East Asian Language Resources on Twitter

I’ve compiled a list of language learning resources on Twitter for those of you who are studying or thinking of learning an East Asian language. The majority of the accounts listed below offer “words of the day”, grammar tips and/or links to videos and podcasts and were all active at the time of writing this post.

Chinese – Mandarin:

http://twitter.com/#!/chineselanguage

http://twitter.com/#!/CSLPod

http://twitter.com/#!/chinesesentence

http://twitter.com/#!/ChinesePod

http://twitter.com/#!/chineseclass101

http://twitter.com/#!/ejmix_cn

http://twitter.com/#!/nciku

http://twitter.com/#!/IUChinese

http://twitter.com/#!/MandarinPoster

http://twitter.com/#!/carlfordham

http://twitter.com/#!/LL_Chinese

http://twitter.com/#!/Gurulu_Chinese

http://twitter.com/#!/ProofReadChina

http://twitter.com/#!/ECLSchool

http://twitter.com/#!/chineseaday

http://twitter.com/#!/niuword

http://twitter.com/#!/mandarinpinyin

http://twitter.com/#!/dailyzhongwen

http://twitter.com/#!/HackingChinese

Chinese – Cantonese & Other Dialects :

http://twitter.com/#!/ejmix_cantonese

http://twitter.com/#!/cantoneseclass

http://twitter.com/#!/ShanghaineseDay

Japanese :

http://twitter.com/#!/japanlanguage

http://twitter.com/#!/JVocab

http://twitter.com/#!/japanesepod101

http://twitter.com/#!/learnkanji

http://twitter.com/#!/tjlpodcast

http://twitter.com/#!/wa_k

http://twitter.com/#!/NihongoRyo

http://twitter.com/#!/HiraganaTimes

http://twitter.com/#!/japxlate

http://twitter.com/#!/ispeakjapanese

http://twitter.com/#!/MaggieSensei

http://twitter.com/#!/mlcjapanese

http://twitter.com/#!/akane_sensei

http://twitter.com/#!/nihongoichiban

http://twitter.com/#!/In_Japanese

http://twitter.com/#!/Random_Nihongo

http://twitter.com/#!/funfunconv

http://twitter.com/#!/funfunreibun

http://twitter.com/#!/funfuntango

Korean :

http://twitter.com/#!/KoreanClass101

http://twitter.com/#!/koreanlanguage

http://twitter.com/#!/zKorean

http://twitter.com/#!/koreanwords

http://twitter.com/#!/ttmik

http://twitter.com/#!/KoreanEveryDay

http://twitter.com/#!/EasyKorean

http://twitter.com/#!/ejmix_kr

http://twitter.com/#!/weeklykorean

If you spot any dead links or have any accounts that you would like to see added to this list, feel free to let me know.

East Asia Blog Round-Up : 27/11/2011

It’s been a year since my last blog round-up! How time flies when you’re not blogging regularly..

Here is this week’s edition of the Eye on East Asia Blog Round-Up :

• Aeri’s Kitchen - Aeri shares a delicious recipe for soybean sprout rice, or kongnamul bap (콩나물밥).
• China Hope Live - Joel talks about the issue of China’s “leftover women”(剩女).
• Contemporary Japanese Literature - Kathryn reviews the novel Schoolgirl (女生徒) by Dazai Osamu.
• Hiroyuki’s Blog - Hiroyuki creates two daikon dishes : daikon gyoza and daikon hasami yaki (大根餃子と大根のはさみ焼き).
• Japan Navigator - Ad reviews Ozu’s classic movie Tokyo Story (東京物語).
• Japan Newbie - Harvey joins his family on a road trip from Osaka to Shirakawagou and Takayama.
• Laowai Chinese - Albert explains the meaning and usage of the internet slang term mù yǒu (木有).
• Mandarin Segments - Greg talks about some of the little discoveries he’s made while reading Chinese.
• Notes from Xi’an - Richard shares some Chinese proverbs and words of wisdom for Chinese learners.
• Sake, Kimono & Tabi - Ichibay indulges in some warmed sake at Okutama Lake.
• Sinoglot - Kellen writes a short post about Tibetan braille.
• Speaking of China – Jocelyn compiles a handy guide for buying gifts for Chinese friends and family.
• The Japanese Food Report - Harris shows you how to make a classic Japanese winter miso soup, tonjiru (豚汁).
• Tsukublog - Avi starts reading through his copy of Useful Trees of Japan : A Colour Guide (カラー版日本有用樹木誌).
• Webs of Significance - YTSL goes birdwatching in Hong Kong.

That’s all for this week. The next blog round-up will be posted on Sunday 4th December 2011.

PS. I will seeking out new blogs to add to the Eye on East Asia blogroll. If you know any blogs that you feel should be added to the blogroll, please let me know.

Follow Me on Twitter!

UPDATE : Readers are welcome to follow my Twitter account, @EyeonEastAsia, where you will receive (almost) daily updates on East Asian cuisine, languages, cultural heritage and archaeology.

Readers are welcome to follow my Twitter account, @EAsiaHeritage, where you will receive (almost) daily updates on East Asian cultural heritage and archaeology news.

The main focus is on China, Japan and South Korea archaeology and heritage but you will also find news on Mongolian, Tibetan and Taiwanese cultural heritage as well as the occasional link to useful educational resources, such as this one.

Starting Over

It’s been many months since my last official update so if you’re one of those readers who have been coming back to the blog despite the lack of activity, I thank you for your patience and hope I can continue to hold your interest. I’ve decided to reboot this blog after much consideration. As you can see, the blog has a new look and I’ve added a new Twitter feed (@EyeonEastAsia) to the side menu. Feel free to follow me if you’re on Twitter.

Over the next week or so, I shall be checking all of the blogs listed in my blogroll to see if they are still being updated. If you spot any dead links, do let me know as this will help speed up this process. If you have a blog and would like to see it included in my blogroll, you’re welcome to leave a message with a link to the blog in question. Blogs will be added to the blogroll at my discretion and only blogs with an East Asian theme will be considered for inclusion.

That’s all from me for now. Expect a few new blog posts within the next couple of weeks!