The Language Teacher Helpmate
A LANGUAGES EDUCATION RESOURCE BLOG
ET CETERA.
This page contains everything that doesn't quite fit on the other pages! This includes languages, culture & society blogs and websites; film, radio, TV & podcasts; books & audiobooks; and academic & research.
Languages, culture & society blogs & websites
Language on the move "is a peer-reviewed sociolinguistics research site devoted to multilingualism, language learning and intercultural communication in the contexts of globalization and migration."
The Conversation is an online newspaper/journal that occasionally features articles on language in Australia and articles on English Language
The Oxford Dictionaries Blog is run to provide interesting and helpful articles about language.
Babel is "the quarterly language magazine that brings you cutting edge linguistic research in an accessible and colourful format. Our print and digital issues cover a vast array of language lovers' lore, taking in languages from around the world, the past, present and future of language, and the many different uses of linguistics in the world around us."
The website of the Guardian newspaper website features a collection of articles on Languages, as well as Language Resources.
Discover Society is published by Social Research Publications, a not-for-profit collaboration between sociology and social policy academics and publishers at Policy Press to promote the publication of social research, commentary and policy analysis. It features articles on Languages in society and policy.
Atlas Obscura is "the definitive guide to the world's wondrous and curious places (...)
If you're searching for miniature cities, glass flowers, books bound in human skin, gigantic flaming holes in the ground, bone churches, balancing pagodas, or homes built entirely out of paper, the Atlas Obscura is where you'll find them."
The Atlantic is a US magazine focused on "foreign affairs, politics, and the economy [as well as] cultural trends".
The author and illustrator pronunciation guide.
Planet Word is a new museum in Washington D.C. dedicated to words and languages.
We Teach Languages is a regular podcast dedicated to Language teaching by Language teachers.
Multilingual writing options at Australian Multilingual Writing.
500 galleries and museums available for viewing online.
Geospatial map of the Roman Empire
Film, radio, TV, podcasts
SBS Radio Languages sites | SBS on demand – Movies | ABC RN Lingua Franca |
ABC RN: Crossing Boundaries - New Voices from Indonesia | ABC RN Word Up |
BBC Culture – Language | TED Talks – Language | International Radio Streaming | LSE Digital Library Public lectures | iVoox | Langtech podcast | Talk the Talk Podcast | Lingthusiasm podcast | Superlinguo | List of foreign language shows available on Netflix
The Polygots BBC podcast.
ABC Radio's Tongue Tied and Fluent
Books & audiobooks
OpenCulture (800 free eBooks) | OpenCulture (700 free Audiobooks) | Guide to reading the world | This is a list of books that form required reading in 28 different countries.
Multilingualism Empowering Individuals transforming Societies (MEITS) | Living tongues | New Books Network | Ofelia Gracía and Li Wei: Translanguaging | Bonny Norton: Identity and Language Learning. Extending the Conversation |