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Why Do Japanese People Say "Chotto..." Instead of "No"?

Have you ever invited a Japanese friend somewhere and heard this response? 「ちょっと…」(Chotto...) You m...

It's Time for Halloween!

Have you ever wondered about the iconic holiday of Halloween?  America is known for this holiday, b...

Did You Know You Can Learn English While Drawing?”.

                    Learn English While Drawing: Learn, Create & Have Fun!                     ...

The Teacher Who Inspired My Love for Languages

Ciao! Welcome to another coffee break with me. If you're new here, I'm Marina, an Italian teacher w...

My mentor

The person who has inspired me the most is my mother. She taught me the importance of hard work, pa...

JLPT N3 Grammar Patterns for Everyday Japanese Conversations　JLPT N3の文法（ぶんぽう）を使った日常会話（にちじょうかいわ）

JLPT N3｜日常会話で使える日本語文法 JLPT N3 Grammar Patterns for Everyday Japanese Conversations こんにちは！日本語教師（にほんご...

Autumn River in Bavaria – Hersbrucker Schweiz

Autumn is slowly arriving in Germany!  The first trees are turning yellow, so I went hiking in the ...

Ishiguro-san Inspired Me to Become a Better Writer.

Hello everyone, Do you know they just announced the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 202...

Using binomials in English

While many people focus on trying to learn idioms, collocations, and phrasal verbs to make their En...

Autumn in Andalucia: Trade the Pool for the Trails (and Let’s Connect on Your Time!

  Autumn in Andalucia:  Hello Cafetalk community! As winter begins to draw closer across Europe,...

What Does Success Mean to Me?

When I was younger, success seemed to mean achieving something big. A career that looked impressive...

A Person Who Has Inspired Me: Marie Curie

Marie Curie, Polish- French Scientist Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the fir...

What success means to me.

Celebrate the Small Victories — and the Big Ones, Too! I believe that success is a rather loaded wo...

What Success Means to Me (A Gentle Reminder)

Ciao! Welcome to another coffee break with me. If you're new here, I'm an Italian teacher with 15 y...

What I Miss About Living in Tokyo

What I Miss About Living in Tokyo Hello! I'm Asami, a Japanese tutor originally from Tokyo. I curre...

Learning is a process not a product.

Learning Is a Process, Not a Product Learning is often seen as a product measured by grades, certi...

How to say you're really hungry!

There are times when 'hungry' just isn't strong enough to describe how you feel.  Maybe you skipped...

What Success Means to Me: Turning My Teaching Ideas into Books

What Success Means to Me: Finally Bringing My Ideas to Life There is something rather special about...

Success Is the Moment You Say It Anyway

When I think about success, I don’t picture a certificate or a perfect test score. I picture a smal...

Inspiration from My Own Front Door

A Person Who Has Inspired Me How many of us are truly inspired by someone we know personally? When ...

What Success Means to Me

Hello everyone!   On the October 12th Sports Day holiday, I spent the day with my family at Michino...

Success for me is achieving my goals.

Success for me is achieving my goals, even the small ones.  It doesn't matter what your goals are, ...

Keep Pedaling, Keep Growing: THE PATH TO ENGLISH FLUENCY

Learning English is like riding a bicycle or a motorbike. To maintain your balance and keep moving ...

Parole e Caffè: Caffè Sospeso — The Coffee That Waits for You

Ciao! Welcome back to "Parole e Caffè". I'm Marina, an Italian teacher with 15 years of experience....

Malala Yousafzai Inspiring Story.

What inspires me about Malala isn't just how brave she was when she used her voice at such a young ...

WHAT SUCCESS MEANS TO ME

  To me, success is more than money, fame, or having everything I desire. Success means growing, le...

Finishing the Race: What Success Really Means to Me

Success means different things to different people, ranging from financial wealth to academic ach...

The Man Who Got Me Started in a Lifetime of Music !….my first teacher, in 1964

STOKED !!!  to have finally reconnected with my Music Teacher ( Kumu Mele ) from kid time starting ...

Happy Halloween . Double, bubble, toil and trouble!

Halloween originally had a mixture of religious and non -religious roots, but it is now primarily a...

Chinese Business Gift-Giving: The Unwritten Rules Nobody Tells You [CC] 【CEO Interview #16】

  In Episode 16 of our "CEO Interview" series, KOKO and President Wang break down the subtle, fasci...