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Asking permission in English 英語で許可を求める方法

Image by Tumisu from Pixabay Do you know how to ask permission in English? 英語で許可を求める方法を知っていますか？ Man...

The Elephant Man: New Reading Lesson!

Dear Cafetalk Community,I am offering a reading lesson on the book, "The Elephant Man." The Elephan...

Choices

“Raspberries or ice cream?” my aunt asked me once when I was a young child, and she was serving des...

SEASHELLS, SANDCASTLES, AND SUNSET SMILES

On a warm summer day, my family visited the seaside. My children ran to the water, letting the wave...

Travel English for Stress Free Traveling

Traveling to an English-speaking country can be an exciting adventure, but it can also be challengi...

How to Pronounce Kamala Harris!

Dear Cafetalk Community, How are you? I hope you're doing well! It's about 31 - 32 degrees Celsius ...

Introducing a Dedicated Section for Kids!

After seeing multiple requests from young students in the past, I have created a kids-friendly sect...

TEDトーク (TED Talks)のビデオのレッスン

https://www.ted.com/talks   The internationally famous TED Talks are speeches given by experts to a...

New Students Welcome- Free First Lesson!

Hi Everyone! I'm a native English speaker from Ireland with nearly two years of teaching experience...

2024.06.20 Dancing with my student together Tabla Bellydance

Welcome to my Oriental Belly Dance lessonhttps://cafetalk.com/lesson/detail/?c=eJxzDk4KrvIvDk5z9sis...

Are You a Mountain Person or a Beach Person?

You know what? I’ve always thought of myself as a mountain girl because I was born in the country o...

Hua Hin, Thailand: Where Mountains Meet the Sea

Introduction Nestled along the western shore of the Gulf of Thailand, Hua Hin is a picturesque dest...

Mariposa Folk Festival

Do you like to go camping? I have been camping in many places in Canada from Nova Scotia to Yukon. ...

30% Discount on all lessons!

Yes, that's right! Enjoy 30% off on all my lessons for the first half of August. This is a great t...

Why English?

I'm new.Even though I have taught more than 3 100 English classes around the world, I'm quite nervo...

An Ancient Egyptian Summer Festival: A Tribute to the Nile!

  August is a special month in Egypt, marked by a lively summer festival known as  "Wafaa el-Nil." ...

Months of the year

In this video I demonstrate how to pronounce the months of the year in English. The calendar I am u...

I got featured in Asian Writers' Collective

Asian Writers' Collective is a publication dedicated to fostering greater understanding and appreci...

Giving Your Opinion in English 英語で意見を述べる方法

image: Image by Joseph Mucira from Pixabay In English it’s important to give your opinion clearly a...

A train? The train?

パートナーが僕にLINEでメッセージを送ってきた。   "I'm about to catch a train"   彼女は仕事から帰るところだと思ったので、びっくりした!  「えっ! どこに行くの...

Talking about festivals and holidays in English

This week’s column topic is Summer festivals, so today I would like to share some ways to talk abou...

Make your lists more clear with the Oxford comma

The Oxford comma, also known as the serial comma, is a punctuation mark that appears before the fin...

The Croxley Revels: Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, England

The Origins of the Croxley Revels: A Community Celebration Rooted in History Croxley Green, a pictu...

The Canadian National Exhibition

The Canadian National Exhibition is a festival that takes place in Toronto and marks the end of Sum...

40% discount (JULY only)

Hi everyone! How have you been? How is your July going so far? I hope it’s been a great month for y...

Do you sprinkle salt on watermelon?／スイカに塩をかける？

Speaking of "summer", the first thing that comes up to my head is "Watermelon ".  During summer vac...

每日一詞：而且 / Word of the day 而且(ér qiě) / 毎日の一語：而且

每日一詞：「而且」     今天的烏鴉學舌要介紹的是一個華語中很常用的連詞—「而且」，它主要用來連接句子，表達事情之間的關係。熟練它能幫助我們更好地描述和解釋我們的想法。以下我們將介紹而且的使用方法...

Using the Indefinite Article (a/an) in English

As you probably know, English uses articles before nouns most of the time (unless the noun is plura...

Cameras off lessons

The Cafetalk admins recently posted a blog about students expressing interest in having lessons wit...

Morning Glory 朝顔(あさがお)

Hello! I'm Muu., Japanese language teacher. The rainy season ended and summer is in full swing in m...