| NEW FOCUS ON CULTURAL BLOGS!
THE BLOGGERS’ DEN
(formerly the Internet Media Room)
June 2008
The Blogosphere is crackling with activity. We want to help you discover the gems in this universe so that you will be on the cutting edge in teaching culture in the FL classroom.
We have transformed the Internet Media Room into the Bloggers’ Den where the spotlight will be on bloggers who share their thoughts about living or traveling in places of interest to FL teachers. We will be on the lookout for bloggers who write about their own cultures as well as those who are tourists, study-abroad students, or ex-pats. We will consider bloggers who deal with current topics and those who write about historical events. We expect some blogs to be ongoing while others will cover a specific period of time.
We intend to focus on blogs related to the target cultures of the languages most commonly taught in the US but we will list any blogs we deem of cultural interest to our audience of foreign language educators. If you know of any other interesting blogs, please write to Christine at the NCLRC Culture Club.
During the transition, we will maintain the list of media websites in our archive (see below) until August 1st, 2008.
The following blogs are ready for your reading pleasure:
CULTURESHOCKS BLOG (http://www.cultureshocksblog.com/)
The purpose of this blog is to showcase amusing and informative incidents of cultural misunderstandings
FRANCE
Perrin-et-fils: Chateau de Beaucastel (http://www.perrin-et-fils.com)
This blog is about winemaking and follows French grapes from the vine to the bottle. It includes photos and short videos (recommended by Abbe Spokane).
Ester Kitchen (http://www.esterkitchen.com/)
This blog is about food, with plenty of recipes and links to other French food blogs. The author is a French lady who is passionate about food, cooking, and kitchen secrets! Enjoy!
Reunion-USA (http://reunion-usa.hautetfort.com/)
The author of this blog is a French woman from Reunion who lives in the USA. She tackles many interesting subjects, from general topics about living in the USA as a foreigner, news and politics, delicious recipes, you name it!!!
Carte Blogstale (http://cdebeauvoir.blog.lemonde.fr/)
This is an incredibly well written and interestingly documented travel blog. The author is a young French journalism major who set off with her backpack to explore Latin America in a 6-month period. Her photos are stunning and her stories very interesting
ITALY
Candice's Blog: http://candicealdente.blogspot.com/
Candice, an art history major at the George Washington University, spent the fall 2007 semester abroad in Rome, Italy. While there she created a blog so that she could share her experiences with us. Take a look and see what Candice was doing "When in Rome..."
SPAIN
Marcos el Madrileño (http://marcosenmadrid.blogspot.com/)
Marcos, a student at the George Washington University, spent the spring 2008 semester studying in Madrid. In this blog he shares his adventures with us.
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