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View: 970 | Nov 17, 2023
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A park in downtown San Francisco
Salesforce Park is a public park you can visit in downtown San Francisco. It is behind Salesforce T...
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View: 2776 | May 3, 2022
Cecily G.
On Tuesday or In Tuesday?
The other day my student said "See you in Tues". Maybe you know it should be "See you on Tues". I r...
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View: 2114 | Feb 26, 2022
Cecily G.
Travel Vocabulary
Hi students,Today I was having a lesson with one of my students and we started talking about travel...
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View: 2814 | Dec 25, 2021
Cecily G.
Festival of Lessons and Carols
Dear students and other Cafetalk readers,I'm listening to a recording of the Christmas service call...
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View: 2330 | Sep 10, 2021
Cecily G.
Think Small to Accomplish Big Things - Michael Phelps talk
What small things are you going to do to accomplish big things? What small things can you do today,...
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View: 2503 | Aug 30, 2021
Cecily G.
The Caldor Fire (near Lake Tahoe)
The Caldor Fire is one of the wildfires burning in California now. It is very sad to see. It is nea...
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View: 1781 | Aug 27, 2021
Cecily G.
A chance encounter
When I was living in China, I took a trip to a mountainous part of Chongqing. I planned the trip in...
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View: 2092 | Jul 6, 2021
Cecily G.
parklet
Hi students!What's a parklet?It's a new word that has changed meaning a little since the pandemic. ...
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View: 1938 | Jun 30, 2021
Cecily G.
multilingual
This video, although just of people counting to 10 in at least 3 different languages, reminds me of...
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View: 1916 | Jun 29, 2021
Cecily G.
Earthquake!
Just after I taught a lesson, I felt the room shake! It continued to move...We were having an earth...
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View: 2240 | May 28, 2021
Cecily G.
Shohei Otani on the train
I heard this story on the radio that the Angels' Shohei Otani would not start against the A's tonig...
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View: 1885 | May 22, 2021
Cecily G.
Polite requests in English
Dear students,How can you make a request politely in English?Here are some ways: "Could you please....
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View: 2146 | May 14, 2021
Cecily G.
What are your student strengths?
I was thinking today about different kinds of students. What are your strengths as a student? What ...
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View: 2019 | Apr 22, 2021
Cecily G.
study tips
Dear students,I'm a student, too. I'm preparing for final exams in the courses I'm taking now. Beca...
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View: 1819 | Apr 4, 2021
Cecily G.
Words and names from French and syllable stress
Many English two syllable names have stress on the first syllable.Women's names:EmmaJanaMayaJulieMe...
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View: 1758 | Mar 31, 2021
Cecily G.
idiom:
Today I was thinking of two idioms people use in English to say that something is not difficult, or...
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View: 2084 | Mar 23, 2021
Cecily G.
Prince Harry and James Corden
It's quite odd to see Prince Harry chatting with James Corden. James Corden meets lots of famous pe...
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View: 1801 | Feb 6, 2021 | 1
Cecily G.
boyfriend, girlfriend, friend and man friend
Dear English learners,Today I'm going to write about when to use boyfriend, girlfriend, friend or m...
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View: 1949 | Jan 20, 2021
Cecily G.
idioms with "hit the"
Some idioms that use "hit the". Have you heard of them before?hit the sack, hit the hay = go to bed...
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View: 3631 | Jan 10, 2021
Cecily G.
pleasantly surprised
Dear students,I don't know if you're familiar with it, but I thought I'd introduce the phrase "plea...
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View: 3511 | Dec 24, 2020
Cecily G.
Christmas Lights
Hello everyone,It's almost Christmas! Christmas is not the same this year. Due to the pandemic, we ...
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View: 3540 | Dec 6, 2020
Cecily G.
Stay-at-home orders
Hello students,In my area (in California) we will be under stay-at-home orders starting Monday to p...
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View: 3829 | Oct 10, 2020
Cecily G.
Rain
It rained last night. Maybe for you this doesn't sound like big news, but for us it is. It hadn't ...
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View: 4351 | Sep 8, 2020
Cecily G.
Essential Workers
On a previous blog post, I introduced the term social distancing. Today I will introduce essential ...
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View: 4084 | Sep 1, 2020
Cecily G.
Grammar: Responding to Negative Questions in English
Dear English learners,When responding to positive questions, students aren't usually confused (alth...
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View: 4145 | Aug 17, 2020 | 3
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Lesson Milestones
Dear students,Today I reached the milestone of 200 lessons on Cafetalk! Thank you! When we reach a ...
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View: 4501 | Mar 30, 2020
Cecily G.
Social Distancing
Hello English learners,Today I wanted to introduce the term social distancing. Have you heard it?It...
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View: 4748 | Aug 25, 2015
Cecily G.
idiom: "to cost an arm and a leg"
English idioms sound strange sometimes! There is an idiom "to cost an arm and a leg". It means some...
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View: 5077 | Aug 17, 2015
Cecily G.
A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush
I have been thinking recently about the proverb: "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". It...