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Teaching styles and learner expectations

Teaching styles and expectations can be very different in different cultures. Some teachers prefer ...

PHRASAL VERBS AT SCHOOL

Learning Phrasal Verbs within context could be effective when trying to understand how they can be ...

Animal Sayings

Animal sayings are quite common in English, even although we have less countryside than ever. Here ...

Different ways of saying I disagree

Today, let’s take a look at simple phrases of disagreement: I’m afraid I disagree I see what you’re...

My Weekend Special

Hello all,Greetings from Shirin !Weekend is that part of my life which I really look forward to. My...

How do you spend your weekend?

Roses are red,Violets are blue,I play computer games all weekend.How about you?   DID YOU UNDERSTA...

Become A Couch Bunny!

Hello! Hope you are well. What I like to do most of the time is to just relax and have a calm weeke...

And my usual weekend goes to...

... the chores.Doing chores at home! My weekend is usally spent doing basic household chores, which...

Have you kept a journal?

Writing improves with practice. I find my writing skills become rusty when I take a hiatus in writi...

How Do I Usually Spend My Weekend?

How Do You Usually Spend Your Weekend? I believe that the happiest and most productive life is base...

（冬型人間なのかも！〜日本の有名な歌をご紹介）I might be a winter person!--from the famous Japanese song

You can listen my English broadcasting as follows:https://stand.fm/episodes/61e4a5313b72720006385b0...

Short videos for listening practice in English

Today I’d like to share some resources for interesting short videos for English listening practice....

have been / have gone どっちを使ったらいい？

みなさま、こんにちは。英語と日本語講師のリナです。英語の時制って、難しいですよね。   なんか日本語には無い感覚だなぁ？ 継続？経験？完了？なんかいろいろ教科書には出てきたけど、イマイチよくわからな...

【感謝】滿100堂華語課♪

大家好！我是Nai。  非常感謝這段時間，2022年1月在Cafetalk完成了滿100堂華語課♪ 也祝福大家學華語時都開心順利，達成自己的目標，一起加油！   歡迎一起跟Nai老師學華語♡

Daily reminder

Be kind to yourself. Don't speak negative, don't sabotage yourself, don't punish yourself in your m...

5 Tips to Improve Your Speaking Skills!

Hello Everyone! So everyone wants to improve their spoken English. But what can you do to improve ...

四大公投結果出爐Chūlú 蔡總統：展現公民意志 民主是堅強後盾Hòudùn

公投：住民投票、國民投票 結果出爐：結果が出ました 後盾：後押しする、力をかして援助する 例：家人是堅強的後盾 一番大きいのは家族の支えです 蔡總統表示，這次公投Gōngtóu明確傳達Míngquè...

Benefits of Reading the NEWS

It is a good habit to read the English newspaper if you haven’t started doing so already.1.  Readin...

Talking about resolutions in English

Many people have been talking about their New Year’s resolutions recently, and I’ve had some great ...

I'm a Summer Person

I would definitely consider myself a "summer person." My favorite summer activities include going t...

タイ文字

สวัสดีนักเรียนทุกคน皆さん、こんにちは。今回はタイ文字について話します。タイ文字は子音字42個あります。母音字は22個です。声調記号は5個あります。この三つのパーツを組み合わせてい...

Johannesburg Summer or Nagoya Summer?

Note: South Africa has South African English words that are specific to South Africa. These come fr...

The traditional South African New Year isn't in January!

So...when is the New Year in South Africa? August 1st is the traditional New Year for Africans in S...

Life without a cell phone

Photo: Raffi - BananaphoneIt’s rare these days to meet someone who doesn’t have a cell phone. For m...

Robert Burns and Burns Suppers

Robert Burns, (1759-96), was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on 25 January 1759. He wrote many songs and...

（グローバリゼーションって何のため？）What's the “Globalization” for?

You can listen my English Broadcasting below.https://stand.fm/episodes/61dc57a29816cb0007dd343cHell...

Are you a summer or winter person?

  To be honest, I am not particularly fond of summer or winter. The problem with these seasons is s...

What to do in 2022

About the photo: The Philippine tarsier from my beloved hometown. Tarsiers have enormous eyes and c...

Brazil loses a great writer - Lya Luft

Lya Luft was from southern Brazil, initially had her work recognized as a translator of works by gr...

10 lessons and loving it!

I am a new Cafe Talk tutor who has just delivered 10 lessons to amazing students! I hope for hundre...