Cafetalk Tutor's Column

BBC Video: American Customs

Hello Everyone! I was browsing through BBC articles and came across this BBC Video about what Amer...

Word Wealth #3 - Galumph

Hello Everyone! I have a new app on my phone that provides a new word every day. Sometimes the wor...

BBC News: Living the Good Life with Little Money

Hi Everyone! I was browsing through BBC News articles the other day and found this interesting one...

Introducing Detailed Student Evaluations!

Hello Everyone! I wanted to let you know that I have a new 'lesson' which is a detailed student ev...

BBC News - Town Reopens After Nuclear Disaster

Hello Everyone! As I am sure you already known, one of the towns near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclea...

Drumline Video

Hello Everyone!  In the U.S. we have marching bands, and part of those marching bands are sec...

A Fun English Quiz!

Hello Everyone! I found this quiz the other day and thought I would share it with you! "How good i...

Japanese Commercials VS American Commercials

Hello Everyone! A student shared this commercial with me the other day. (Thank you!) I imagine man...

Idioms Quiz Answers!

Hello Everyone! Are you ready to find out how well you did? Here are the answers: 1. D 2. A 3. ...

Idioms Quiz!

Hello Everyone! This week, I wanted to introduce you to some idioms. The idioms in the picture abo...

Some Horse Fun

Hello Everyone! Today I thought I would share one of the videos my mother recently posted. She has...

News - Wifi on Mt. Fuji

Hello Everyone! I found this short article about the introduction of wifi on top of mount Fuji. No...

Paint it Black - Music from the 60's

Hello Everyone! During some lessons, I get to learn different interests that you all have, and rec...

BBC News - The Gluten-free Fad

Hello Everyone! Today I have an article about the Gluten-free fad that has struck America (And oth...

Q&A Column - As usual vs. As always

I had a student send in a very good question recently. The student asked: What is the difference be...

Additional Lesson Times Available

Hello Everyone! I wanted to let you know about my additional lesson times this next week (and poss...

Crochet Summer Vest

Hello Everyone! It's been a while since I shared a crochet pattern, so here is one for you, from b...

BBC News - Gay Marriage Legalized in the U.S.

Hello Everyone! http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33291375 I wanted to share this short vid...

TED Talks - Music

Hello Everyone! A student shared this video with me a little while ago and I wanted to share it wi...

Article - Language Inspired

Hello Everyone! Today I wanted to share this BBC article I found. A young man from South Korea was...

Drive-in Movie Night!

Hi Everyone! It's been a long time since I last went to one, but last night my husband and I went ...

Q&A Column: Mrs., Ms., and Miss

Hello Everyone! I had a student ask me the following question: "I wonder what the differences betw...

Article: Science Vs Fiction

Hello everyone! Many may not know, but I love dinosaurs. When I was a child, I wanted to become a ...

New Deal! Buy 3, Get 1 Free!

Hello Everyone! I want to tell you about a new promotion I am running! I’m running a fun dea...

Q&A Column - 'had better' vs 'should'

Hello Everyone! A student sent me this question. "Hi Tracy,  May I ask you a question? It h...

Article - Prison Girl Band

Hello Everyone!  This was a fascinating and somewhat strange article that I stumbled across o...

A Crochet Dress

Hello Everyone! The picture could be better, but I wanted to show a project I finished recently! T...

Exciting New Lessons!

Hello everyone! After getting some responses about what new classes everyone wants, and adding a f...

Weather Concerns

Hello Everyone! A few people have messaged me lately asking if I'm okay, due to the severe weather...

Video - World's Oldest Woman

Hello Everyone! Here is an amazing woman, who is supposedly the world's oldest woman at 116 years ...