List Subscription and Posting Data

Where do FLTEACHers come from?

89.8% of FLTEACH subscribers are from the USA. Here is the breakdown by country of origin for the 69 other countries represented in December 2007.

Here is the distribution of FLTEACH subscribers by state in the USA. 

FLTEACHers teach in a variety of schools, some are independent, others work for publishers of for the government.

The Foreign Language Teaching Forum has grown rapidly since its inception on Feb. 1, 1994. The following graph shows how the number of subscribers has increased with time. This graph is based on data collected between Feb. 1994 and Dec. 2007. This chart does not include those who access FLTEACH via the archives or newsreader.

How busy is FLTEACH? This graph shows how many messages are posted each month, how many different posters contribute, and how many different topics are discussed. Note how beginning in 2000 the moderators have been using various means to limit traffic to around 1500 messages per month. Our goal is to allow free discussion within the FLTEACH guidelines without letting the amount of mail get out of control.

What languages do FLTEACH subscribers teach? These are the numbers of teachers who reported that they taught or spoke various languages. (Dec. 2007)

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