Season 3 – Lesson 10 – Coffee Break French

… the episode in which we introduce the subjunctive! We’re returning to Katie’s texts this week and we’ll be hearing more about her search for a job. Please note that lesson 10 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 310 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.

Season 2 – Lesson 30 – Coffee Break Spanish

In lesson 30 of Coffee Break Spanish we’re dealing with one of the trickiest things to do in a foreign language: make telephone calls. When you can’t see the person to whom you are speaking, it makes things that bit more difficult! In this episode you’ll learn the standard phrases used when making phone calls and get some practice by listening to Mark and Kara. Again, this lesson uses previously learned language structures to create phrases in the language. Please note that lesson 30 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 230 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.

Lesson 10 – One Minute Spanish

In lesson 10 of One Minute Spanish you will learn a few useful phrases which all learners want to learn.

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Lesson 10 – One Minute LAm Spanish

In lesson 10 of One Minute Spanish for Latin America you will learn a few useful phrases which all learners want to learn.

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News Time Spanish – 23 December 2010

In our final episode of this season of News Time Spanish our stories include:

  • The cost of Christmas in Spain and the famous pre-Christmas lottery draws
  • A housing crisis in Argentina
  • New smoking laws in Spain
  • Cuba creates its own Wikipedia
  • Electric cars for hire in Paris

Use the player below to listen to the episode. You can also subscribe in iTunes to get all future shows delivered automatically as soon as they become available. The entire season of News Time Spanish is available in a premium format which provides lesson notes, vocabulary and exercises for each episode, and for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad users there is an ePub version compatible with the iBooks application. If you would like to benefit further from these materials, you can purchase a season pass for this season of News Time Spanish: 10 weekly episodes beginning 20 October 2010. More information can be found on the News Time Spanish product page.

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Members’ links

[amprotect=126]Premium members of News Time Spanish Season 2 can access the full transcript of the episode and key vocabulary using the links below. Our lesson guide also contains exercises and we provide answers and suggested translations in the Answer Key. If you found the normal speed version of the audio content a bit too fast, try listening to the slow version which has been electronically reduced to 80% speed.

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Season 2 – Lesson 29 – Coffee Break Spanish

In the long-awaited 29th lesson of Coffee Break Spanish we look at tips to help you pronounce double -r- in Spanish and we build more language in the context of hiring cars in a Spanish-speaking country. Please note that lesson 29 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 229 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.

Season 3 – Lesson 09 – Coffee Break French

This week we’re returning to Veronica’s texts and we’ll be finding out a bit more about why Veronica decided to learn French. Veronica also tells us a bit more about her daughter Jessica. Please note that lesson 09 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 309 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.

Lesson 10 – One Minute Swedish

In this tenth lesson of our course you will learn a few useful phrases which all learners want to learn.

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Lesson 10 – One Minute Ukrainian

In the tenth lesson of our course you will learn a few useful phrases which all learners want to learn.

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News Time Spanish – 15 December 2010 (delayed)

Apologies for the late arrival of this week’s News Time Spanish. On this week’s show:

  • The Wikileaks controversy continues with a fear of censorship on the Internet
  • The SNCF admits transferring Jews to concentration camps during WWII
  • Student protests in the UK following sharp increases in tuition fees
  • News from the Climate Change summit in Cancún
  • Why French hair salons have turned off their music

Use the player below to listen to the episode. You can also subscribe in iTunes to get all future shows delivered automatically as soon as they become available. The entire season of News Time Spanish is available in a premium format which provides lesson notes, vocabulary and exercises for each episode, and for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad users there is an ePub version compatible with the iBooks application. If you would like to benefit further from these materials, you can purchase a season pass for this season of News Time Spanish: 10 weekly episodes beginning 20 October 2010. More information can be found on the News Time Spanish product page.

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Members’ links

[amprotect=126]Premium members of News Time Spanish Season 2 can access the full transcript of the episode and key vocabulary using the links below. Our lesson guide also contains exercises and we provide answers and suggested translations in the Answer Key. If you found the normal speed version of the audio content a bit too fast, try listening to the slow version which has been electronically reduced to 80% speed.

