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Tips for the Reading Part of the TOEIC test.

Vocabulary used in the Reading part of the TOEIC test is more challenging than in the Listening sec...

The Book That Changed My Perspective: Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window" by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

How This Book Helped Me as an ESL Teacher:   It Taught Me to Listen, Truly Listen: The book's famou...

My First 10 Lessons on Cafetalk !

Il y a quelques mois, j'ai pris une grande décision : j'ai quitté mon emploi dans les ressources hu...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

この本が好きな理由は、文章がそれほど難しくなく、親しみやすいキャラクターのおかげで英語で読むことが楽しいからです。 この本から学んだことは、英語の読書は勉強のように感じる必要はなく、楽しく没入できる...

Mastering Vocabulary [1]: Daily Input!

Welcome to our first Mastering Vocabulary lesson! In this series I will teach you various methods y...

New Business English lesson: Talking about your job and company

“What company do you work for?”   “What’s your job?”   If you meet someone in a business situation,...

Magical Movies with a Lesson

The movies Wicked and Wicked for Good are highly enjoyable for many reasons.  The glorious costumes...

I'm back!

Photo: The view from my wife's room at St. Michael's Hospital in downtown Toronto, where we spent m...

A Movie to remember

My favorite movie that influenced me is definitely “Mean Girls” (2004). This movie takes me back to...

新年就要到了！你听过“年”的传说吗？

??《“年”的传说》 很久很久以前，有一种怪兽叫“年”。 Hěn jiǔ hěn jiǔ yǐqián, yǒu yì zhǒng guàishòu jiào “Nián”. 它每到冬天的最后一天，...

'A silent voice' echoed through my life

One of the movies that has deeply influenced me is A Silent Voice. It is an anime film about school...

English as a Lingua Franca-a World Language.

A 'lingua franca' is a language adopted as a common language between speakers who don’t speak the s...

Daily English Upgrade #001: Say It Better — “I think so”

Quick upgrade for today. “I think so” is correct, but it can sound a little flat. Try these instead...

Learn English with Naeemah

I know that learning English can be a challenge at times, and sometimes what we all need is a teach...

这个中国菜好吃吗？

你nǐ知道zhīdào这是zhèshì什么shénme美食měishí吗ma？是的shìde，锅guō外面wàimiàn的de一yī圈quān烤kǎo的de是shì馒头mántóu片piàn和hé大...