카페토크 강사 칼럼

イベント！Event! 행사!

地元めしのイベント(^^)いくつ食べたことがありますか？ A lot of local food in Japan! How many food have you eaten before? 여...

BBC News - Cold Rice Means Fewer Calories

Hello Everyone! I found this short article about cooling rice to reduce its calories when eaten.&n...

びっくりしたこと/Things which made you surprise/깜짝 놀란 일이

前に授業で、日本に来てびっくりしたことについて話をしました。そこで出たのは、自転車について。まずは、女子高生がミニスカートで自転車に乗っていることにびっくりしたそうです。「パンツが見えるんじゃないか...

New students welcome!!

Hi.....If you are looking to improve your English skills in any of the following areas:Conversation...

Groom Dumped for Failing Simple Math

Hello Everyone! So I found this interesting, if strange, article on the BBC. Apparently, an Indian...

News - Can Music Cause Hearing Damage?

Hello Everyone! The BBC posted an article about how music has been linked to early hearing loss. T...

新しいことを始めよう♪②

今日紹介（しょうかい）するのは会話（かいわ）の練習（れんしゅう）も試験（しけん）の勉強（べんきょう）も両方（りょうほう）したい！そんな意欲的（いよくてき）な人におすすめのクラスです。 To...

新しいことを始めよう！①

日本はだんだん暖（あたた）かくなってきました。暖かくなってくると、活動（かつどう）しやすくなって、いろいろ始（はじ）めてみたくなりますよね♪そんな人のために、私の授業（じゅぎょう）の紹介（しょうかい...

日本に帰ってきました！＼(＾＾♪)／

皆様こんにちは！ボイストレーナーのSayaです。いつもレッスンを受講して下さり、本当にありがとうございます。 アメリカポートランドでの研修プログラムが終わり、昨日日本に帰ってきました！しばらくここ...

BBC News - Genetically Engineered Babies

In the UK, a law has been passed stating that doctors are now allowed to use the DNA of three adult...

Better Learning?

Hello Everyone! Here on Cafetalk, we all know what it's like trying to learn something new. And we...

15% off IELTS lessons for all of February

-------------------------------Lesson: IELTS Preparation (50 mins, 2,900 points)Price: 2900 Le...

Have a go at this.....

Hi.....Have a go at one of my worksheets entitled "Standards of English". If you like this style of...

Esports: Really a Sport?

There is a thing called E-sports, which is competitive online gaming. I'm sure some of you have hea...

Do / Would You Mind If I ?

When we ask permission politely,we can use would you mind if i + past or do you mind if i + present...

あなたはどのタイプ？？

What's your best learning style?? フリーカウンセリング、お悩み相談など様々なところで「どうやって勉強したら英語が身につきますか？」 という質問を受けます...

Me singing Taylor Swift!!!

Hi everyone! Mai here! Today I want to share with you a video that I took recently. It is a video...

A Warm Thank You!

I wanted to say thank you to all of the students who took part in the “Ring in the New Years&...

Ring in the New Year!

2014 is almost over and with the new year, comes new beginnings! Ring in the New Year with me with ...

Article on Abenomics

Hi Everyone!  http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/12/03/368143686/is-womenomics-the-answe...

SUSHI!! :)

A few days ago, I had the chance to observe a course on how to cut sushi and how to make sushi art!...

Anagrams for Fun!

Hey there everyone! Today's article is about... Anagrams! Do you know what an anagram is? An ana...

Japan's Recession?

I've been reading that Japan is in a recession right now. For those interested, here is a news arti...

BBC Article - Glow-in-the-Dark Bike Path

Here is an interesting article about a new innovation in the Netherlands: a glow in the dark bike p...

Live Seminar!

I hope everyone will join me for my live seminar on Wednesday the 12th at 10 PM, where I'll be talk...

An amusing joke for your day

Here is a joke I couldn't resist. I do believe I've heard this one before, in another version with ...

A Dying Language

Normally, when a language's native speakers are growing old and the language has few native speaker...

Crochet Amigurumi!

Amigurumi is popular in most places. Why wouldn't it be? It's adorable animals, people and foods (y...

Mini-Lesson on Idiom Phrasal Verb Pairs

Idioms are a fun part of language, as we already know. And sometimes a confusing part of language. ...

Joke time!

I enjoy a good joke. They brighten our days with a smile and a laugh. So here are a few amusing jok...