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和製英語　ー メール

なぜそれが間違いなのか これは、英語の “electronic mail” を略した “email” に由来します。 “electronic” = 「電子」 “mail” = 「郵便」 「メール」 ...

Calculating Square Roots Manually

I would like to share with you an easy-to-follow technique to calculate square roots manually.You m...

Advices for online teaching

 Get feedback. When we do language classes online, many children are too shy to answer questions or...

Teaching Online for Beginners

During the pandemic most teachers needed to teach online if they wanted to keep their jobs. This wa...

Staying Motivated: How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

Hi there! This is Hsinchan from Cafetalk!This is my very first column published on Cafetalk and I'm...

Choosing the Right Words in English for Every Occasion

Improving spoken English involves not just stringing words together but choosing the right onesfor ...

Doing lessons with kids

I have just finish my drawing lesson with a wonderful kid. I am puttyng my stuff away and I just st...

Wanna get a lesson personalized for you?

A lesson totally personalized for you.Learn the topic you want to learn or discuss about.Get exerci...

World Landmarks

Hello! Are you ready to explore the world? Look at this picture of the word "WORLD". Can you tell m...

My own experience of Read and Discuss lessons.

Regularly, I take Japanese reading and discussion lessons. I usually use material from websites cho...

Extrinsic or Intrinsic Motivation

I found this interesting TEDed content about types of motivation driving us to accomplish something...

The civilized wars.... could people's happiness and sadness be teleguided......?.

I’m devoted to sports and I don’t even practice sport, but I like to support, because this is where...

和製英語　ー リーマン・ショック

なぜそれが間違いなのか “Lehman Brothers” は、アメリカの投資銀行の名前です。2008年に破産を申請しました。これはアメリカ史上最大の倒産であり、この年に発生した金融危機の原因の一つ...

Is finding love connected to your New Year's Resolution?

Don't lose hope. Don't give up on finding love. Watch the video for some important self-love tips t...

Explore South Africa

Come with me as I tell you about my beautiful country of South Africa. People always talk about it'...

Meow Loves

No matter how bad a day I've had, when I see my cats, the world is a perfect place. They change eve...

It is Health that is true wealth, and not pieces of gold or silver - Mahatma Gandhi

Time, Times of the day and daily routine. Beginner to intermediate level practice.

Being able to tell the time and communicate your daily schedule or plans is important for us all. H...

Mastering Resolutions: Your Guide to Consistency and Positivity in 2024

Hey enthusiasts! As we dive headfirst into a brand-new year, it's only natural to set those excitin...

Talking about weather in English (verbs): Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at verbs for rain and snow. Today, we will continue by taking a...

Idioms describing knowledge in English

English has and uses a lot of idioms in daily conversations and business meetings. Here we look at ...

Prepare to talk about Money. Intermediate level conversational practice.

You could use these materials to help you prepare for a lesson talking about money. Remember you ca...

Staying Motivated or Staying Disciplined? モチベーションか規律か？

Setting resolutions is something I enjoy, but keeping up the motivation for them often becomes tric...

One step at a time

Learning anything is tough work. But trying to master a language might be one the most difficult th...

Common idiomatic expressions of time.

Time is one of the most important things we can have, use or waste. Did you have a New Year's Resol...

Were financial goals apart of your New Year Resolutions? Intermediate Listening Comprehension materials.

Financial goals can include things that you want to do that relate to money. For example, in the vi...

Idioms and phrases relating to money and finance.

Here are some idioms for you to study relating to money and finance.These meanings have been simpli...

Happy, stress free times in Japan :-)

This was such a fantastic period in our lives.It feels so recently, yet at the same time so far awa...

Thank you Cafetalk

When I decided to teach Japanese at cafetalk, my tutor told me that it would take some time until I...

How to Articulate Yourself Better for Effective Communication

Being articulate means expressing thoughts and ideas clearly and effectively, using well-chosen wor...