About Myngle
What is Myngle?
Myngle is the global language e-learning marketplace, where teachers and students from all over the world myngle, understand each other better and have fun – as they learn new languages and cultures. Myngle offers a solution by providing students and teachers in different locations with a complete online language instruction platform, containing all the tools needed for synchronous e-learning.
Myngle is ……..
……..FREE for students and teachers to sign-up and will provide an online environment for live one-to-one classes for basically any language and level from any type of teacher. You can choose your own teacher or student depending on your specific needs, availability and price! If you are a student you can try out a demo lesson with your selected teacher before you have to pay anything.
……..whether you are a complete beginner or require advanced conversational practice, Myngle will have a solution for you. And you can have or give these language classes from the comfort of your home at the times when you desire. Whether 1 evening class one week and 3 morning classes the following weeks, you decide! There will be no more need to find a native speaker near your home location and no more traveling time. No need for a classroom any more. Myngle also eliminates the need for face-to-face interaction between students and teachers.
The platform will be offered in 2 complementary models; MyngleMarket and MyngleTowns;
- MyngleMarket will be an open and free market exchange, where any skilled teacher will be selling language lessons (and related materials) to prospective students.
- MyngleTowns will be entities offering good quality foreign language education that meet a certain minimum quality standard. These could be schools offering their own content or groups of teachers who share the same methodology and pedagogical approach.
Myngle is unique……..
……..because it offers a complete proposal including e-learning tools, feedback mechanisms, and a community environment. Myngle changes the world of foreign language instruction from the traditional offline model to an interactive, fun and efficient online medium.
……..also because Myngle cares about quality. Students will only see on their search for teachers those that have been active in Myngle and prepared to give lessons. We do our best to offer the best foreign language teachers for your learning needs.
How Myngle can make the world a better place……..
…….. besides the fact that we believe Myngle is an excellent business model, we are convinced we have an excellent opportunity to make the world a better place.
First, since culture and language are so intricately connected, when students learn a new language, they also learn precious elements of its culture. We feel very strongly that this process will improve the understanding among people – at different levels.
Second, our business model is to a large extent based on giving people in the developing world the opportunity and the tools they will need to teach their native languages to students in rich countries. This outsourcing does not have an impact on jobs in the rich world, since the supply is not there to begin with, but can have a positive impact on the global income inequality.
Who are the people behind Myngle?
Marketing and Sales:
Marina Tognetti (Staff) is the initiator founding partner. Marina has 18 years of professional experience in marketing, business development, e-commerce / technology and strategy consulting in Italy, France and The Netherlands; eBay, Procter & Gamble, Philips, Sara Lee and the Boston Consulting Group. Marina has an MBA from INSEAD.
Egbert van Keulen (Staff) is founding partner, 13 years of professional experience in sales, business development and marketing. Entrepreneur in start-up for online photo printing & album sharing; eBay, Colorwonder, Royal Dutch Mint, Kijkshop B.V. International sales Management in Asia, Europe, North America. Specialist in internet & communities, formerly responsible for eBay.nl as manager operations.
Education:
Danilo da Silva (Freelancer) is partner, Manager of Instruction, experienced manager of instruction and former Portuguese and English instructor at Berlitz. An active Web2.0 participant and blogger, has developed several blogs and community websites such as solutio360.com and has 2 bachelors degrees cum laude in Psychology and Sociology from the university of Missouri-Columbia.
Valter Stoiani (Adviser) is founding partner, 18 years of professional experience in business development, finance and
language instruction in US, Asia, South America. Berlitz, ABN AMRO Bank, Enron; entrepreneur in a trading start-up. Valter has an MBA from INSEAD.
Technology:
Andres van Vugt (Staff) is responsible for all ICT in the role of Director of Technology. With over 11 years of broad experience in ICT, from software development to project- and product-management. Andres has worked on various large scale web projects and clients such as Holland Casino, Zonnet and Versatel / Tele2 where he focused on combining business requirements with the latest web technology.
Curriculum Designers:
Qinghong (Ann) Cai - Mandarin (Freelancer) possesses a B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature, a M.S. in Educational Communication and Technology, and a Harvard University certificate of Distinction Teaching Award. She has extensive experience teaching Mandarin at Harvard’s Chinese Language Program and at the University of Kansas. In addition to teaching Mandarin, she has taught Chinese literature and has considerable experience in in tegrating technology into the classroom.
Support:
Myngle also counts with the help of staff members: Tetyana Bilyachenko and Elisa Delaini. Freelancer Marijn Ruitenbeek, and Myngle Interns Margareta Citra and Antoine Hoop.
A Myngle lesson:
Watch a demo of a live online lesson Myngle style
Have fun learning!
