What the Blog?!

Beyond the oodles of research I am continuing to unearth, what can this blog with such a silly name mean to you, the LL (language learner)? Well...

Are you ready for a unique, accessible, fluid new way to communicate and practice American-ese (social idioms, professional exchanges, and any other topics we investigate and practice face-to-face)? Blogging is the answer!

What are the possibilities that can pertain specifically to you? I'll keep it short and sweet this time, promise...

Since our time together is so brief on Mondays, in order to reinforce what you've learned, without it feeling remedial week by week, we need something more, something deeper to scaffold your storehouse of valuable, meaningful knowledge so it "sticks" with you long after a few days, weeks or months go by.

If you like analogies, think of it this way: Would you want your valuable hours of learning and practice to amount to a row of dominoes that a few puffs of air could knock down fairly easily? Or would you want your incredible investment of time and effort in learning and perfecting your English to accumulate into an Empire State Building (or perhaps even the N Seoul Tower)?

Openly collaborating with one another through multiple media, many of which a blog like "Minglesh" can offer (we can post polls, questions, articles, links, pictures, videos, etc., etc., etc.) means this: There is virtually no limit, no physical blocks in the road to how much we can learn! And I mean really learn.

The more outlets you use to learn = the more you engage your brain = the more you remember. When you accept my invitation to join as "contributers" to this blog, you have all the same opportunities to gain as much from this as you are willing to put into it.

The possibilities are almost endless, as your favorite infomercials would say. Don't worry, though - you don't have to pay for this service in installments of $19.95. It's all free!

So that's all. I just wanted to attempt to positively reinforce my goal with this little place named Minglesh. I hope you will visit again soon and, with a little time and practice, feel comfortable sharing your thoughts, questions and ideas here...and sharing them often! :)

By the way, if you have any trouble "getting in" to Blogger.com or publishing materials on the site, let me know and I will send you a brand new e-mail invite.

And one final thing: I would like to post all forthcoming Monday Meet worksheets, guides and supplemental readings here. That way, if you lose them in an e-mail, you can always come back here to Minglesh to retrieve them. Sound okay? :)