Comments on: Myngle introduces Waiting Lists for Teachers http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/myngle-introduces-waiting-lists-for-teachers/ Language Coach & Online Education Expert Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:51:49 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: KirstenWinkler http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/myngle-introduces-waiting-lists-for-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-554 KirstenWinkler Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:43:29 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=419#comment-554 Hi Débora,<br>the problem is they changed the idea before they had the chance to see if it works. To get enough data you need to stay with your concept for at least two or three years.<br>And you cannot actually compare Myngle to Englishtown either because there are no group lessons. It's all 1o1 at the moment. Hi Débora,
the problem is they changed the idea before they had the chance to see if it works. To get enough data you need to stay with your concept for at least two or three years.
And you cannot actually compare Myngle to Englishtown either because there are no group lessons. It's all 1o1 at the moment.

]]> By: Débora http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/myngle-introduces-waiting-lists-for-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-552 Débora Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:39:16 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=419#comment-552 If good teachers don't have classes enough to make money from Myngle, they go away and Myngle will also loose its students, because we want the best teachers. I reckon Myngle is changing its first idea of a language market because it wasn't sustentable enough. In this case, you can think in Myngle as a better Englishtown, which has lots of problems like crowded classes and you never know who is going to teach you today. If good teachers don't have classes enough to make money from Myngle, they go away and Myngle will also loose its students, because we want the best teachers. I reckon Myngle is changing its first idea of a language market because it wasn't sustentable enough. In this case, you can think in Myngle as a better Englishtown, which has lots of problems like crowded classes and you never know who is going to teach you today.

]]> By: KirstenWinkler http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/myngle-introduces-waiting-lists-for-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-117 KirstenWinkler Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:58:59 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=419#comment-117 Hello guys, thanks for your comments. I took a walk on the walls of Saint Malo, watching the sunset over the ocean and came up with an other point ;). Again, what is the definition of an "unpopular" teacher? As far as I see it, all the teachers that are now on Myngle with a Myngle score of 1 or 2 (after the consultation lesson) and visible in the teacher list are becoming automatically unpopular because they are not new on Myngle. That would affect most of the teachers who are very active in the forum right now, trying to make Myngle a better place, hoping that things will change for them, e.g. that they get a student to teach. Up to now they have the problem with the big teachers like me who attract more students because of their stars, Myngle score, positioning etc. And now they are also getting "unpopular"?... Just a thought... Hello guys,
thanks for your comments. I took a walk on the walls of Saint Malo, watching the sunset over the ocean and came up with an other point ;) .

Again, what is the definition of an “unpopular” teacher? As far as I see it, all the teachers that are now on Myngle with a Myngle score of 1 or 2 (after the consultation lesson) and visible in the teacher list are becoming automatically unpopular because they are not new on Myngle. That would affect most of the teachers who are very active in the forum right now, trying to make Myngle a better place, hoping that things will change for them, e.g. that they get a student to teach.

Up to now they have the problem with the big teachers like me who attract more students because of their stars, Myngle score, positioning etc. And now they are also getting “unpopular”?…

Just a thought…

]]> By: ChrisN http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/myngle-introduces-waiting-lists-for-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-116 ChrisN Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:57:44 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=419#comment-116 I, too, watch with interest and some concern. One point: Although I speak German fluently, in all the years I have been teaching, I have never used German with my German clients in my lessons. Indeed, I only use German when answering initial enquiries. After that it's English all the way! This applies for absolute beginners too!! Even online, I see no reason why a teacher should not be able to teach his or her language without recourse to another language (if that's the way s/he chooses to do it). The only reason such a teacher might need to understand and speak the student's language is to explain the initial "set up" or, online, how the platform works. This, however, should be the job of the platform provider, not the teacher! PS Who is "Godzilla"? I, too, watch with interest and some concern.
One point: Although I speak German fluently, in all the years I have been teaching, I have never used German with my German clients in my lessons. Indeed, I only use German when answering initial enquiries. After that it’s English all the way! This applies for absolute beginners too!!
Even online, I see no reason why a teacher should not be able to teach his or her language without recourse to another language (if that’s the way s/he chooses to do it). The only reason such a teacher might need to understand and speak the student’s language is to explain the initial “set up” or, online, how the platform works. This, however, should be the job of the platform provider, not the teacher!

PS Who is “Godzilla”?

]]> By: Koichi http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/myngle-introduces-waiting-lists-for-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Koichi Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:46:02 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=419#comment-115 Great write-up, Kirsten! I never thought about it in the respect that Myngle is becoming more like a school, and "hiring" teachers now. It feels like as time goes by, they are moving more and more towards "the old" of online teaching, and not towards (what I think) their original goal of really making a good change. But then again, I am extremely biased :) On a positive note, I really am learning a lot about how "not to communicate with users" which will help with all my sites :) Great write-up, Kirsten! I never thought about it in the respect that Myngle is becoming more like a school, and “hiring” teachers now. It feels like as time goes by, they are moving more and more towards “the old” of online teaching, and not towards (what I think) their original goal of really making a good change. But then again, I am extremely biased :)

On a positive note, I really am learning a lot about how “not to communicate with users” which will help with all my sites :)

]]> By: China_Mike http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/myngle-introduces-waiting-lists-for-teachers/comment-page-1/#comment-114 China_Mike Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:35:20 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=419#comment-114 You are right. This is a balancing act. They are trying to balance demand and supply. I think you are also right that this means effectively that you do not have a "free marketplace", in its place is a "managed marketplace". In fact I would prefer that they would use this term as it would clear things up. The CV addition is a bit of a puzzle. Going off in this direction seems to indicate that it is hard to really know if a teacher is qualified to teach. It does seem to be a mark of a school as you indicated. In other words, there is a hiring (as opposed to qualifying) process. But I am not sure they are a school yet. And that raises an interesting question, how will we define a school in the future. Is such a definition even useful? My particular problem with this post is that the conditions under which the two teachers are selected to be introduced to students is unclear. In jest, I suggested that I would buy the writer of this note chocolates for her birthday. In jest, she shot back that she couldn't be influenced. Hmm, I wonder....... Anyway, I think the people who are now best positioned to teach at Myngle are people who speak two languages. This change could have been advertised more forcefully: Highly Valuable: Teachers who can teach another language whilst communicating with students in their language of choice. You are right. This is a balancing act. They are trying to balance demand and supply. I think you are also right that this means effectively that you do not have a “free marketplace”, in its place is a “managed marketplace”. In fact I would prefer that they would use this term as it would clear things up.

The CV addition is a bit of a puzzle. Going off in this direction seems to indicate that it is hard to really know if a teacher is qualified to teach. It does seem to be a mark of a school as you indicated. In other words, there is a hiring (as opposed to qualifying) process.

But I am not sure they are a school yet. And that raises an interesting question, how will we define a school in the future. Is such a definition even useful?

My particular problem with this post is that the conditions under which the two teachers are selected to be introduced to students is unclear. In jest, I suggested that I would buy the writer of this note chocolates for her birthday. In jest, she shot back that she couldn’t be influenced. Hmm, I wonder…….

Anyway, I think the people who are now best positioned to teach at Myngle are people who speak two languages. This change could have been advertised more forcefully:

Highly Valuable:
Teachers who can teach another language whilst communicating with students in their language of choice.

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