Cafetalk Tutor's Column

My Favorite Hobby: Embroidering

These are some of the little projects that I’ve embroidered. There is something very satisfying in ...

My favorite book(s)

What’s my favorite book? Mmm… that’s a tough question. I LOVE books! From fairy tales to biographie...

Merry Christmas and Thank You!

Dear students,Thank you very much for making this year so special. We had fun with books, art, and ...

The Netherlands and Its Wonderful Museums

This year I had the opportunity to go to The Netherlands. I visited Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The H...

Let's Explopre Literature Together!

I completed 250 lessons! Thank you to all my students! Come join me. I teach fairy tales, classic l...

I love literature, so, let's read books together!

I love books and stories of all kinds, from fairy tales to gothic novels and poetry, my life has al...

A Book I Never Get Tired of Reading: Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales

“The Little Mermaid”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Thumbelina”, “The Snow Queen”… these are but a ...

My Favorite Song: Enya’s The Book of Days

Enya’s The Book of Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQjt9VGxIdM makes my imagination fly. It is...

Being a Tutor: Always a Unique Experience

The best thing about being a tutor is knowing that every single lesson is a unique experience. Ever...

The mountain or the beach? The mountain, of course!

I was born in Bogota Colombia, a city nestled right in the middle of the Andes, located 2,600 mts a...

Thread and Needle: My New Thing

During the pandemic I have been mostly at home, doing everything from home. I’m Ok with that. I’m u...

The Best Teaching and Studying Method: Being Yourself and Motivation

  I have been teaching for more than 20 years. I have been learning things all my life. I love lear...

The 1800s and Fairy Tales

If I could go back in time, I would go back to England in the 1800s. Everybody was crazy about fair...

Cooking TV Shows: A Fun and Delicious Way of Learning

(Photo by Kevin Phillips) I think that a fun, interesting (and certainly delicious!) way of learnin...

Coco, the Sweetest Dog!

If you read my column “My Bucket List, my Now List”, you already know that I got Coco after I was v...

Strange Magical Food

OK, in real life, I don’t think I’ve ever eaten really strange food. However, in books… Now, that’s...

Cicadas' Voice

For those of us who live in the southern hemisphere, summer is far away. Still, I can’t complain ab...

Once upon a Time: The Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales

A glass slipper, a poisonous apple and a magic mirror, a prince who is a frog, a house made of ging...

My Bucket List, my Now List

I used to have a bucket list. It was there in the back of my mind waiting. It contained things like...

One wish, every tale

Ahhhh… if I could magically make true one wish, it would be to be able to read every language in th...

A Prince and a Giant

“But the Spring never came, nor the Summer. The Autumn gave golden fruit to every garden, but to th...

Studying Abroad and Jo March

“You asked me the other day what my wishes were… I want to go away somewhere this winter for a chan...

Little Heroes, Great Adventures!

Little Heroes, Great Adventures! From the English folklore character Tom Thumb, printed in 1621, to...

Studying Abroad and Where the Water Sleeps

I think that when you are going to study abroad, it is essential to bring something you love, somet...

Learning with Picturebooks: Let the Fun Begin!

Books are a window to incredible worlds, and picturebooks are the first contact with those worlds. ...

Museums and Art: Let your Imagination Fly!

Mona Lisa. Perhaps the most famous painting in the world. THE masterpiece of Renaissance art. I fee...

Frankenstein: More than a Horror Book?

Who doesn’t recognize this monster? Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is a short novel by Mary...

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door.”

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't ke...

“Tomémonos un cafecito!” “Let’s have a cup of coffee!”

“Coffee is far more than a beverage … It is an invitation to life.” ― Nichole Johnson (xii Fresh Br...

“Awake, dear heart, awake."

“Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.” A father tells his daughter this. It’s a g...