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Do you have a pet?

Do you have any pets? In my experience, although most people like animals in general they have a pr...

Trouble

Photo: Trouble being Trouble If you’ve ever taken a lesson with me, you may have seen a picture of...

Tea Ceremony with a genius cat

The other day I was invited to a casual Tea Ceremony party. At this house, there is a genius cat th...

el campo de la lavanda ランベンダー畑にいって！

今年もラベンダー畑にいってみました。毎年7月の初旬はブリウエガという村の近くにあるラベンダー畑のラベンダーが満開となり、多くの人々がその畑を見に行くのです。そして、近くの村はラベンダー色に飾り付けさ...

(未来の雇用)Employment in the Future

My latest English Broadcasting below:https://stand.fm/episodes/62e527786e6ce8ead1dac1a4Hello, every...

A Trio Treat

  What made you smile today?  I chanced upon these adorable creatures at Pier 39 and they just made...

I've passed 500 lessons and am now listed as "Popular"!!

Hello everyone! みなさんこんにちは！I want to announce that I have completed over 500 lessons on Cafetalk!! I...

Writing to help achieve Fluency - Part 1

Writing can be a great way to improve your fluency and confidence in English. Writing is, unfortuna...

「ALMOST」と言わないで！

How do you say "ほとんどのイギリス人は紅茶を飲む" in English? You maybe surprised!

Summer Sweets? I miss Japan!

In the UK we don't really have a great variety of sweet treats to eat in the summer. Don't get me w...

My favourite summer treat

By Ripe Raspberries by Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1...

Unstoppable Sweet Tooth

I often hear and read something that says 'money can't buy happiness, but it can buy ice cream whic...

Your favourite summer dessert/sweets

My favourite summer treat is halo-halo. It's a Filipino dessert made with fruits, ice, ube, milk an...

Gelato has taken over

Photo byJenna Day onUnsplash Over the past few years, gelato has gained a lot of popularity here in...

My Favourite Summer Dessert.

My Favourite Summer Dessert. This week looks like a fairly simple topic but, as usual, there may be...

送礼物 Gift Giving

“送礼物”在社会活动中是比较常见的，送礼物是表示对对方的尊重和感谢。在恰当的时机给对方送上一份礼物，会把双方的关系拉近许多。礼物多少不是最重要的，关键是送礼物的心意。中国有句俗话叫“礼轻情义重”，所...

Have you ever experienced "culture shock"?

Culture shock is a feeling of surprise or shock when you experience something unfamiliar in a diffe...

(本当の優しさ）Real Gentleness will give us hope and warm place to be

My latest broadcasting below:https://stand.fm/episodes/62dce6d784d636c582daa7bcHello, everyone! How...

Which which? (どれのWHICH?)

Did you know there are several ways to use which in English?   In Japanese, どれ can mean which in En...

Culture shock and blending in

According to MacMillan dictionary, culture shock is defined as "the nervous or confused feeling tha...

初心者でも着られる！メンズ浴衣！

男の人も浴衣を着て楽しみたい！！ ということで、浴衣の着方の動画を作成しました！！ よければぜひ皆さんも御覧ください(^_^)男生也想要享受穿浴衣！！ 所以我製作浴衣穿法的影片！！ 希望大家也看一下...

196年ぶりに、

196年ぶりに鷹山が、祇園祭に戻ってきた。For the first time in 196 years the Takayama has returned to the Gion Festival.

Culture shock in Japan

Most of the Japanese students that I went to school with in Germany and later Australia had a few t...

TRAVEL -- June ( IZU ) and July ( SOUTH NAGANO) trips

We`ve gone on a few trips over the last couple of months -- We had a nice trip to Shimoda, IZU in J...

In the news: ‘Young people should not drink’

Photo byJon Parry onUnsplash Bad news for me and anyone else under 40 who enjoys beer, wine, or ot...

Check out Extraordinary Attorney Woo on Netflix!

Hello Cafetalk Community!How are you? I hear it is scorching hot weather in Japan now. I'm sure the...

Applying Phrasal Verbs on Food and Drinks

Phrasal Verbs are quite frequently used in conversation and learning as many phrasal verbs as possi...

聊聊北京话/Talking about Beijing dialect

用3个词总结北京话，说的到位！ 说好北京话，注意三个关键感叹词“嘿”“哟”“哎呦喂”外，北京人在说话时还有很多“话佐料”。 “话佐料”是过去说相声的一种说法，指的是说话时，使用“啊”“嚯”“哎”“呦...

Culture shock

Most of my knowledge of culture shock comes from conversations with international students who stud...

Coming Home is the Biggest Culture Shock

The Cambridge Dictionary says that culture shock (noun) is a feeling of confusion felt by someone v...