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CBF Mag 1.01 | La Raclette

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The Coffee Break French team is back with a new series, the Coffee Break French Magazine. In each episode of this 10-lesson season for intermediate learners, you can build your vocabulary, increase your understanding of grammar and learn to use the French language in a more natural way. This series is aimed at learners who have completed at leats Seasons 1 and 2 of Coffee Break French.

There will be a total of 10 episodes in Season 1 of the Coffee Break French Magazine. If you’d like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine on the Coffee Break Academy. Scroll down for more information.

The Coffee Break Catch-up: 9 May 2019

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Join Coffee Break Founder and CEO Mark for the latest edition of the Coffee Break Catch-up, our new 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:

  • further information about our forthcoming launch of the Coffee Break French Magazine which will be broadcast in an “avant-première” on Monday 13th May;
  • there’s a discussion about resources, apps and podcasts which complement Coffee Break language courses;
  • and we round up some of the cultural highlights happening around the world this week.

CBI Mag 1.01 | La Bocca della Verità

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The Coffee Break Italian team is back with a new series, the Coffee Break Italian Magazine. In each episode of this 10-lesson season for intermediate learners you can build your vocabulary, increase your understanding of grammar and learn to use the Italian language in a more natural way. This series follows on from Seasons 1 and 2 of Coffee Break Italian.

There will be a total of 10 episodes in Season 1 of the Coffee Break Italian Magazine. If you’d like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine on the Coffee Break Academy.

The Coffee Break Catch-up: 2 May 2019

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Join Coffee Break Founder and CEO Mark for the inaugural edition of the Coffee Break Catch-up, our new 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:

  • Mark announces the new Coffee Break Italian and Coffee Break French Magazine shows, starting 6 May and 13 May respectively;
  • there’s a discussion about the fact that “every age is the right age to learn a language“;
  • and we announce our April winners of a Coffee Break mug.

A Postcard for Language-learners from San Diego

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You can’t always travel to the country where the language you’re learning is spoken, but whether you’re at home, or travelling in an English-speaking country, it’s still possible to be inspired in your language learning by what’s around you. In this video, Coffee Break host and teacher Mark sends a Coffee Break Postcard for Language Learners from the sunny city of San Diego in California.

We’ve provided some vocabulary on screen for French, Spanish, Italian and German, and we’ve also provided subtitles which describe what you’re seeing on screen. Focus on the language you’re learning, and feel free to pause the video to help!

Have you had any experience of learning a language by “looking around you”? Do you have any tips or tricks for other language learners on how you can maximise the opportunities you have to practise the language, either with other people, or simply in your head? Let us know in the comments!

Easter Giveaway Winners – and some news

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We’ve just hosted a live video session in which we announced the four lucky winners of our Easter Giveaway. We’ll be contacting the winners by email and we’d like to thank everyone who took part. Please watch the full video broadcast as you’ll pick up some interesting information about some forthcoming dates and projects… If you’d rather watch on Facebook, click here.

Enter our Easter Giveaway

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Here at Coffee Break Languages we are very excited to announce that we are hosting our very first EASTER GIVEAWAY! Of course, any time is the perfect time to start learning a new language and if you’re already learning one then keep going, you’re doing great. However we know that sometimes a little bit of extra motivation is needed on your language journey, and so this Easter we would like to give four lucky winners a FREE Coffee Break course of their choice!

This means that whether you’d like to learn or improve your French, German, Spanish, Italian or Mandarin Chinese, you could be in with a chance of winning a 40-lesson course from Coffee Break Languages worth over $100 to help you on your way.

All you have to do to enter the competition is click here and follow the instructions.

Behind the Scenes with Coffee Break Chinese

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Come behind the scenes with the Coffee Break Chinese team. For lessons 31-40 of Coffee Break Chinese, Mark visited Hongyu in Beijing to record conversations to be used in the final batch of lessons of Season 1. In this video you’ll join Mark on his first trip to China in which he visits the Great Wall, Chángchéng, 长城， the Forbidden City, Gùgōng 故宫， the Hútòngs, 胡同， and records a number of conversations. Mark also meets Katie from the Confucius Institute for Scotlands Schools, and Jess from The Layover Life.

Coffee Break Chinese is a series of 40 lessons for beginners in Mandarin Chinese. Access all 40 episodes of the free podcast here. We also provide a full online course with video, audio and text materials. This is available on the Coffee Break Academy.

Wo wohnst du? – Talking about where you live in German – Coffee Break German To Go Episode 1.03

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To ask “where do you live?” in German you can say “wo wohnst du?”, or in a more formal situation, “wo wohnen Sie?” In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks this questions to interviewees in the streets of Berlin. You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you learn to answer this question yourself.

