This paper illustrates several key points with regard to the effective use of symbolic languages, and presents the proposition that the ISM process can be effective in giving the lay person, untutored in mathematics or logic, an access to a `metalanguage' and thereby to a potentially broad array of symbolic languages and a broad modeling capability. Topical headings THE 3-LANGUAGE, 3-ROLE DESCRIPTION OF MODELING IMPROVING THE CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF MODELING IMPROVING THE SYMBOLIC LANGUAGES IMPROVING ACCESS TO LANGUAGES AND EASE OF TRANSLATION INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELING EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS