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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...

News - Can Music Cause Hearing Damage?

Hello Everyone! The BBC posted an article about how music has been linked to early hearing loss. T...

新しいことを始めよう♪②

今日紹介（しょうかい）するのは会話（かいわ）の練習（れんしゅう）も試験（しけん）の勉強（べんきょう）も両方（りょうほう）したい！そんな意欲的（いよくてき）な人におすすめのクラスです。 To...

新しいことを始めよう！①

日本はだんだん暖（あたた）かくなってきました。暖かくなってくると、活動（かつどう）しやすくなって、いろいろ始（はじ）めてみたくなりますよね♪そんな人のために、私の授業（じゅぎょう）の紹介（しょうかい...

日本に帰ってきました！＼(＾＾♪)／

皆様こんにちは！ボイストレーナーのSayaです。いつもレッスンを受講して下さり、本当にありがとうございます。 アメリカポートランドでの研修プログラムが終わり、昨日日本に帰ってきました！しばらくここ...

BBC News - Genetically Engineered Babies

In the UK, a law has been passed stating that doctors are now allowed to use the DNA of three adult...

Better Learning?

Hello Everyone! Here on Cafetalk, we all know what it's like trying to learn something new. And we...

15% off IELTS lessons for all of February

-------------------------------Lesson: IELTS Preparation (50 mins, 2,900 points)Price: 2900 Le...

Have a go at this.....

Hi.....Have a go at one of my worksheets entitled "Standards of English". If you like this style of...

Esports: Really a Sport?

There is a thing called E-sports, which is competitive online gaming. I'm sure some of you have hea...

Do / Would You Mind If I ?

When we ask permission politely,we can use would you mind if i + past or do you mind if i + present...

あなたはどのタイプ？？

What's your best learning style?? フリーカウンセリング、お悩み相談など様々なところで「どうやって勉強したら英語が身につきますか？」 という質問を受けます...

Me singing Taylor Swift!!!

Hi everyone! Mai here! Today I want to share with you a video that I took recently. It is a video...

A Warm Thank You!

I wanted to say thank you to all of the students who took part in the “Ring in the New Years&...

Ring in the New Year!

2014 is almost over and with the new year, comes new beginnings! Ring in the New Year with me with ...