Cafetalk Tutor's Column

Happy Halloween!

Halloween was mostly cancelled last year, but now it’s almost here (in Canada at least) and it’s ha...

Curiosities and more

Here you find a new Arabic word: a door:   بَابٌ =========Do you know that there are common English...

オノマトペーOnomatopoeia

こんにちわYUZUです。寒くなってきましたね❄私は今週末に、冬服を買いに行きます(*'ω'*)今日は１つオノマトペを教えます。【ブルブル】　　-buruburu★寒くてからだが、ふるえる状態☆for...

Plants in English: Yellowwood tree

Did you know that there is a Yellowwood tree connection between South Africa and Japan? Yellowwood...

Are you a beach or mountain person? ----- あなたはビーチや山の人ですか？

Are you a beach or mountain person?  A difficult question .. (laughs) ...  I live in South Africa. ...

I've become a Mountain Person - Urabandai trip

Hello Everyone ! When I lived in Canada I was definately a beach person , I loved going to the seas...

The mountain or the beach? The mountain, of course!

I was born in Bogota Colombia, a city nestled right in the middle of the Andes, located 2,600 mts a...

The 450-year-old cottage I grew up in

This is a photo of the 450-year-old cottage I grew up in from 1990 -1998 situated near Cranleigh in...

海派か山派か。どっちも良いよね♪

こんにちはSaoです海派か山派か○○派か。という話題がカフェートークの講師コラムでチラホラと。ちなみに○○派は、英語で~~personと言います。様々なものに使えますので便利です。例：犬派：a do...

Beach or Mountain Person?

I would say I am a "both" person, since living where I do I have access to both nice beaches and mo...

Are you a ‘Beach Person’ or a ‘Mountain Person’?

Are you a ‘beach person’ or a ‘mountain person'?' This week’s topic is much easier to answer than i...

I’m a forest person!

I’m not a mountain person because there are no mountains anywhere nearby and I’m not a beach person...

Enjoying my Daily Life consists of 3 simple things! Also MORE AVAILABLE Lesson Times AND COUPONS!

Hello Dear Students!   Happy FALL!I enjoy my daily life by doing three things:   1.     Spending so...

Plants in English: Bush lily

The Clivia plant, also known as the Bush lily, is a very special plant that is endemic to South Af...

【どうする？英検対策？】　第6回：過去問研究（ライティング編）-2

こんにちは。講師のbananafishです。 ライティングに注目した英検対策レッスン新設に伴い、コラムで英検を取り上げています。 過去問研究　ライティング編　第2回です。 英検ライティングの難しさの...

手のひらに表れる「表現」

いつもお世話になります。試しにあげた動画です。良かったらご覧ください。https://youtu.be/FmYOGLVEkq8

Why did I choose to be a tutor?

I choose to be a tutor because I love to teach in the first place. I love to share what I know I lo...

Plants in English: Stone Plants

Stone plants are very special succulent plants. Their scientific genus name is Lithops. Lithops mea...

【どうする？英検対策？】　第5回：過去問研究（ライティング編）-1

こんにちは。講師のbananafishです。ライティングに注目した英検対策レッスン新設に伴い、コラムで英検を取り上げています。前回までは、英検挑戦にあたり、何を目指して英検受験をするのか？という視点...

The Vocabulary of a Pandemic

  Just when the world thought Covid-19 was waning1, many countries are seeing a huge resurgence of ...

絵本で学ぶ「get」のイメージ

暇さえあれば英語の本を読んだりニュースやドラマを視聴しているtomotomoです。せっかくなので、覚書もかねて、その日に気になった表現をこのコラムでシェアしてみようかと思い立ちました。あくまでも面白...

Old English Roses

Gardening became very popular during the quarantine months. Even if you just have a small veranda, ...

Thread and Needle: My New Thing

During the pandemic I have been mostly at home, doing everything from home. I’m Ok with that. I’m u...

【ブログ】10代のお葬式観

面白い調査を見ました。 ↓ 「10台にとってお葬式とは・・・こういうこと」意識調査   「10代にとってお葬式って…こういうこと」意識調査で見えた、日本の葬儀業界の未来株式会社グッドオフのプレスリリ...

I want to try mountain hiking this year

This year I would like to do some mountain hiking and see interesting and rare South African plants...

I want to try to get cut this year.

I would like to get cut this year. Did you understand that phrase? Which one do you think it is?A) ...

(朝活)“Asa-katsu”—The Activities in the morning-Early bird catches the warm!

 My latest English broadcasting is below:https://stand.fm/episodes/614df43cecd7220006ad54b6 Hello, ...

How I Excelled Studying Three Masters Degrees

Studying anything can be challenging. For me, studying Law,  learning French and Korean languages w...

Study Methods

Which study method to choose is a good question! It depends a lot on what you like doing, and on yo...

The Best Teaching and Studying Method: Being Yourself and Motivation

  I have been teaching for more than 20 years. I have been learning things all my life. I love lear...