In the first part of the video, watch the interviews without subtitles and try to understand. In the second part of the video, we’ve provided subtitles in German at the top of the screen. You can choose to turn on subtitles in English using the Subtitles/CC button.

In our first series, Julia is in the city of Berlin, and in each episode she’ll ask passers-by one question. Of course, that one question will result in many answers, and it’s through these answers that you can practise your German and build your vocabulary.

If you’d prefer not to wait for all 10 lessons of Season 1 to be published, you can access downloadable versions of the videos along with audio versions and lesson notes / transcripts in the Coffee Break Academy:
https://coffeebreakacademy.com/p/coffee-break-german-to-go-season1

Coffee Break German To Go is based on the popular podcast series and online course Coffee Break German. For access to the free podcasts, please click below:
https://coffeebreaklanguages.com/tag/cbg-season-1/?order=asc

CBC 1.40 | Huānyíng nǐ zàlái Zhōngguó!

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It’s time for the final lesson in this series of Coffee Break Chinese and Mark is about to leave China. He and Hongyu have a chat about what they’ve done during the visit and reflect on how much Mark has learned. As ever, Crystal is on hand in the studio to help you understand the conversation in full.

Woher kommst du? – Talking about where you’re from in German – Coffee Break German To Go Episode 1.02

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To ask “where do you come from?” in German you can say woher kommst du?, or in a more formal situation, woher kommen Sie? In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks this question to passers-by in the streets of Berlin. You can use the answers of our interiewees to help you learn to answer this question yourself.

In the first part of the video, watch the interviews without subtitles and try to understand. In the second part of the video, we’ve provided subtitles in German at the top of the screen. You can choose to turn on subtitles in English using the Subtitles/CC button.

In our first series, Julia is in the city of Berlin, and in each episode she’ll ask passers-by one question. Of course, that one question will result in many answers, and it’s through these answers that you can practise your German and build your vocabulary.

If you’d prefer not to wait for all 10 lessons of Season 1 to be published, you can access downloadable versions of the videos along with audio versions and lesson notes / transcripts in the Coffee Break Academy:
https://coffeebreakacademy.com/p/coffee-break-german-to-go-season1

Coffee Break German To Go is based on the popular podcast series and online course Coffee Break German. For access to the free podcasts, please click below:
https://coffeebreaklanguages.com/tag/cbg-season-1/?order=asc

CBS EM 1.04 | De Compras en el Mercado de Atarazanas

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Where better to soak up the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of a culture than in el mercado, and in this episode you can join the Coffee Break team in the Mercado Atarazanas in central Málaga. Whether it’s fresh Mediterranean seafood, jamón ibérico, or goat’s cheese from the hills around the city, you can find everything you need for the perfect Malagueño meal. This episode will help you build your vocabulary and listening skills while discovering more about the culture of this part of Spain.

For the full online course which includes transcripts, bonus audio materials, exercises, vocabulary lists and exclusive video content, please click here.

CBC 1.39 | Nǐ xiǎng qù wǒ biǎomèi de shēngrì jùhuì ma?

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In this penultimate episode of Season 1 of Coffee Break Chinese, Mark meets some members of Hongyu’s family at his younger cousin’s birthday party. This gives him a great opportunity to put his Mandarin to the test and learn some new vocabulary too. As usual, Crystal is on hand in the studio to help.

Wie geht’s dir? – Talking about how you’re feeling in German – Coffee Break German To Go Episode 1.01

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To ask “how are you?” in German you can say wie geht’s dir?, or in a more formal situation, wie geht es Ihnen? In this episode of Coffee Break German To Go, Julia asks this question to passers-by in the streets of Berlin. You can use the answers of our interiewees to help you learn to answer this question yourself.

In the first part of the video, watch the interviews without subtitles and try to understand. In the second part of the video, we’ve provided subtitles in German at the top of the screen. You can choose to turn on subtitles in English using the Subtitles/CC button.

In our first series, Julia is in the city of Berlin, and in each episode she’ll ask passers-by one question. Of course, that one question will result in many answers, and it’s through these answers that you can practise your German and build your vocabulary.

