Experiences with the use of online learning in early language education shows that online material, if
properly designed, can support learning in terms of provided input, continuity and positive feedback
(Waschk 2004). These indications are significant as one of the challenges of early language learning
is to provide exposure to the target language, time for instruction and learning and qualified feedback
for learners. A platform like Mingoville may therefore provide language learning with added value in
terms of supplying learners with more opportunities to encounter and produce language, and with
qualified feedback that supports engagement and confidence in using the language. In this sense the
platform may operate in between self-directed and teacher directed learning, i.e taking the role of a
tutor or substitute teacher. In the role of a tutor the platform may relieve the teacher or provide
instruction and feedback that the teacher cannot give, a role that may become increasingly significant
as the pressure on teaching English to very young learners grows. The space for incorporating
Mingoville preschool in language learning may therefore grow as political pressure increases at this
level of schooling.