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The Coffee Break Catch-up: 23 May 2019

Join Coffee Break Founder and CEO Mark for this week’s edition of the Coffee Break Catch-up, our weekly show in which we’ll update you on all things Coffee Break Languages. There are discussions on language learning, and a roundup of some of the cultural events happening around the world.

In this edition:

  • Updates on our latest episode of the Coffee Break Italian Magazine and our One Minute Japanese course on YouTube;
  • news of a special fund-raising project we’re running this week to support Dementia Awareness week;
  • discussion about the development of the English language and the science of etymology, the study of the origins of words;
  • cultural news from around the world.

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