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Happy Halloween!

Halloween was mostly cancelled last year, but now it’s almost here (in Canada at least) and it’s ha...

Autumn is the BEST Season for Committing Yourself

If you think about the word commitment, what comes up for you? Does it sound like a chore or a burd...

Curiosities and more

Here you find a new Arabic word: a door:   بَابٌ =========Do you know that there are common English...

オノマトペーOnomatopoeia

こんにちわYUZUです。寒くなってきましたね❄私は今週末に、冬服を買いに行きます(*'ω'*)今日は１つオノマトペを教えます。【ブルブル】　　-buruburu★寒くてからだが、ふるえる状態☆for...

【讀讀台灣書】吳明益《天橋上的魔術師》

想要了解台灣，並且找到閱讀故事的樂趣，這是一本十分值得推薦的書！《天橋上的魔術師》出版於2011年，是台灣作家吳明益老師的作品，書裡有十篇短篇小說，雖然是各自不同的故事，卻都發生在作家從小生長的地方...

Plants in English: Yellowwood tree

Did you know that there is a Yellowwood tree connection between South Africa and Japan? Yellowwood...

Are you a beach or mountain person? ----- あなたはビーチや山の人ですか？

Are you a beach or mountain person?  A difficult question .. (laughs) ...  I live in South Africa. ...

I've become a Mountain Person - Urabandai trip

Hello Everyone ! When I lived in Canada I was definately a beach person , I loved going to the seas...

The mountain or the beach? The mountain, of course!

I was born in Bogota Colombia, a city nestled right in the middle of the Andes, located 2,600 mts a...

海派か山派か。どっちも良いよね♪

こんにちはSaoです海派か山派か○○派か。という話題がカフェートークの講師コラムでチラホラと。ちなみに○○派は、英語で~~personと言います。様々なものに使えますので便利です。例：犬派：a do...

Did you know...?

SWIMS will be SWIMS even when turned upside down.   Did you know that enneacontakaienneagon is actu...

Are you a ‘Beach Person’ or a ‘Mountain Person’?

Are you a ‘beach person’ or a ‘mountain person'?' This week’s topic is much easier to answer than i...

I’m a forest person!

I’m not a mountain person because there are no mountains anywhere nearby and I’m not a beach person...

English idioms!

English idioms! English idioms! Examples of unusual phrases how to can be used in the English langu...

Enjoying my Daily Life consists of 3 simple things! Also MORE AVAILABLE Lesson Times AND COUPONS!

Hello Dear Students!   Happy FALL!I enjoy my daily life by doing three things:   1.     Spending so...

Plants in English: Bush lily

The Clivia plant, also known as the Bush lily, is a very special plant that is endemic to South Af...

【どうする？英検対策？】　第6回：過去問研究（ライティング編）-2

こんにちは。講師のbananafishです。 ライティングに注目した英検対策レッスン新設に伴い、コラムで英検を取り上げています。 過去問研究　ライティング編　第2回です。 英検ライティングの難しさの...

【台灣生活華語】網購

網購 ㄨㄤˇ ㄍㄡˋ wǎng gòu   以往要購物時，只要出門去附近的大賣場、超市等，就能買到日用品；今年因為疫情的關係，宅在家鮮少出門，因此開始習慣網路購物（網購），再加上在家刷卡付錢，也省去...

MY TOPIC THIS WEEK: How to Prioritize your Goals?

In order to prioritize your goals, you’ll need to have a good understanding of what you need to be ...

手のひらに表れる「表現」

いつもお世話になります。試しにあげた動画です。良かったらご覧ください。https://youtu.be/FmYOGLVEkq8

Why did I choose to be a tutor?

I choose to be a tutor because I love to teach in the first place. I love to share what I know I lo...

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (2)

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (2)   Common phrases for agreeing ‘Exactly!’ ...

Plants in English: Stone Plants

Stone plants are very special succulent plants. Their scientific genus name is Lithops. Lithops mea...

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (1)

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (1)     Common phrases for asking how someone...

【どうする？英検対策？】　第5回：過去問研究（ライティング編）-1

こんにちは。講師のbananafishです。ライティングに注目した英検対策レッスン新設に伴い、コラムで英検を取り上げています。前回までは、英検挑戦にあたり、何を目指して英検受験をするのか？という視点...

The Vocabulary of a Pandemic

  Just when the world thought Covid-19 was waning1, many countries are seeing a huge resurgence of ...

Common mistakes in spoken English! Less - Fewer

  1.   Less - fewer    There are less people than yesterday. No!    There are fewer people than ye...

絵本で学ぶ「get」のイメージ

暇さえあれば英語の本を読んだりニュースやドラマを視聴しているtomotomoです。せっかくなので、覚書もかねて、その日に気になった表現をこのコラムでシェアしてみようかと思い立ちました。あくまでも面白...

Old English Roses

Gardening became very popular during the quarantine months. Even if you just have a small veranda, ...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 5: Quiz!!

Eight parts of speech                                                                      Quiz!!  ...