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View: 2505 | 2023년 11월 17일
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...
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View: 4191 | 2022년 5월 3일
Cecily G.
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...
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View: 3378 | 2022년 2월 26일
Cecily G.
Travel Vocabulary
Hi students,Today I was having a lesson with one of my students and we started talking about travel...
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View: 4249 | 2021년 12월 25일
Cecily G.
Festival of Lessons and Carols
Dear students and other Cafetalk readers,I'm listening to a recording of the Christmas service call...
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View: 3906 | 2021년 9월 10일
Cecily G.
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,...
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View: 2973 | 2021년 8월 30일
Cecily G.
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...
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View: 2119 | 2021년 8월 27일
Cecily G.
A chance encounter
When I was living in China, I took a trip to a mountainous part of Chongqing. I planned the trip in...
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View: 2463 | 2021년 7월 6일
Cecily G.
parklet
Hi students!What's a parklet?It's a new word that has changed meaning a little since the pandemic. ...
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View: 2332 | 2021년 6월 30일
Cecily G.
multilingual
This video, although just of people counting to 10 in at least 3 different languages, reminds me of...
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View: 2260 | 2021년 6월 29일
Cecily G.
Earthquake!
Just after I taught a lesson, I felt the room shake! It continued to move...We were having an earth...
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View: 2656 | 2021년 5월 28일
Cecily G.
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...
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View: 2263 | 2021년 5월 22일
Cecily G.
Polite requests in English
Dear students,How can you make a request politely in English?Here are some ways: "Could you please....
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View: 2575 | 2021년 5월 14일
Cecily G.
What are your student strengths?
I was thinking today about different kinds of students. What are your strengths as a student? What ...
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View: 2421 | 2021년 4월 22일
Cecily G.
study tips
Dear students,I'm a student, too. I'm preparing for final exams in the courses I'm taking now. Beca...
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View: 2260 | 2021년 4월 4일
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...
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View: 2126 | 2021년 3월 31일
Cecily G.
idiom:
Today I was thinking of two idioms people use in English to say that something is not difficult, or...
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View: 2416 | 2021년 3월 23일
Cecily G.
Prince Harry and James Corden
It's quite odd to see Prince Harry chatting with James Corden. James Corden meets lots of famous pe...
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View: 2162 | 2021년 2월 6일 |
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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...
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View: 2349 | 2021년 1월 20일
Cecily G.
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...
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View: 4147 | 2021년 1월 10일
Cecily G.
pleasantly surprised
Dear students,I don't know if you're familiar with it, but I thought I'd introduce the phrase "plea...
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View: 3903 | 2020년 12월 24일
Cecily G.
Christmas Lights
Hello everyone,It's almost Christmas! Christmas is not the same this year. Due to the pandemic, we ...
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View: 3998 | 2020년 12월 6일
Cecily G.
Stay-at-home orders
Hello students,In my area (in California) we will be under stay-at-home orders starting Monday to p...
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View: 4249 | 2020년 10월 10일
Cecily G.
Rain
It rained last night. Maybe for you this doesn't sound like big news, but for us it is. It hadn't ...
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View: 4852 | 2020년 9월 8일
Cecily G.
Essential Workers
On a previous blog post, I introduced the term social distancing. Today I will introduce essential ...
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View: 4631 | 2020년 9월 1일
Cecily G.
Grammar: Responding to Negative Questions in English
Dear English learners,When responding to positive questions, students aren't usually confused (alth...
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View: 4633 | 2020년 8월 17일 |
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Lesson Milestones
Dear students,Today I reached the milestone of 200 lessons on Cafetalk! Thank you! When we reach a ...
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View: 5055 | 2020년 3월 30일
Cecily G.
Social Distancing
Hello English learners,Today I wanted to introduce the term social distancing. Have you heard it?It...
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View: 5188 | 2015년 8월 25일
Cecily G.
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...
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View: 5606 | 2015년 8월 17일
Cecily G.
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...
