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ヘルメットをきます？？？

こんにちは！日本語、中国語、英語講師のKoyukiです。 にほんごにしましょう♪ ①I wear a helmet. ②I wear a T-shirt. ③I wear shoes. ④...

Common Mistakes in English

Hi Everyone! I found this article that you might be interested in. This is a list of the top 10 mo...

New Hapa Eikaiwa Classes & 最近の話

Hi everybody :) 今日は重大発表があります！ この度大人気ポッドキャスト「Hapa Eikaiwa」さんとの提携レッスンを開始することになりました！ 私が行うのはHapa Eik...

Trash or Treasure? English Idioms

Have you ever heard the phrase: “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”...

Why is proofreading so important?

Editing vs. Proofreading The terms 'editing' and 'proofreading' are often used interchangeably, bu...

Lunch with an awesome view

I had lunch at Canal Cafe in Iidabashi the other day!  It overlooks the お濠! The view is ser...

Puzzled by English idioms.... Here's some good ones!

Every language has its own collection of wise sayings. They offer advice about how to live and also...

Florida Aligator

Massive Alligator Strolls Casually Past Florida Tourists https://www.yahoo.com/news/massive-alliga...

5 Awesome Adjectives

Like most people I love adjectives. They spark the imagination and allow us to understand something...

Hello, Happy New Year!

Hey everybody! My name is Brian and I am new to Cafetalk. Here is some Monday Motivation for lang...

Coming of Age Ceremony

Today is a national holiday in Japan known as the "Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi)".  It is h...

Cute Dog and Cat and Great Christmas Music

Happy the Cat and Dog enjoy the Christmas season in front of a fireplace while Christmas music play...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Hello Everyone!  I hope you all have a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Years! I'll b...

俳句：師走

年末のご挨拶があちこちからくるようになってあぁもうそろそろなんだなぁって感じになってきました。.今日はとっても風強かったですね。12月は風の流れも速い。.今日の季語は「師走（しわす）」.・・・忘年会...

俳句：賀状書く

そろそろ年賀状か書かなきゃですね。.今年はキティちゃんの年賀状が出たので、思わず買っちゃいました。.で・・・何を書こうかまだ全然案が浮かばない。明日は書こう。書けるといいな、書けるかも。.今日の季語...

俳句：落葉

  スマホの調子が悪くてお店に行ったら、「この機種で故障って初めて聞きましたよ」って言われ、.それって、すごいハズレを引いたってことじゃないか~ ToT....

Stay Healthy and learn about the properties of these amazing vegetables!

  Salad: Properties   Lettuce: It has detoxifying properties, if we consume it ...

MOST COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

Hello there! my name is Alison, I've been teaching english for over 10 years and I think students s...

俳句：銀杏落葉

今日は勉強会に参加してて。.日本文化の話が出てきてやっぱり日本いいよな～って思って、.外に出たら銀杏並木がすごくきれいでやっぱり日本いいよな～って思って。.今日の季語は「銀杏落葉（いちょうおちば）」...

The Spanish around the world

Hi everyone! Did you know that the Spanish is also an official language in African countries like ...

俳句：二の酉

やっと酉の市に行けた～.大鳥神社、とっても賑わってたよ。誰かが熊手を買うたびにコールが起こるの。威勢がいいと、いろいろ買いたくなるね。.今日の季語は「二の酉（にのとり）」

Fun Fact: Japanese and Spanish similarities.

Japanese and Spanish share linguistic similarities. Despite being from completely different langu...

The Next 3 Weeks

Hello everyone! For those of you who regularly take lessons, you'll notice that my schedule for th...

My students advice

Hello Dear new colleagues, Please, feel free to ask me about Lesson: topics, forms, length. Teachi...

It's Eiken Time!

Hello Everyone! It's that time of year again, and everyone is studying for the Eiken test. If you ...

6 Things to Make You Sound Even Better Than a Native English Speaker!

Over the last few years of teaching, I have found that many of my students, regardless of English l...

Brain Training For Learning English Vocabulary

Learning a language can require both concentration and the ability to focus on aspects of learning ...

俳句：秋刀魚

今年の秋刀魚、随分細いと思いません？.近隣の某大量消費国がかっさらっていくからだってニュースでやってた。.どこ行っても「モデルさんですか？」って聞きたくなる秋刀魚しか売ってないの。.今日の季語は「秋...

Websites for English Practice!

I was looking at my old school's website and found these great resources.  Below is a (long) l...

夏野菜のピクルスを作ってみました！

こんにちは お盆もすぎて夏の暑さも一段落かと思えば まだまだ汗だくになる日もしばしば。   いかがお過ごしでしょうか       最近母方...