Cafetalk Tutor's Column

UntilとByの違いは？

Do you know the difference between "Until" and "By"? もし興味があったら、ビデオを見てみてください。

和製英語　ー　ストレート

なぜそれが間違いなのか 「ストレート」の語源は英語の "straight “です。そして、それは必ずしも間違ってはいません。しかし、英語ではアルコール飲料を表現するためにのみ使われます。だから、バー...

G7のニュースを見て徒然に思う

You know there has never no war has never happened untill now.  In Japan Defense Budget Bill passed...

Spike the cat!

Volcano Trip - Mount Bromo

I've been on a lot of beach vacations, and so, I thought maybe I should try something different. Th...

Wildlife in Vancouver, Canada

Hi everyone,It's finally getting warm here in Vancouver.On my walk the other day, I ran into a bear...

It's a Scorcher

The mercury level has been hovering around 35 ͦ C during the hottest hours in Kuala Lumpur. It's al...

Running is...

Gerunds are words that end in “-ing” and act like nouns in a sentence. They can be used as the “doe...

5 must read books for Intermidiate learners of English.

5. A fictional story with simple world-building and an easy-to-understand narrative. One of my favo...

Daily Routines

Greetings, I think for this blog I will side-step the ‘daily schedule’ bit and talk about my early ...

Today: Apa Kabar VS Bagaimana kabar Anda

Hello, how are you?  Today I will discuss the phrase "Apa kabar?"  And "Bagaimana kabar Anda?". The...

Living on my own axis

Living on my own axis   Today, I am going to talk about 'some tips on how to live our lives'. You m...

Cycling Solo

I would like to recommend two things. 1. Go on a cycling holiday. 2. Go solo. A few years back, I d...

Improve Your Pronunciation But Be Yourself

Learning a new language is a tremendous undertaking for many reasons. Vocabulary is essential. Gram...

I made it into the Top 5!

Here is a fun jab at my new stepping stone. And guess what, I also created a discount to mark the ...

Collectables

Do you have a collection? I’ve had many in my life! When I was young I collected everything from ro...

Do you keep a journal of your daily experiences ?

Writing improves with frequent practice, the same way in which  fluency in speech improves with pra...

Pigeon dad

Photo by Mauro Tandoi on Unsplash I didn’t think I’d ever be a dad, but I kind of feel like one the...

〜しなくちゃ！Have to のかわりに

Many English students use "I have to...", but there is another natural expression. もし興味があったら、動画を見てみ...

100 lessons with Cafetalk !

I just completed my 100th lesson with Cafetalk. Teaching on this platform gave me the opportunity t...

Hiromi Ito: The Thorn Puller

I love Japanese literature, especially contemporary writers. Of course, needless to mention that Ha...

My eternal age versus my consumed age

Seize the Day

Back in the student heydays, my battle-cry was "Seize the day!" This was when nothing was impossibl...

Subject-verb agreement

Subject-verb agreement is usually pretty simple, but it can be confusing sometimes. Subject-verb a...

Good night's sleep

Hello, everyone. How's it going? This is Teacher Asuka.I recently read an interesting article about...

FORMAL & INFORMAL GREETINGS

Happy Friday from Indonesia GMT+7. Today I will discuss how to say greetings in Indonesian. What yo...

5 material nouns with crazy usage as verbs!

Creating the verb forms of a noun is a fairly simple task. Although, some verbs have meanings far f...

Currently Reading: The Precipice

I have been slowly and steadily reading this book for a while now. It's a very deep and detailed re...

Recent Reading

Hello everyone.  It’s been a while since I wrote a blog as I have been so busy with my new job and ...

Being Bilingual & Growing up in Vancouver

Happy May!A couple of weeks ago, I made a video of my interaction at the Tim Hortons drive thru.Def...