nguage Learning & Technology is a refereed journal which began publication in July 1997. The journal seeks to disseminate research to foreign and second language educators in the US and around the world on issues related to technology and second language education.
This is an open blog for and by students, teachers, and others who share a fascination with language. If you find yourself inspired, please join the community and tell your story! Be sure to watch this digital story about our blog.
The speech accent archive uniformly presents a large set of speech samples from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English read the same paragraph and are carefully transcribed. The archive is used by people who wish to compare and analyze the accents of different English speakers
Portal about language and communication in multicultural and transnational contexts | Ingrid Piller & Kimie Takahashi
"In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize."
Great Page on Australian language, Australian English, Aboriginal English, and if you are Australian you are invited to record your voice to contribute to their research.
Professor Daniel Everett, author of Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, discusses the importance of preserving dying languages. He describes his experience living with the Piraha people in Brazil, and explores what Piraha, both the people and the language, can teach us about human nature.
Wordorigins.org is devoted to the origins of words and phrases, or as a linguist would put it, to etymology. Etymology is the study of word origins. (
This site contains animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of English, German and Spanish
Learn about National Geographic's Enduring Voices Project, working to document endangered languages. Get language facts, photos, map, and more.
"The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to build a publicly accessible digital library of human languages."