If you’d prefer not to wait for all 10 lessons of Season 1 to be published, you can access downloadable versions of the videos along with audio versions and lesson notes / transcripts in the Coffee Break Academy:
https://coffeebreakacademy.com/p/coffee-break-german-to-go-season1

Coffee Break German To Go is based on the popular podcast series and online course Coffee Break German. For access to the free podcasts, please click below:
https://coffeebreaklanguages.com/tag/cbg-season-1/?order=asc

¿Tienes hijos? ¿Tienes hermanos? – Talking about family in Spanish – Coffee Break Spanish To Go Episode 1.07

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In this episode Marina asks the interviews about their families using the question ¿tienes hijos? (do you have children?) or ¿tienes hermanos? (do you have brothers or sisters?).

Here are the words and phrases you’ll need:

Do you have children? – ¿Tienes hijos? (informal)
Do you have children? – ¿Tiene usted hijos? (formal)
Do you have brothers or sisters? – ¿Tienes hermanos? (informal)
Do you have brothers or sisters? – ¿Tiene usted hermanos? (formal)
I have a son – tengo un hijo
I have two daughters – tengo dos hijas
I have three brothers – tengo tres hermanos
I have four sisters – tengo cuatro hermanas

In the first part of the video, watch the interviews without subtitles and try to understand. In the second part of the video, we’ve provided subtitles in Spanish at the top of the screen. You can choose to turn on subtitles in English using the Subtitles/CC button.

In this first series of Coffee Break Spanish To Go, Marina is in the city of Málaga, in the south of Spain, and in each episode she’ll ask passers-by one question. Of course, that one question will result in many answers, and it’s through these answers that you can practise your Spanish and build your vocabulary.

Coffee Break Spanish To Go will be published every two weeks here on YouTube, and each Season will be filmed in a different part of the Spanish-speaking world.

If you’d prefer not to wait for all 10 lessons of Season 1 to be published, you can access downloadable versions of the videos along with audio versions and lesson notes / transcripts in the Coffee Break Academy.

Coffee Break Spanish To Go is based on the popular podcast series and online course Coffee Break Spanish. For access to the free podcasts, please click here.

¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? – Talking about birthdays – Coffee Break Spanish To Go Episode 1.06

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In this episode Marina’s question is ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? – “When is your birthday”. Using the answers you’ll learn to say when your birthday is in Spanish.

Here are the words and phrases you’ll need:

When is your birthday? – ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? (informal)
When is your birthday? – ¿Cuándo es su cumpleaños? (formal)
My birthday is … Mi cumpleaños es el …
I turn 15 tomorrow – Cumplo 15 años mañana

Note that you can use the verb cumplir which literally means “to accomplish”.

In the first part of the video, watch the interviews without subtitles and try to understand. In the second part of the video, we’ve provided subtitles in Spanish at the top of the screen. You can choose to turn on subtitles in English using the Subtitles/CC button.

In this first series of Coffee Break Spanish To Go, Marina is in the city of Málaga, in the south of Spain, and in each episode she’ll ask passers-by one question. Of course, that one question will result in many answers, and it’s through these answers that you can practise your Spanish and build your vocabulary.

Coffee Break Spanish To Go will be published every two weeks here on YouTube, and each Season will be filmed in a different part of the Spanish-speaking world.

If you’d prefer not to wait for all 10 lessons of Season 1 to be published, you can access downloadable versions of the videos along with audio versions and lesson notes / transcripts in the Coffee Break Academy.

Coffee Break Spanish To Go is based on the popular podcast series and online course Coffee Break Spanish. For access to the free podcasts, please click here.

CBS EM 1.02 | La Vida Malagueña

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What’s it like to live and work in Málaga? In this episode of En Marcha, Mark talks to Sara who works in the Tourism department of the Ayuntamiento de Málaga. They discuss the town, how it has changed over the years, and tourism in the surrounding area. There are also interviews with other Malagueños, and you can challenge yourself to follow the conversations and recognise the different accents used.

For the full online course which includes transcripts, bonus audio materials, exercises, vocabulary lists and exclusive video content, please click here.

CBS EM 1.01 | ¡Bienvenidos a Málaga!

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In this first episode of the new series, Mark and the Coffee Break team arrive in Málaga, the beautiful city in the south of Spain. This episode sets the scene for the series and you’ll be eavesdropping on Mark’s conversations in Spanish with native speakers, while experiencing the sounds of the city.

For the full online course which includes transcripts, bonus audio materials, exercises, vocabulary lists and exclusive video content, please click here.

CBC 1.36 | Zhèbiān qǐng, shìyījiān zài nà biān

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In this lesson Mark and Hongyu are going shopping. In the first shop, Mark wants to buy some postcards, and in the second shop Mark is looking for a new shirt. This lesson gives us the opportunity to review shopping vocabulary and will help you practise the transactional words and phrases covered in previous lessons. As usual, Crystal is in the studio to help you understand everything.

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