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Personal Goals Bingo 2025 - Progress & Prizes!

In 2024 and 2025, I made myself bingo sheets to track certain goals for my hobby... Art!    When I ...

The Secret of Mastering Vocabulary! [0]

When you study a new English word, how many times do you have to review it before you remember it? ...

Celebrate your achievements!

Hi everyone, Rewarding yourself is crucial to maintaining motivation and preventing burnout. By set...

A Year of Shared Growth: Why I’m Celebrating—And Inviting You Along

As the year closes, I’m filled with gratitude. This reflection is a thank you to my wonderful stude...

【一週兩次・讀台灣】彰化廟會疑違法施放煙火 消防局將開罰宮廟及車主

【一週兩次・讀台灣】 教科書を飛び出し、台湾の「今」を知り、生きた台湾華語をマスターしませんか？ 毎週2回、最新の台湾ニュースを題材に、台湾特有の文化、時代を映す言い回し、そして興味深い社会現象を...

Do Children Learn Languages Better Than Adults?

For a long time, I believed the common idea that children are simply better at learning languages t...

Life with a Rescue Cat: Leaving the Farm, Starting Again

This week’s topic is about rewarding ourselves after a year of teaching. While thinking about that,...

REFLECT! REWARD! RENEW!

As the year comes to a close, take a moment to pause and look back. Every lesson taught, every new ...

【一週兩次・讀台灣】青山王祭前夜祭盛大登場 西門町數千人爭睹真人藝閣車

【一週兩次・讀台灣】 教科書を飛び出し、台湾の「今」を知り、生きた台湾華語をマスターしませんか？ 毎週2回、最新の台湾ニュースを題材に、台湾特有の文化、時代を映す言い回し、そして興味深い社会現象を...

【一週兩次・讀台灣】台中酒駕累犯撞死男大生肇逃 國民法官一審判刑10年

【一週兩次・讀台灣】 教科書を飛び出し、台湾の「今」を知り、生きた台湾華語をマスターしませんか？ 毎週2回、最新の台湾ニュースを題材に、台湾特有の文化、時代を映す言い回し、そして興味深い社会現象を...

Reading, Thinking and Speaking in the Age of Easy Answers

Today, AI tools can give us answers in seconds. This is helpful, but it also means we may stop usin...

Helping Shy Children Feel Confident Speaking English

  Many children want to speak English,but sometimes, they feel shy, nervous, or afraid of making mi...

Moving House, Changing Tense: Where I’ve Lived in Japan

When you look at a map of Japan, there are places that feel like temporary stops, and others that f...

北小河 夜景

你喜欢夜景吗？Nǐ xǐhuān yèjǐng ma?Do you like night views? 晚上我喜欢去北小河公园走一走。Wǎnshang wǒ xǐhuān qù Běixiǎoh...

How I Use Winter Reading to Boost My English Students’ Confidence

Every winter break, many of my students tell me the same thing: “I want to improve my English, but ...

The Em Dash — Why AI Loves It, and Should You Fix Its Writing?

If you spend any time reading English online, you’ll start noticing something curious. The em...

Join Our Christmas Music and Story Time Adventure— Live or by Recording!

A Fun, Relaxing Way for Children (and Parents!) to Learn English The holiday season is the perfect ...

Why I don't use a smartphone anymore

These days, phones are everywhere in our lives. They do way more than just let us talk to each othe...

Taking A Moment to Reflect on 2025

The year 2025 is nearly over. For me, it's been a rollercoaster of happy, exciting moments with jus...

What My Students Taught Me This Year ????

This year I learned an important lesson as a teacher: I am definitely not the only one doing the te...

كيف يُؤثِّر استقبال الرُّبوبِية و استقبال المُؤَسَّسة في عقل الإنسان

ما علاقة الوالي بالرّعية و ما علاقة الإمام بالمأموم.....هل هي علاقة روحية ممتدة من روح القدس إلى ال...

Keep Showing Up! Your Future Self Will Thank You.

One thing I’ve learned as a teacher is that progress doesn’t happen all at once. It happens quietly...

Learning from learners

Hello everyone,   Hope you are well. This is a great topic. Here is my experience.   1. It's diffic...

"Hello" from new Mandarin Chinese Tutor Yang

  Cafetalk的朋友们，你们好！我是杨，一位母语为普通话的中文导师。我生活在中国首都北京——政治与文化的中心。你们来过北京吗？ Hello Cafetalk community ! I’m ...

Tone Changes in Taiwanese(Taigi)

Hey guys! Ta̍k-ke-hó! I just uploaded a new video — Tone Changes in Taiwanese! Check it out if you’...

What My Students Taught Me This Year

Although I’m still new to Cafetalk and haven’t had the pleasure of meeting my first student here ye...

3 Things I Learned From My Students This Year

1: What to eatI started teaching on Cafetalk not long after I arrived in Japan, and one of the firs...

Help Your Child Build a Strong English Foundation ,One Happy Lesson at a Time.

As parents, we all want our children to feel confident when they speak English, not scared, not emb...

New Business English lesson: Making Small Talk and Networking

Great business relationships often start with small talk.   If your small talk is smooth and natura...

The five pillars and my center of gravity in this existence

The origin of stress and anxiety.... Human beings are vulnerable to dual counteracting psychic forc...