A different approach: self education

There are blogs connected to language learning that were not created with educational purposes. I found this blog ran by a Spanish man in which the owner recaps his adventures in the process of learning English himself.

So, he is not a teacher, but in the end, his blog still fares as an educational tool pretty well. It would be especially interesting for a language teacher to look through his entries, so one could find what a Spanish speaker has problems with the most, and adjust his/her teaching practices accordingly.

Of course, the main goal of this blog is his self-development, as he notes he gets some e-mails which correct his English. Also, there are some nice tips for everyone in this blog.

Here is the blog.

Language learning and technology

This is an article about blogs and wikis. It is worth reading. :))

http://llt.msu.edu/vol7num2/emerging/default.html

Blogs in Plain English

Do not miss this video. It helps understand what blogs are.

Steve Kaufmann's Top 10 Language Learning Blogs

Stewe Kaufmann, who speaks 10 languages, shares his top 10 favourites blogs on language learning.

It's very interesting! :)

http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/

http://stujay.blogspot.com/

http://gbarto.com/multilingua/confessions/

http://natural-language-acquisition.blogspot.com/

http://friedelcraft.blogspot.com/

http://onhowtolearn.blogspot.com/

http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/

http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/

http://www.towerofconfusion.com/

(It's actually only nine becouse one of the links didn't work)

Nik Peachey

Nik Peachey has a blog about learning technologies for English language teachers. You can find his blog here. I think we are going to use his articles and thoughts in the future. Nik has a YouTube account as well. You can find it here.

Questions

Hey Anita and Nora,

We should find answers these simple questions to help us start blogging:
- What are the most important things students and teachers blog about?
- Who are the most famous student/teacher blogger?
- Why students and teachers should start blogging?
- How can they reach success?

Leave comments.

24 Reasons Why Students Should Start Blogging Today

You can read an interesting article about why students should start blogging, here.