http://www.myngle.com/blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:51:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We asked one of Myngle's most successful teachers, Jason Saleem, user name JasonUK, about his experience with the LANCELOT Course, which he took as a part of our collaboration with the LANCELOT School in the fall of 2009. What are your impressions of the course? "Generally I thought the course was very ... http://www.myngle.com/blog/2010/03/16/jasonuks-experience-with-the-lancelot-course Hello everyone! This time I would like to tell you about an interesting article that I read about universal language laws. As the article was in Dutch, I shall translate the main concepts in English: " Learning a foreign language is a paradox experience. The phonemes and words are different, but at ... http://www.myngle.com/blog/2010/03/03/languages-dont-follow-any-laws Hi all! As you might already know, Myngle has a number of strategic partners from various backgrounds. Some are education related, like Collins, offering their top content through us and by this, adding value to our products. Others, like KLM, simply recognize our commitment to excellent quality and trust us to ... http://www.myngle.com/blog/2010/03/01/myngles-partners Hi Mynglers, We want to share with you this alarming article (its in Dutch) about certain languages becoming extinct. I made a rough translation for all of you, who don't speak Dutch. Did you know that almost 80 % of the world's population altogether speaks only 83 languages? What is even more ... http://www.myngle.com/blog/2010/02/24/the-extinction-of-languages Hola Mynglers, We have a last update from Thea for you. We have followed her doing humanitarian work in Guatemala over a period of time now. As you might already know, Myngle has sponsored her Spanish lessons to enable her to communicate. "Hi Everyone, This will be the last mail from Antigua. First ... http://www.myngle.com/blog/2010/02/22/last-update-from-thea Hello language lovers, Since Sunday is the day of love, we want to share with you this lovely presentation about saying I love you in all kinds of different languages, from A - Z! Maybe it can help you surprise you loved ones! The Myngle team wishes everyone a happy valentine's day Share ... http://www.myngle.com/blog/2010/02/12/saying-i-love-you-from-a-z Hello Mynglers, Many of you are already familiar with the work of the LANCELOT School, as trainers, language educators, and thought leaders in the world of online language training.  Several of the teachers on Myngle have  been able to benefit from the experience of Heike Philp, Holly Longstroth, and other ... http://www.myngle.com/blog/2010/02/09/myngle-and-the-lancelot-school-partner-to-train-teachers Hi everyone! Some big news for everyone struggling with language barriers: Google is developing a software for the first phone that will be able to translate foreign languages instantly combining in voice recognition and automatic translation. If they succeed, this could completely transform communication between different languages and also influence language learning. If ... http://www.myngle.com/blog/2010/02/08/googles-plan-to-overcome-language-barriers Hi all, This week, on February 2 & 3, the 11th national e-learning congress of The Netherlands was held in Philips High Tech Campus, Eindhoven. First keynote speaker was Vincent Everts. Vincent is one of the top 25 speakers in The Netherlands and an innovation guru,  trendwatcher, passionate speaker, consultant, debate leader ... http://www.myngle.com/blog/2010/02/06/myngle-in-keynote-speech-on-e-learning-20-consumers-lead-the-way Hello mynglers, Do you know the feeling of entering into a school and being intimidated by one of the teachers?  Don't you wish you could have just sat through a class without having to speak to anyone right away until you were finally comfortable?  Now imagine walking into that class... ... http://www.myngle.com/blog/2010/01/29/getting-self-started-with-english-lessons-1-2-3