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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...

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...

七草粥

こんにちは。日本語講師のナナです。お正月にカロリーが高いお料理やお酒をたらふく頂いて、体が重い毎日です。1/7(金)は胃を休める「七草粥」を頂く日でした。日本のスーパーには、七草が店頭に並びます。お...

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...

多幸福

大好きな湘南の神社でおみくじ釣りをしてきました。タコ　と　フグ　をつりましたなんでタコとフグ？って思いますか？？タコとフグ　　…　　　タコフグ…　　多幸福　たこうふく（ギャグ？）多くの幸福が訪れるよ...

How to make and keep your New Years Resolution!

Are you making a resolution in the new year? Warning: More than half of all resolutions fail, but t...

6 Tips to Improve Your Grammar!

Hello Everyone! It's a new year and therefore time to make New Year's resolutions. I'm sure some of...

Different Ways of saying that you are sick

Times are uncertain. Many of us may feel ill at any time. In English, there could be different way...

Listen to a TED Talk weekly - Make this a goal for 2022!

What kind of talks are TED talks? Technology, Entertainment, Design These subject areas are shapin...

２０２２　寅年！！！

新年あけましておめでとうございます。いつの間にか２０２２年ですね(*´Д｀)しめ縄つくりました(^_-)-☆ 寅年です！（とらどし）どんなお正月を過ごしましたか？私はゆーーーーーっくり休みました♪今...

New Year's Resolutions

Photo: my personal trainer giving me push-ups advice I think that New Year's resolutions are a grea...

Resolutions and Goals for 2022 (Check for a special message at the end!)

What is a resolution?   Well, one dictionary definition says, “a firm decision to do or not to do s...

New Year’s resolutions

Photo: Kingston, Ontario When it comes to making resolutions for a new year, I like to plan someth...

Indoor winter activities

"Canoe Lake" painting by Darrell Bush It’s been pretty cold in Toronto recently, and Covid-19-rela...

2022年、あけましておめでとうございます！Happy New Year!

あけましておめでとうございます！Happy New Year! May this year be a great one!  すっかり新年の挨拶が遅くなってしいました。 皆さん、いかがお過ごしです...

Easing your anxiety by changing your story

It is the beginning of a new year, let’s make this a better year and make positive changes. We can ...

New Year's Resolution!

Happy New Year Everyone!I hope you have all had a great New Year's celebration. I know my family di...

Resolution #1 - Lose Weight!

I’m not normally a person who makes New Year’s resolutions, but I think this year I will have to ma...

My New Year Resolutions

What are my New Year Resolutions? NYRs are notorious for not being kept.  Some years ago, I came ac...

My New Year's Resolution (with vocabulary!)

I have a confession: every single year I make a resolution, and then forget about it immediately. H...

（２０２１年に達成した一つの目標と２０２２年への抱負）The one goal I have achieved in 2021 and wishes for the year 2022

Teacher Asuka's English Wave, English Broadcasting as follows:https://stand.fm/episodes/61d187281b8...

新年快樂!

回顧2021 有喜有悲   如果喜字寫在前頭，它一定是比較重要的那一個吧!   喜的三件大事： 1.      非常開心有幾位和我持續學習中文的夥伴們，語言學習，最困難的是「堅持」，所以我為你們每一...

2021 in review

Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash The beginning of 2021 was a very uncertain time for me (and most...

Word of the Week: Replenish

Add a new word to your vocabulary. Word: Replenish ri- 'ple-nishPart of speech: VerbMeaning: To Fil...

A Goal I Have Achieved in 2021

One Goal I Have Achieved This year. The topic of goals is one of my favourite subjects.  As a violi...