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A Trio Treat

  What made you smile today?  I chanced upon these adorable creatures at Pier 39 and they just made...

I've passed 500 lessons and am now listed as "Popular"!!

Hello everyone! みなさんこんにちは！I want to announce that I have completed over 500 lessons on Cafetalk!! I...

Writing to help achieve Fluency - Part 1

Writing can be a great way to improve your fluency and confidence in English. Writing is, unfortuna...

「ALMOST」と言わないで！

How do you say "ほとんどのイギリス人は紅茶を飲む" in English? You maybe surprised!

Summer Sweets? I miss Japan!

In the UK we don't really have a great variety of sweet treats to eat in the summer. Don't get me w...

My favourite summer treat

By Ripe Raspberries by Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1...

[1분 한국어] 어디가 불편하세요?

어디가 불편하세요? 您哪兒不舒服？   온몸이 쑤시고, 목이 아프고, 콧물이 흐르고, 기침도 심해요. 全身酸疼，嗓子疼，流鼻涕，咳嗽也厲害。   독감에 걸리셨네요. 종합 감기약을 드릴...

Unstoppable Sweet Tooth

I often hear and read something that says 'money can't buy happiness, but it can buy ice cream whic...

Your favourite summer dessert/sweets

My favourite summer treat is halo-halo. It's a Filipino dessert made with fruits, ice, ube, milk an...

Gelato has taken over

Photo byJenna Day onUnsplash Over the past few years, gelato has gained a lot of popularity here in...

My Favourite Summer Dessert.

My Favourite Summer Dessert. This week looks like a fairly simple topic but, as usual, there may be...

送礼物 Gift Giving

“送礼物”在社会活动中是比较常见的，送礼物是表示对对方的尊重和感谢。在恰当的时机给对方送上一份礼物，会把双方的关系拉近许多。礼物多少不是最重要的，关键是送礼物的心意。中国有句俗话叫“礼轻情义重”，所...

Have you ever experienced "culture shock"?

Culture shock is a feeling of surprise or shock when you experience something unfamiliar in a diffe...

(本当の優しさ）Real Gentleness will give us hope and warm place to be

My latest broadcasting below:https://stand.fm/episodes/62dce6d784d636c582daa7bcHello, everyone! How...

Which which? (どれのWHICH?)

Did you know there are several ways to use which in English?   In Japanese, どれ can mean which in En...

Culture shock and blending in

According to MacMillan dictionary, culture shock is defined as "the nervous or confused feeling tha...

初心者でも着られる！メンズ浴衣！

男の人も浴衣を着て楽しみたい！！ ということで、浴衣の着方の動画を作成しました！！ よければぜひ皆さんも御覧ください(^_^)男生也想要享受穿浴衣！！ 所以我製作浴衣穿法的影片！！ 希望大家也看一下...

[1분 한국어] 어서오세요! 무엇을 도와드릴까요?

어서오세요! 무엇을 도와드릴까요? 歡迎光臨！您需要什麽服務？   100만 원을 송금하려고 해요. 我想匯一百萬韓幣。   송금 완료했습니다. 다른 업무도 필요하신가요? 匯完了。還需要...

196年ぶりに、

196年ぶりに鷹山が、祇園祭に戻ってきた。For the first time in 196 years the Takayama has returned to the Gion Festival.

Culture shock in Japan

Most of the Japanese students that I went to school with in Germany and later Australia had a few t...

TRAVEL -- June ( IZU ) and July ( SOUTH NAGANO) trips

We`ve gone on a few trips over the last couple of months -- We had a nice trip to Shimoda, IZU in J...

In the news: ‘Young people should not drink’

Photo byJon Parry onUnsplash Bad news for me and anyone else under 40 who enjoys beer, wine, or ot...

Latin Language

I do invite you to study Latin language. If you like to understand European languages better, you s...

Classics' Time

I do invite you to study Classics, i.e. Latin and Ancient Greek. If you like to understand European...

Check out Extraordinary Attorney Woo on Netflix!

Hello Cafetalk Community!How are you? I hear it is scorching hot weather in Japan now. I'm sure the...

Applying Phrasal Verbs on Food and Drinks

Phrasal Verbs are quite frequently used in conversation and learning as many phrasal verbs as possi...

聊聊北京话/Talking about Beijing dialect

用3个词总结北京话，说的到位！ 说好北京话，注意三个关键感叹词“嘿”“哟”“哎呦喂”外，北京人在说话时还有很多“话佐料”。 “话佐料”是过去说相声的一种说法，指的是说话时，使用“啊”“嚯”“哎”“呦...

[1분 한국어] 피부가 정말 좋으세요.

지금 스크럽 먼저 할게요. 現在先用磨砂膏。   네, 약하게 해주세요. 嗯，輕點兒。   피부가 정말 좋으세요. 꾸준히 관리 받으셔서 그런가 봐요.您的皮膚真好。是一直管理的原因吧。  ...

Culture shock

Most of my knowledge of culture shock comes from conversations with international students who stud...

Coming Home is the Biggest Culture Shock

The Cambridge Dictionary says that culture shock (noun) is a feeling of confusion felt by someone v...