One needs to be patient and gentle with oneself. ‘Das ist das A und O’, as we say in German. After that, it is important to surround yourself with the language. Even if you struggle to understand everything, put on the radio. There are radio programmes specially made for those who learn a language. Start reading the papers. As difficult as it is at the beginning, it helps to familiarise yourself with the language and get a feeling for it.

Hi! Nice to meet you, I'm Gabi. Learning a language should be fun, and all about communication. If you want to learn in a relaxed setting where you're more concentrating on getting your ideas across than getting the perfect grammar, then come with me! - - don't take this the wrong way, I will correct your grammar if you make a mistake, but it won't stop you from expressing yourself!

Junior high English is an important step in building grammar and vocabulary, which will form the foundation for the following year's of English studies. However, there are a lot of things to memorize, and if there is one thing you are bad at, it is a subject you will not understand. English is a great tool to connect with people in other countries. What a shame it would be to end up hating English! By repeating the basics over and over again, I try to help students gain confidence little by little.

The first time I came to Japan I realized that a lot of people wanted to learn French but couldn’t find any French speaking friends, or were too busy to take classes in a language school. When someone wants to learn French, it really makes me want to help them improve! This thought pushed me to study didactics and is pushing me to challenge myself everyday.

Besides the diary lesson, it is a conversation-based lesson. There are two types of lessons, "Japanese Conversation" and "Reading the News", but the content of both lessons varies from student to student. Please let me know your goals, what you want to do in Japanese, what you are interested in, and more! After you've written your journal, you can also request a conversation lesson to talk more about your journal.

英語・スウェーデン語講師のケイ・シェンベリと申します。私も生徒の皆様とともに、よりよいレッスンのご提供のために、常に考え、分析し、研究しています。英語もスウェーデン語も、かじったことはあるけど挫折してしまった方や、なかなか学習を進められない方のレベルアップのため、新しい課題にとりくんだり、補充問題・応用問題などを通し、いつの間にか「新しいことを習得した！新しい言語で表現できるようになった！」と思っていただけるような楽しいレッスンを心がけています。

Hello! I am a native English speaker and have been working as an EFL teacher since 2006. Most of my classes on Cafetalk are free conversation so students can set the agenda and choose a topic that is relevant to them and which helps them to improve their English in a way that is relevant to them, whether that is for work, study or travel.

I had some experiences of teaching Italian to some small groups of people in Osaka. Listening to what I say carefully and repeating it allows my students to increase their vocabularies little by little. Also, having a good conversation always makes the lessons enjoyable. I do not think students should push themselves hard. They should keep feeling a joy of learning throughout their lessons.

My name is Erin. I have been teaching English for 10 years. The memorization of English from textbooks is different from learning English by native speakers. In order to really improve the English, studying English needs to be combined with those who speak English as their mother tongue. That is a precious secret. Without it, one cannot move forward while studying.

I try to make my lessons very relaxed and enjoyable and I think my students have fun learning. Always the time goes fast, so I think that's a good sign that we are having a good time. I always give written homework and I usually recommend that my students try to watch English TV or listen to podcasts in English.