Cafetalk Tutor's Column

Pelé - the King of Soccer

It was with immense sadness I heard about the passing of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, universally k...

New year in Japan

Happy new year! In Japan, January 1 is the most grandly celebrated holiday of the year.  We eat man...

Wishing you all the best for this year 2023!

あけましておめでとうございます。今年の十二支はうさぎです。古代中国では、年、月、日、時間、方角などを、12種類の動物を使って表していました。この方式が5世紀にはすでに日本に伝わっていたそうです。十二...

Learn the Tarot while learning English

Learning a new skill while practicing English is a great way to use and improve your English. In my...

Most Common New Year Resolutions and how to follow through

Happy New Year ^_^  Every year, around the end of December, millions of people make New Year's reso...

New Year's Foods

My family comes from the southern part of the US. It's often called the "deep south". It often has ...

Christmas Virtual Church Choir -- Fall on Your Knees

This Christmas I had the wonderful opportunity to make music again with my musician friends back in...

Business Tips

Years a go, someone wanted to start a business but he didn't have the money needed to start. Howeve...

My 2022 in the rearview mirror

My biggest achievement of 2022 was earning my master’s degree in applied linguistics. For a long ti...

Looking back to 2022, Goals I've Achieved and Best Memory

2022 is leaving with bittersweet memories where in reminiscing events that transpired construed to ...

2022 goals and best memories.

My biggest goal I was able to achieve this year was getting an accounting job.  It has been somethi...

三つの足のIDIOMS

もし大人気の足のIDIOMを学びたかったら、動画を見てみてください。

My goals and best memories of 2022.

What goals did I achieve in 202? What are my best memories? I think 2022 was a hard year for everyo...

Christmas with the cats

Yesterday I hopped on the VIA train and traveled out to a little town in the countryside called Nor...

There’s nothing to this大人気のIDIOM

英語で「It’s difficult」とよく言いますか？この表現はネガティブだと思いますので、このビデオの人気で丁寧な表現を言ってみてください。

Christmas Collocations II

Match the verbs (1-5) with the words (a-e).1. eat                    a) the Christmas crackers2. pu...

The Stylish Woman……. The Diagnosis of Life

The beauty is in the eyes of the abstainer

’Whip Up”は大人気のIDIOM

"I often whip up lunch", 意味を知っていますか？ "Whip up"は大人気のIDIOMです。もし興味があったら、ビデオを見てみてください。

Christmas in Canada

Christmas is just around the corner! Do you celebrate Christmas?In Canada, Christmas is a big famil...

Christmas Collocations I

Match the verbs (1-5) with the words (a-e).1. light                   a) a Christmas tree2. write  ...

Do you have a lot on your plate？どういう意味？

"I have a lot on my plate" is a very popular and natural idiom in English. Do you know what it mean...

¡Argentina Campeón!

En honor a la victoria de Argentina en la mundial, decidí subir este video sobre la celebración de ...

Studying in the New Year

It's almost 2023! During this time, a lot of people begin to make New Year's resolutions. They make...

人気で大切なレモンIDIOM

Lemons are a great ingredient (材料) for food and drinks, but generally people don't eat them, becaus...

What are you doing for Christmas?

What are you doing for Christmas this year? I’m afraid I am not doing very much this year so it wil...

Snow storm in Toronto on Thursday

A winter storm brought freezing rain, heavy snow and ice to Toronto yesterday.  I was lucky that fr...

My Winter Dish

I recently came across a reel on Instagram©, and reminded me of this dish. If you are like me, stru...

Cafetalk Award 2022

Ahhh!! I'm so delighted to share this news with you!! I've been selected for the Newcomer Award in ...

Prefixes

Did you know?Some words are used by many people, even musicians but they are not English words; the...

10 Inspirational Quotes for Learners

Whether you are learning English or any language, for that matter, it can be very easy at times to ...