Cafetalk Tutor's Column

10 lessons and loving it!

I am a new Cafe Talk tutor who has just delivered 10 lessons to amazing students! I hope for hundre...

6 Tips to Improve Your Grammar!

Hello Everyone! It's a new year and therefore time to make New Year's resolutions. I'm sure some of...

Different Ways of saying that you are sick

Times are uncertain. Many of us may feel ill at any time. In English, there could be different way...

Harry Potter!

Happy New Year！ Did you have a good Christmas time and a New Year?  I hope you had a wonderful time...

Listen to a TED Talk weekly - Make this a goal for 2022!

What kind of talks are TED talks? Technology, Entertainment, Design These subject areas are shapin...

New Year's Resolutions

Photo: my personal trainer giving me push-ups advice I think that New Year's resolutions are a grea...

Resolutions and Goals for 2022 (Check for a special message at the end!)

What is a resolution?   Well, one dictionary definition says, “a firm decision to do or not to do s...

New Year’s resolutions

Photo: Kingston, Ontario When it comes to making resolutions for a new year, I like to plan someth...

Indoor winter activities

"Canoe Lake" painting by Darrell Bush It’s been pretty cold in Toronto recently, and Covid-19-rela...

2022年、あけましておめでとうございます！Happy New Year!

あけましておめでとうございます！Happy New Year! May this year be a great one!  すっかり新年の挨拶が遅くなってしいました。 皆さん、いかがお過ごしです...

Easing your anxiety by changing your story

It is the beginning of a new year, let’s make this a better year and make positive changes. We can ...

New Year's Resolution!

Happy New Year Everyone!I hope you have all had a great New Year's celebration. I know my family di...

Resolution #1 - Lose Weight!

I’m not normally a person who makes New Year’s resolutions, but I think this year I will have to ma...

My New Year Resolutions

What are my New Year Resolutions? NYRs are notorious for not being kept.  Some years ago, I came ac...

My New Year's Resolution (with vocabulary!)

I have a confession: every single year I make a resolution, and then forget about it immediately. H...

2021 and Me!

For almost four years of teaching ESL online, it was only in 2021 in which I took courage to expand...

（２０２１年に達成した一つの目標と２０２２年への抱負）The one goal I have achieved in 2021 and wishes for the year 2022

Teacher Asuka's English Wave, English Broadcasting as follows:https://stand.fm/episodes/61d187281b8...

2021 in review

Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash The beginning of 2021 was a very uncertain time for me (and most...

Word of the Week: Replenish

Add a new word to your vocabulary. Word: Replenish ri- 'ple-nishPart of speech: VerbMeaning: To Fil...

My Goal....

When I started out teaching, I realized how difficult it is to get students. My goal was just to ge...

A Goal I Have Achieved in 2021

One Goal I Have Achieved This year. The topic of goals is one of my favourite subjects.  As a violi...

(クリスマスに寄せて）☆My Christmas Wishes in 2021☆

(☆The Christmas Wreath in the picture above is made by myself☆)Here's Teacher Asuka's English Wave....

My Christmas Wish

Freedom. To be free once again. As free as we were before pandemic. Free to travel. Without restric...

Thank-you my students for a great 2021! Looking forward to another awesome year!

  皆さん、ちょっと気が早いですが、メリークリスマス＆新年明けましておめでとうございます。Thank-you my students for a great 2021. Looking forwa...

Festival of Lessons and Carols

Dear students and other Cafetalk readers,I'm listening to a recording of the Christmas service call...

フルート入門楽器ファイフでAriana Grande「Santa Tell Me」を演奏しました。

ファイフでアリアナ・グランデさんのサンタ・テル・ミーを演奏しました！   ところで、ファイフという楽器をご存知ですか？   ファイフはフルート入門楽器としてオススメの楽器で、約1,000円で購入する...

Journey into the Artworld! - December - Christmas Wishes in our Artwork

Hello everyone!Christmas is coming up soon and with it, we think about our wishes for what we for o...

Success and Happiness

What I am about to say may sound cliche, but its the truth. This year started off well but towards ...

★神社★

神社に行ったことはありますか？Have you ever been to shrine in Japan ??赤いのが、鳥居（Torii） といいます。The red one is Torii.この...

Read and Write

Converse in English and then Pen Your Thoughts in A Journal with the Conversation Lesson Pack and 1...