So how do you find non-English-writing Twits?
Serendipity: Search Twitter for a term you’re interested in, see who’s talking about it. For example, I searched for “Dokdo,” hoping to learn more about the controversy between Japan and South Korea over the islands known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese, and found Mojin, a Japanese Twit I now follow.
Twitter Search’s Advanced Search Page: Select the language you want, put in words you’re interested in, and see what you get. Note that for Japanese I’ve found it to be a little difficult to use actual Japanese words for some reason…
Use FriendFeed’s Rooms to find interesting Twits in your target language. Here’s a Japanese Room I belong to; here’s a Japanese News Room, although more of the links are in English.
Search the followers and followings of a Twit you like. For example, I like the NHK (Japan’s version of PBS or BBC) Twitter feed, and have found some interesting Twits to follow from the list of who NHK follows.
Claude Almansi on 31 Mar 11"At TEDxDubai, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world's focus on English preventing the spread of great ideas in other languages? (For instance: what if Einstein had to pass the TOEFL?) It's a passionate defense of translating and sharing ideas. About Patricia Ryan Patricia Ryan has spent the past three-plus decades teaching English in Arabic countries -- where she has seen vast cultural (and linguistic) change."
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