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Coffee Break Portuguese

CBP 1.23 | At the pharmacy – Health and medicine vocabulary

Welcome to lesson 23 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we’re covering the transactional language that you’ll need on a trip to the pharmacy in a Portuguese-speaking location. We’ll be learning how to ask for medicine and ask how to take it, as well as other useful words and phrases on the topic of

Coffee Break Gaelic

CBGa 1.22 | How to say what you prefer in Gaelic

Now that we know how to talk about our hobbies, we can explore how word order can change when expressing likes and dislikes. We’ll also take this topic a step further and learn how to express preferences in Gaelic.

Coffee Break Portuguese

CBP 1.21 | The weather – How to talk about the weather in Portuguese

Welcome back to another lesson of Coffee Break Portuguese! We’re now halfway through our 40-lesson course and in lesson 21 we are talking about the weather. We’ll be learning how to ask what the weather is like today and what it is going to be like tomorrow, how to answer these questions to describe various

Coffee Break Portuguese

CBP 1.20 | End-of-unit review – The basics in Portuguese from Lessons 1–19

We’ve reached lesson 20 of Coffee Break Portuguese, which marks the halfway point in our beginners’ course. In this episode we’re reviewing what we’ve learned throughout the first 19 lessons. We’ll be doing this by listening to a dialogue that incorporates many of the topics we’ve covered so far. We hope you enjoy seeing how

Coffee Break Gaelic

CBGa 1.19 | Offering drinks in Gaelic

In this episode, we’re moving on to the topic of drinks so you can enjoy a Gaelic coffee break! You’ll learn the words for different types of drinks in Gaelic and how to ask and answer the question “what do you want?”

Coffee Break Portuguese

CBP 1.19 | Travelling by public transport

This lesson of Coffee Break Portuguese is all about travel. Join Rafael and Ava to learn the phrases you need to know when dealing with travel situations in a Portuguese-speaking country, including using public transport and buying travel tickets. We’ll also listen to a practice dialogue set in a train station and hear from Catarina

Coffee Break Gaelic

CBGa 1.16 | Descrbing locations and places in Gaelic

In Lesson 16 of Coffee Break Gaelic, we’re continuing with our holiday theme and learning how to describe the landscape. This topic gives teacher Susanna the perfect opportunity to teach learner Mark about adjective agreements in Gaelic.

Coffee Break Portuguese

CBP 1.16 | Shopping for souvenirs – Essential Portuguese shopping vocabulary

Welcome to lesson 16 of Coffee Break Portuguese! This is the series in which we’re learning Portuguese right from the beginning, along with Rafael and Ava. The topic of this lesson is shopping. We’re learning some transactional language that will come in useful when you’re in a shop. We learn the words for different types

Coffee Break Spanish

Capítulo 20 – Un nuevo inicio

We reach the final chapter of our story and we find out how the breakthrough in the relationship between Carlos and Marta goes beyond their emotional bond. New words to listen out for include: descabellado, enfrascados and apurar.