Welcome to the first chapter of the fourth and final part of La Vérité éclate toujours, our crime drama series for advanced French learners. In this episode, James and Guillaume attend their meeting with Roger Martin who is as unpleasant and rude as they expected, but James manages to stay in the character of David
In Lesson 3 from Coffee Break German Season 3, Mark and Andrea discuss the use of pronouns welche and diese before listening to a dialogue in which a tour guide shows a group of tourists around the city of Zurich. Be sure to take note of the use of the pronouns welche/welcher/welches and diese/dieser/dieses throughout
Join hosts Mark and Francesca in Lesson 3 of Coffee Break Italian Season 3 as they discuss the simple future. We talk about the structure of the tense and how it is formed and used in Italian. We also hear a dialogue between a father and daughter who are discussing aspects about their lives in
In this second episode from Season 3 of Coffee Break German, Mark and Andrea review the rules for the articles der, die and das. We also hear a dialogue between Gundula and Karl as they discuss an art exhibition before going on to have drink at a local Kneipe. If you’d like to take advantage
Welcome to another episode from Season 3 of Coffee Break Italian! This time, Mark and Francesca discuss direct object pronouns with compound tenses and the use of agreements with the past participle. We also hear a dialogue in which three friends, Mirko, Diego, and Daniela discuss the details of a party they are organising. If
In the tenth and final episode of Coffee Break English Season 2, we meet Marcia, who takes us to Pig Beach in the Bahamas. We learn about the different uses of the verb get, and we focus on some phrasal verbs with get.
Today, we hear from Ryan in Canada, who tells us about a famous Canadian – Chris Hadfield. As we learn about his life and achievements, we also focus on the past simple and past continuous tenses.
In this first episode of Coffee Break German Season 3, Andrea and Mark review the German Perfect Tense. We’ll take a look back at how the Perfect Tense is formed, and then we’ll find out how some irregular verbs are conjugated in the tense. To put this grammar point into practice, we also listen to
In this episode we’re back in the UK with Susan, who talks about fish and chips. As we discuss this classic British dish, we also focus on the pronunciation of verbs ending in ed.
Welcome back to another episode of Coffee Break English! This time, we hear from Matthew in Australia. He tells us about a mystery on Pukapuka island, and we focus on using articles.
This week we’re with Kate, in the USA. She talks about an important day in her country – Independence Day, and we learn some phrasal verbs with take.
In this episode we’re in Scotland, and we’re talking about the Loch Ness Monster. Join Coffee Break English hosts Mark and Josie in this episode to find out about this mysterious creature. The language focus for this lesson is all about the verbs look, see and watch.
In this episode, we meet Steven from Ireland, and he tells us about an important Irish festival – St Patrick’s Day. While learning about this important day, we focus on using the present perfect with ‘for’ and ‘since’.
In this week’s episode of Coffee Break English, we’re in Australia with Matthew. He talks about Steve Irwin, the famous wildlife expert, and we learn about relative pronouns.
In the latest instalment of La Vérité éclate toujours, our crime drama series for advanced French learners, James and Guillaume get back into the characters of Managing Director and Finance Director of Munro Mining, and attend a meeting with Martin Industries’ legal team. By the time they leave, they are one step closer to meeting
In the latest episode of Coffee Break English, we meet Riaan from South Africa, who tells us all about Table Mountain. While discovering this natural landmark, we focus on dependent prepositions with verbs.
Welcome to the last episode of our mini culture series before we jump back into the main lessons! In this episode, we’re finally challenged to understand a text written entirely in Swedish. Apart from practicing our reading and listening comprehension, we’ll encounter a few new words, and take a deep dive into pronunciation. Låt oss
Welcome back to Kulturhörnan, our mini Swedish culture series. This time, we’re having a look at a common tradition which takes place in August in Sweden – crayfish parties! We’ll be looking at a text containing more Swedish than ever before to really test our understanding and see how much we know. We also introduce
In this week’s episode of Kulturhörnan, we’re looking at another Swedish summer tradition – en svensk sommartradition. We’re learning all about how summer and music go hand in hand in Sweden while putting our Swedish to the test like never before.
In Episode 7 of our Swedish culture mini-series, Kulturhörnan – “culture corner” – we’re learning about writer Astrid Lingdgren, best known for her children’s book series featuring Pippi Longstocking. Join Mark and Lovisa as they share a text about this famous Swedish writer and introduce new phrases, revise some more familiar vocabulary, and mention some
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