics include current
events, items of interest
and cultural quirks.
4. E|FL 2.0:
Blog with information
about learning English
as a foreign language in
todays online 2.0
environment. Includes
tools, reviews and
articles.
5. Larry Ferlazzos Websites of
the Day:
6 Like
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Reviews and comments
on various websites to
help teach and learn
ELL, ESL, & EFL.
6. Polish Blog:
Blog on the Polish
language and learning
it. The blog includes tips
& tricks, answering
readers questions and
looking at different
learning tools.
7. Mission to Learn:
A blog on how to be
more successful in
finding and benefiting
from learning
experiences online
and off.
8. Teach42:
Education and
Technology. Looking at
different tools to use
and how to use them, by
Steve Dembo.
9. Cuaderno Intercultural:
Blog which collects and
organizes information,
resources, advice,
news, and everything
that can be useful to
intercultural teaching
and foreign students.
10. Language Geek:
Tips and tricks on
learning languages and
language education.
Views and reviews on
helpful websites as well
as articles on study
techniques.
11. I <heart> France: About all things French
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from teaching the
language, to living the
culture.
12. Joanne Jacobs: Joanne Jacobs
presents her views on
current educational
topics and themes.
13. Language Log: General language blog
covering academic
language related
issues. Among other
things discussing recent
developments in the
field of language
studies.
14. Languagehat: General language blog
covering language
related issues, with
frequent discussion of
literature and
translation.
15. A Way with Words: Public radio language
show with podcasts.
Readers and listeners
mail, post or call their
questions to the hosts.
16. EFL Geek: Blog on English as a
foreign language.
Discusses what tools
there are and how to
use them.
17. The Hesitant Scribe: Procrastinations,
musings, digressions,
and a little bit on writing.
Or the miserable little
life of a PhD student
and would be novelist
18. Join Martin: Journalist, Martin Drury,
has just 1 year to learn
as many languages as
possible. This blog
covers what he does
and how he does it.
19. Freestyle Language: A freestyle approach to
learning foreign
languages
20. Peter Harvey, linguist: Linguist blog on matters
connected with
language in general and
the English language in
particular.
21. Learn Greek Through Music: Learning the greek
language the easy way,
by relating to topics in
life and songs. Tips and
help on how to use
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these tool to improve.
22. The Linguist on Language: Steve Kaufmann, who
speaks 10 languages,
regularly challenges
traditional language
teaching methods on his
blog, and discusses how
best to learn languages
on your own.
23. ber Setzer Logbuch: German blog on
language, Russian and
translation. Includes
articles on the latest
news on related areas.
24. The NH Bushman: Food, travel,
experiences, photos,
plenty of fun and good
times with MJ and Hui-
chen in Taiwan and Asia
25. Sinosplice: Blog to help understand
all things China.
Includes articles on
language, culture and
everything inbetween.
26. Fritinancy: Names, brands, writing,
and the quirks of the
English language.
27. 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
28. The Grammaphobia Blog: Q and A blog on
grammar. Readers
questions on use of
English are answered
and discussed on a
daily basis.
29. Slang o the Day: Slang o the day
presents and discusses
a new slang expression
each day, to make sure
we keep up with what
those damn kids are
saying.
30. Websters Daily: Found poetry from the
first edition of Noah
Websters American
Dictionary of the English
Language (1828). A
new definition every
day.
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31. Dutchs English Language
Oddity:
This blog investigates
the phrases, idioms,
slogans and sayings
that may have
influenced your life
32. auf gut Deutsch: This blog acts as an
aggregator of Web2.0
tools and a variety of
materials. Includes
views and reviews as
well as how to get the
most out of it.
33. PickTheBrain: A website focused on
self improvement. It
provide tips and advice
to help you live a little
smarter.
34. yndigo: Blog on translation with
both insights and
incites. Covers many
aspects of translation.
35. Miss-Verstndnis: Germany 101. Blog on
the German langage,
culture, oddities and
what not.
36. Speaking English Podcast: Tips on sounding like a
native speaker. Videos
and other tools to help
eliminate mistakes
common for both foreign
and native speakers of
English.
37. Tower of Confusion: Blog with general
thoughts on interesting
language topics with
other language
learners. Another theme
of this blog is
multiculturalism
38. cataspanglish: Learning and
languages. This blog
discusses learning tips
and tricks.
39. Tjyvlyssnat: This blog is packed with
eavesdropped
conversations in
Swedish. Unfortunatley
it is only in Swedish.
40. separated by a common
language:
Observations on British
and American English
by an American linguist
in the UK
41. Omniglot: Language-related
musings on a number of
topics and languages,
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all under the motto
one language is never
enough
42. About Translation: Information, news and
opinions about
professional translation.
43. fidus interpres: Blog on translation
primarily related to
German-Portuguese
and English-Portuguese
translation.
44. Arnabas Weblog: DaF und Web2.0
Lehrmittelsammlung.
German blog with a
collection of tools for
learning German as a
second language.
45. Zwiebelfisch: German blog on quirks
in the German
Language. Bastian Sick
writes on topics ranging
from language history to
correct use.
46. Hanzi Smatter: This blog is dedicated to
the misuse of Chinese
characters in Western
culture.
47. David on Formosa: Blog focusing the
commentary to all things
Taiwanese Taipei,
Taiwan
48. Mr. Verb: Dealing with language
evolution. This blog
looks deeper at what
direction our language
is taking us and how we
use it.
