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View: 2050 | 2023-11-17

Cecily G.

A park in downtown San Francisco

Salesforce Park is a public park you can visit in downtown San Francisco. It is behind Salesforce T...
View: 3721 | 2022-05-03

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On Tuesday or In Tuesday?

The other day my student said "See you in Tues". Maybe you know it should be "See you on Tues". I r...
View: 3001 | 2022-02-26

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Travel Vocabulary

Hi students,Today I was having a lesson with one of my students and we started talking about travel...
View: 3793 | 2021-12-25

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Festival of Lessons and Carols

Dear students and other Cafetalk readers,I'm listening to a recording of the Christmas service call...
View: 3336 | 2021-09-10

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Think Small to Accomplish Big Things - Michael Phelps talk

What small things are you going to do to accomplish big things? What small things can you do today,...
View: 2799 | 2021-08-30

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The Caldor Fire (near Lake Tahoe)

The Caldor Fire is one of the wildfires burning in California now. It is very sad to see. It is nea...
View: 1989 | 2021-08-27

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A chance encounter

When I was living in China, I took a trip to a mountainous part of Chongqing. I planned the trip in...
View: 2326 | 2021-07-06

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parklet

Hi students!What's a parklet?It's a new word that has changed meaning a little since the pandemic. ...
View: 2195 | 2021-06-30

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multilingual

This video, although just of people counting to 10 in at least 3 different languages, reminds me of...
View: 2134 | 2021-06-29

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Earthquake!

Just after I taught a lesson, I felt the room shake! It continued to move...We were having an earth...
View: 2506 | 2021-05-28

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Shohei Otani on the train

I heard this story on the radio that the Angels' Shohei Otani would not start against the A's tonig...
View: 2109 | 2021-05-22

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Polite requests in English

Dear students,How can you make a request politely in English?Here are some ways: "Could you please....
View: 2392 | 2021-05-14

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What are your student strengths?

I was thinking today about different kinds of students. What are your strengths as a student? What ...
View: 2254 | 2021-04-22

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study tips

Dear students,I'm a student, too. I'm preparing for final exams in the courses I'm taking now. Beca...
View: 2060 | 2021-04-04

Cecily G.

Words and names from French and syllable stress

Many English two syllable names have stress on the first syllable.Women's names:EmmaJanaMayaJulieMe...
View: 1999 | 2021-03-31

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idiom:

Today I was thinking of two idioms people use in English to say that something is not difficult, or...
View: 2310 | 2021-03-23

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Prince Harry and James Corden

It's quite odd to see Prince Harry chatting with James Corden. James Corden meets lots of famous pe...
View: 2030 | 2021-02-06 | 1

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boyfriend, girlfriend, friend and man friend

Dear English learners,Today I'm going to write about when to use boyfriend, girlfriend, friend or m...
View: 2184 | 2021-01-20

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idioms with "hit the"

Some idioms that use "hit the". Have you heard of them before?hit the sack, hit the hay = go to bed...
View: 3970 | 2021-01-10

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pleasantly surprised

Dear students,I don't know if you're familiar with it, but I thought I'd introduce the phrase "plea...
View: 3793 | 2020-12-24

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Christmas Lights

Hello everyone,It's almost Christmas! Christmas is not the same this year. Due to the pandemic, we ...
View: 3841 | 2020-12-06

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Stay-at-home orders

Hello students,In my area (in California) we will be under stay-at-home orders starting Monday to p...
View: 4122 | 2020-10-10

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Rain

It rained last night. Maybe for you this doesn't sound like big news, but for us it is. It hadn't ...
View: 4673 | 2020-09-08

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Essential Workers

On a previous blog post, I introduced the term social distancing. Today I will introduce essential ...
View: 4454 | 2020-09-01

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Grammar: Responding to Negative Questions in English

Dear English learners,When responding to positive questions, students aren't usually confused (alth...
View: 4486 | 2020-08-17 | 3

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Lesson Milestones

Dear students,Today I reached the milestone of 200 lessons on Cafetalk! Thank you! When we reach a ...
View: 4849 | 2020-03-30

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Social Distancing

Hello English learners,Today I wanted to introduce the term social distancing. Have you heard it?It...
View: 5029 | 2015-08-25

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idiom: "to cost an arm and a leg"

English idioms sound strange sometimes! There is an idiom "to cost an arm and a leg". It means some...
View: 5452 | 2015-08-17

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A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush

I have been thinking recently about the proverb: "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". It...

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