Top 100 Language Blogs

Yeah, there were some language blogs that I love missing from the list / too far down the list (in my opinion). Also, not all of the blogs are really language blogs; I like Pick the Brain, and yeah, they’ve had a few language posts, but I still wouldn’t call it a language blog.

Hey David,

Glad you like the blog.

In regards to my Anki deck, I could, but I’m not going to. I’m not being difficult, let me explain:

I don’t use multiple decks for my different languages. Regardless of what language it is, when a card is due, I want to review it. So, I just have one big “language” deck, with German, French, and (a little) Russian in it. Secondly, I never really intended to release my Anki deck to the public, so naturally, I didn’t worry about whether my cards would make sense to other people. Many of my cards have abbreviations in them that make sense to me, but probably not to other people; many cards also have personal cues, such as “the type of cabinets that we have in our kitchen”; helpful for me, but baffling to anyone who hasn’t been in my home!

Lastly, I think making your own deck rather than using a premade one is inherently more useful. Even if you’re just typing in the words from a list in a book, something I’ve done quite a bit of, you’re *still* interacting with the material – you’re reading it and typing it! I think writing out words by hand is better than typing them, but typing them is still better than just reading them. So the act of making your own deck is, in itself, making you learn.

I hope my response makes sense; please don’t think I’m just being greedy with my deck. If I thought it would genuinely be helpful, I’d throw it up on the site, but I don’t really think it would be. I think most people who would try to use it would end up becoming frustrated with it, and move to making their own decks anyway.