Transcript and exercises | Answer key | Slow version | download ePub for manual transfer to iOS device

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Lesson 09 – One Minute Spanish

In lesson 9 of One Minute Spanish you will learn to ask people how they’re feeling and to answer the question yourself.

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Lesson 09 – One Minute LAm Spanish

In lesson 9 of One Minute Spanish for Latin America you will learn to ask people how they are feeling and to answer the question yourself.

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Lesson 09 – One Minute Swedish

In this ninth lesson of our course you will learn to ask people how they’re feeling and to answer the question yourself.

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Lesson 09 – One Minute Ukrainian

In the ninth lesson of our course you will learn how to ask people how they are feeling and to answer the question yourself.

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iTunes Rewind Podcasts: Best of 2010

Screen shot 2010-12-11 at 09.49.55We’re delighted to announce that three Radio Lingua podcasts have been voted iTunes Best of 2010 – for the fourth year running! This year Coffee Break French, Coffee Break Spanish and Walk Talk and Learn French all feature in the “Classic audio/video” sections in the UK list. To check out the top 100 podcasts of the year – from the 200,000+ podcasts in iTunes – click on the iTunes Store link here.

Lesson 08 – One Minute Spanish

In lesson 8 of One Minute Spanish you will learn to count from one to ten.

If you can’t wait ten weeks for our entire course you can access the premium version of the entire course immediately. This features a lesson guide, video versions of each lesson featuring the words and phrases on the screen of your computer or mobile device as you listen, and an enhanced ebook which features the text and the video content and can be played on iPodTouch, iPhone and iPad through the iBooks app. Click on ‘purchase membership’ below to access all these resources for a one-off payment of £7.99.

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Lesson 08 – One Minute LAm Spanish

In lesson 8 of One Minute Spanish for Latin America you will learn to count from one to ten.

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Season 3 – Lesson 08 – Coffee Break French

In this week’s lesson we’re continuing with Katie’s second text. We’ll be taking a closer look at direct object pronouns and some further examples of the future tense as Katie talks about her plans for the coming weekend. Please note that lesson 08 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 308 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.

Lesson 08 – One Minute Swedish

In this eighth lesson of our course you will learn to count from one to ten.

If you can’t wait ten weeks for our entire course you can access the premium version of the entire course immediately. This features a lesson guide, video versions of each lesson featuring the words and phrases on the screen of your computer or mobile device as you listen, and an enhanced ebook which features the text and the video content and can be played on iPodTouch, iPhone and iPad through the iBooks app. Click on ‘purchase membership’ below to access all these resources for a one-off payment of £7.99.

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News Time Spanish – 8 December 2010

This week on News Time Spanish :

  • The UN reiterates its aims in the battle against HIV/AIDS in Africa on the occasion of World AIDS day
  • A wall collapses in the Italian historical centre of Pompeii
  • State of emergency declared in Spain following a strike by air traffic controllers
  • Russia succeeds in its bid to host the 2018 football World Cup
  • Picasso treasures discovered in an unlikely private collection

Use the player below to listen to the episode. You can also subscribe in iTunes to get all future shows delivered automatically as soon as they become available. The entire season of News Time Spanish is available in a premium format which provides lesson notes, vocabulary and exercises for each episode, and for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad users there is an ePub version compatible with the iBooks application. If you would like to benefit further from these materials, you can purchase a season pass for this season of News Time Spanish: 10 weekly episodes beginning 20 October 2010. More information can be found on the News Time Spanish product page.

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Members’ links

[amprotect=126]Premium members of News Time Spanish Season 2 can access the full transcript of the episode and key vocabulary using the links below. Our lesson guide also contains exercises and we provide answers and suggested translations in the Answer Key. If you found the normal speed version of the audio content a bit too fast, try listening to the slow version which has been electronically reduced to 80% speed.

Transcript and exercises | Answer key | Slow version | download ePub for manual transfer to iOS device

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