49. Learning the Language: Blog on difficult policy
questions, explore
learning innovations,
and share stories about
different cultural groups.
50. Fun English Lessons: ESL Podcasts, Learn
English for free! Blog
and podcast for
learners of English.
51. BLOGBOGSTAVER: Ordklverens blog om
det danske sprog. A
blog on the danish
language.
52. Naked Translations: Reflections on words,
expressions and the
difficulties encountered
on the bridge from the
English to the French
language.
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53. Blogging Translator: Translation and
Linguistics. A blog
covering general topics
on translation.
54. DAILYFRENCHPOD: Learn French Podcasts.
A blog and pocast to
help advance in the
French language.
55. Modersmlskredsen: Nyt om dansk-nordisk
sprog og sprogrgt.
News related to Danish
and Norse languages
and use thereof.
56. ESL pod: More than 400 free
audio podcast files for
intermediate learners of
English. Uses
conversation, news, and
listeners questions to
improve listening
comprehension of
English.
57. Integrating ICT into the MFL
classroom:
Joe Dale offers practical
tips and advice on using
ICT to enhance the
teaching of modern
foreign languages.
58. Learning Spanish Blog: There are reviews of
Spanish learning
products but this isnt a
review site. This is about
the journey of learning
the Spanish language.
59. Thai 101: Thoughts on Thai
language, media, and
culture.
60. Learn Languages Now: Blog providing you with
all the resources,
articles and reviews you
need to learn a new
language.
61. Portuguese tips: Blog full of tips by a
Brazilian Portuguese
Teacher.
62. Its A Hardknock Teachers
Life:
A ToC trying to keep it
real, in spite of the
odds. Blog covering
topics on teaching.
63. adVancEducation: Blog on the use of new
technologies in
education. Featuring
reviews, where-to-find
and how-best-to-use
articles.
64. Mandarin Student: English person
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attempting to learn
Mandarin from the
Internet. Resources and
advice to help other
budding Mandarin
students in a similar
position.
65. Linguaphilia: This is the language
learning blog of a young
girl whos already
studying several
languages and has
strong ambitions to
become a real polyglot
and linguist.
66. Grammar Girl: Blog with quick and dirty
tips for better writing.
67. education & tech: Blog covering the latest
in fields of Learning,
Knowledge, Tech and
Social Media
68. DaF-Blog: ber das Deutschlernen
und -lehren mit und
ohne Internet.
69. Musings from an overworked
translator:
Featuring musings life in
general and the
translation industry.
70. John Wellss phonetic blog: Blog on everything to do
with phonetics; from
application to education
to resources.
71. Cognition and Language Lab: Blog that runs
experiments through the
Web testing human
reasoning, particularly
in the domain of
language.
72. Teacher Dudes Grill and BBQ: Random thoughts on
teaching EFL/ESL and
living in Greece.
73. Wishydig: English language blog
74. Bringing up Baby Bilingual: All about raising kids
with more than one
language, including
profiles of bilingual
families, reviews of
books and other
materials, suggestions
for language-learning
activities, and stories
about teaching French
to young children.
75. English, ESL and more!: A great resource for all
students and
teachers
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76. learn Italian language: Learning Italian Blog
77. Ryans linguistics blog: Topics can range from
phonetics to syntax to
aspects of specific
languages
78. Brave New Words: A blog about translation,
language, literature,
and other related topics.
79. Free Language: Discover the best free
and commercial
resources, lessons and
courses for learning
loads of foreign
languages online. Learn
about and compare
social language learning
networks, podcasts,
videos, mp3s, news,
blogs and more!
80. 25 letters in the alphabet: Exploring the effects of
Web2.0 on the english
language
81. if bees are few: reveries on teaching,
learning, and living
82. Pukka German: Learn REAL German!
Colloquial language,
idioms, slang and
streetwise lingo.
83. the shifted librarian: Library related materials
84. English Rules: Polish EFL blog
85. Learn a language: gerally about learning
languages
86. Paleoglot: Ancient languages,
cultures and civilizations
87. la parole exporte: keeping it up in the
translation/interpretation
sphere
88. Motivated Grammar: Prescriptivism Must Die!
89. The Linguist Blogger: This is where I write
about dialects,
languages, language
learning, polyglots,
hyperpolyglots,
philology and pedagogy
90. Freelance Chinese translator: Professional English to
Chinese translation and
Chinese to English
translation
91. Dragon Fruit: This blog has recently
been deleted by its
author, and the content
is therefore no longer
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available.
92. BLOG-EFL: Observations on the use
of Web 2.0 tools for
English Language
Teaching & Learning
93. The Language Guy: Commentary on how
language is used and
abused in advertising,
politics, the law, and
other areas of public
life.
94. English, Jack: Second thoughts on
English and how shes
taught
95. The Language Chronicle: The Language
Chronicle has one
simple mission: To serve
as the ultimate source
for information on
foreign languages and
how to learn them.
96. Language Blog: An amateurs efforts
to learn (1) Hindi; (2)
Spanish; (3) Punjabi.
97. Mother Tongue Annoyances: Tims weblog on English
communication
98. 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
Youre in the right
place!
99. Bens Blog: A Midwesterner in the
Middle Kingdom
100. Thoughts On Translation: the translation industry
and becoming a
translator
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