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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...

Have you ever experienced the so called "culture shock"

I have lived in four different countries - Canada, Philippines, Japan and New Zealand. I would say ...

The melody of English

Did you know that languages can be compared to music? Each language has its own melody and rhythm. ...

敲边鼓的意思是！

“敲边鼓”という表現は脇から手助けすることです。例文：你去跟老板说，我在一旁给你敲边鼓。 こちらはふたつの文章があります。どちらが正しいか教えてください。A 他现在穷死了，说是之前被人敲边鼓了。B ...

There are many words for tea in England

イギリスでは紅茶は大切なので、Teaにはたくさんの名前があります。

Have you ever experienced the so-called culture shock?

Have you ever experienced the so-called culture shock? Yes, I definitely have experienced Culture ...

英語のあいづち (Or why you should say “Yeah” more often!)

英語のあいづち (Or why you should say “Yeah” more often!)   When I started learning Japanese, they taught ...

PART 2 : Favorite books read from Jan - July 2022

PART 2 : recommended reads from my list of 240 books read so far this year .   SCIENCE FICTION : Kl...

Learning something new -- PRIME TIME -- entering the midway of the 2nd stage of life

I am now 40 years old -- and almost half way through the second stage of life -- I am newly learnin...

Four Ways to Write your Next Journal

Changing our writing environment can sometimes boost our interest in writing and remain memorable a...

PART 1: My Favorite book reads so far this year from January - July 2022

Dear readers , These are my recommendations from my reads from Jan- July 2022 -- during that time I...

New Lesson - Read Japanese Stories Translated into English

Dear all, I've just created a new lesson where we shall read Japanese tales translated into English...

Valladrid を　訪れて

バヤドリード、この町はスペイン国内でも観光地としては影が薄い町なのでは、という印象です。歴史的には首都にもなったことがあり、かなり大きな町なのですが、なぜか、私も今年になるまで訪れたことがありません...

敲边鼓是什么意思？

みなさん、“敲边鼓”という表現がご存じですか？こちらは例文がありますので、その意味をあたってみてください。来週アンサーを教えます。1、你跟老板说，我在一旁给你敲边鼓。2、要不是你一直在给他敲边鼓，我...

Something new that you are recently learning

I've always been a fan of body art, ie tattoos. However, I've never gotten one. I never really thou...

!!! 2 weeks left for discounted prices !!!!

Dear Students, check out my classes and if you're a new student of mine, try my classes for a reduc...

Music!!!

Most of you know me here as a language teacher. But I can assure you, I have a whole different life...

Back from Italy and.....

...my schedule is now open :-) I hope to see you all soon! Have a great day everyone.David---------...

Studying Grammar

Grammar is needed to string words into sentences. The use of correct grammar will ensure that you a...

Studying and Self-improvement

Actually every week I have a goal of spending five hours on self-improvement. Most of this time I s...

My Shiseido 資生堂 Poster for Sale!

Hello Cafetalk Community!How are you doing? I hear it's still sweltering heat all over Japan. I hop...

Softening expressions in English

In my last column, I described the future of AI technology as “a little scary”. To be honest, it’s ...

Canada hit by massive mobile and internet outage on July 8

First of all, I would like to apologize to the students whom I didn't show up for lessons on the ev...

商务邀请 Business Invitation

1.  Wèi, nín hǎo, qǐng wèn shì Lǐ xiān shēng ma? 喂，您好，请问是李先生吗？ Hello, may I speak to Mr. Li? 2． Sh...

Speaking Confidently and Fluently requires Commitment and Effort

Speaking another language without fear of mistakes and attaining fluency in the language is achieva...

Something new I am recently Learning.

Something new that I am recently learning? Well, I am a strong proponent of ‘life-long’ learning so...

AI art

Image: "Portait of Edmond de Belamy" (generated by AI)The advances in AI technology over the past f...

【祝再開】Hirotoのレッスンが再開しました！！

【中文在下方】皆さん、こんにちは！日本語講師のHirotoです！一時期、授業を停止していましたが、この度Cafetalkでの授業を再開することになりました！！皆さんが楽しく日本語を覚えていけるように...

Know Your Phrasal Verbs

It is important to be aware of phrasal verbs and understand how they are applied within context.  ...