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心を込めて！ありがとうございます。

2015年上半期カフェトークアウォードにて、カフェトーク大賞を頂戴しましたぁ！私の大切なパートナーの皆様、本当にありがとうございます。身に余る光栄です。感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。（おひとりおひとり...

Tomoe loves picture books. Vol.2 Nella foresta del bradipo

Nella foresta del bradipo by Anouck Boisrobert, Louis Rigaud In the forest of sloth, everything is...

BBC News - Gay Marriage Legalized in the U.S.

Hello Everyone! http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33291375 I wanted to share this short vid...

俳句：星涼し

  セッション終了～.窓開けてると近所中に洩れちゃうから閉め切ってやってたら、とても熱いセッションになりました。。。.今日は「何か幸せな気分になってきた～...

Article - Language Inspired

Hello Everyone! Today I wanted to share this BBC article I found. A young man from South Korea was...

A Mini-Tour of Mexico City

Konnichiwa minna-san. As a little introduction, I decided to give you guys a photo tour of the city...

Article: Science Vs Fiction

Hello everyone! Many may not know, but I love dinosaurs. When I was a child, I wanted to become a ...

Tomoe loves picture books. Vol. 1 ほげちゃん

 Hi, it's Tomoe.  I love reading books; novels, adventures, mysteries, essays and so on. ...

What is a "DUFF"?

 What’s up everyone! How are you??   暑い日が続いておりますが、みなさんいかがお過ごしでしょうか。夏バテには気を付け...

had better → better

As Tracy R. wrote in her recent column entry, 'should' is more relaxed than 'had better': http://ca...

Arguments And Discussions To Improve Your English Skills

“Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.” ...

Article - Prison Girl Band

Hello Everyone!  This was a fascinating and somewhat strange article that I stumbled across o...

俳句：涼し

  今日は気づいたら、To Doリストいっぱい消していた。.意外と仕事してたんだ。.涼しくて過ごしやすかったもんね。.そして、今日もよく寝...

Exciting New Lessons!

Hello everyone! After getting some responses about what new classes everyone wants, and adding a f...

Video - World's Oldest Woman

Hello Everyone! Here is an amazing woman, who is supposedly the world's oldest woman at 116 years ...

Article - Babies Make Men Lazier

Hello Everyone! Here is an easier article than I usually post, from Breaking News English. It desc...

俳句：心太

  今日は新しいお仕事のキックオフミーティング。with 女子会。.みんなでいろんな知恵を出し合うのってほんとに楽しいです。.夜はカウンセリングのご予約を...

How to keep your English conversation flowing

It is often difficult to keep a conversation going in any language. During most of our daily intera...

50 Academic English Collocations

Academic writing can be one of the hardest things to perfect in English. This advanced skill requir...

BBC News - Learning with less Effort

Hello Everyone! Being a language learner like many of the people on this site, I like to hear of d...

Tutor interview video - UP!

Hi everyone! みなさまお元気ですか？ 本日のコラムは、"Japanglish" (Japanese と Englishのmix)でいきたいと思います。笑　 まず、私の講師インタビュー...

BBC News - Intelligence and Happiness

Hello Everyone! I was looking for an article for a student and I found a very interesting one that...

Unfortunately Limited Lesson Times

Hello Everyone, I wanted to let my students know that I will have very limited times during the co...

BBC News - Practice is Better Than Skill

Hello Everyone!  Here is a somewhat long but fairly easy article that talks about practice ve...

Otaku Expo in Tokyo

Hello Everyone!  As I was browsing BBC, I found this short article about the Otaku Expo in To...

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...