Cafetalk Tutor's Column

Why Do Japanese People Say "Chotto..." Instead of "No"?

Have you ever invited a Japanese friend somewhere and heard this response? 「ちょっと…」(Chotto...) You m...

The Man Who Got Me Started in a Lifetime of Music !….my first teacher, in 1964

STOKED !!!  to have finally reconnected with my Music Teacher ( Kumu Mele ) from kid time starting ...

Autumn River in Bavaria – Hersbrucker Schweiz

Autumn is slowly arriving in Germany!  The first trees are turning yellow, so I went hiking in the ...

Malala Yousafzai Inspiring Story.

What inspires me about Malala isn't just how brave she was when she used her voice at such a young ...

Learning is a process not a product.

Learning Is a Process, Not a Product Learning is often seen as a product measured by grades, certi...

A Person Who Has Inspired Me: Marie Curie

Marie Curie, Polish- French Scientist Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the fir...

Keep Pedaling, Keep Growing: THE PATH TO ENGLISH FLUENCY

Learning English is like riding a bicycle or a motorbike. To maintain your balance and keep moving ...

What success means to me.

Celebrate the Small Victories — and the Big Ones, Too! I believe that success is a rather loaded wo...

What I Miss About Living in Tokyo

What I Miss About Living in Tokyo Hello! I'm Asami, a Japanese tutor originally from Tokyo. I curre...

Using binomials in English

While many people focus on trying to learn idioms, collocations, and phrasal verbs to make their En...

Success for me is achieving my goals.

Success for me is achieving my goals, even the small ones.  It doesn't matter what your goals are, ...