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Season 2 – Lesson 40 – Coffee Break Spanish

It’s the end of an era: the final episode of Coffee Break Spanish. In the final lesson of Season 2, it’s time for las despedidas, the goodbyes. Andrew will be returning to England and bidding farewell to María-José, and Mark and Kara will also be saying adiós to the listeners of Coffee Break Spanish. In

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Season 2 – Lesson 39 – Coffee Break Spanish

It’s the penultimate episode of this season of Coffee Break Spanish and we continue to follow the adventures of María-José and Andrew as they come to the end of their time together in Spain. This week Andrew is signing up for his course in the ayuntamiento and needs to ask for some directions. We’ll here

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Season 2 – Lesson 38 – Coffee Break Spanish

This week María-José and Andrew discuss their plans for the following week when Andrew’s friend arrives in Spain and María-José will be attending a conference in Madrid. In this episode we introduce the concept of the subjunctive, something which often confuses language learners. You’ll learn how to use the subjunctive with cuando when it refers

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Season 2 – Lesson 37 – Coffee Break Spanish

In this episode María-José tells Andrew about her visits to the Canary Islands. She uses lots of examples of the imperfect tense to describe what she used to do when she went there several times when she was younger. Please note that lesson 37 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 237 of Coffee

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Season 2 – Lesson 36 – Coffee Break Spanish

We’re returning to another episode featuring María-José and Andrew this week in which María-José will ask the question ¿Qué estás haciendo?, ‘What are you doing?’. We’re focusing on the present continuous tense. Please note that lesson 36 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 236 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons

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Season 2 – Lesson 35 – Coffee Break Spanish

We’re continuing our soap opera featuring María-José and Andrew and in this week’s episode Andrew needs some help with an assignment for his Spanish class. We’ll also be looking at the imperative – the command form – in this lesson. Please note that lesson 35 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 235 of

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Season 2 – Lesson 34 – Coffee Break Spanish

In lesson 34 we’re continuing our ‘soap opera’. This week María-José is taking her friend to a restaurant, so we’ll be revisiting the language we learned previously in the course. We’ll also take the opportunity to look at the conditional tense or ‘mood’. Please note that lesson 34 of Season 2 was originally known as

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Season 2 – Lesson 33 – Coffee Break Spanish

In lesson 33 we continue to follow the story of Andrew and his Spanish friend María-José. In this episode we’ll be introducing the future tense and looking at how verbs are conjugated in the future. Once again, you’ll develop your knowledge and listening skills by listening to this conversation where language is used in context.

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Season 2 – Lesson 32 – Coffee Break Spanish

Lesson 32 continues the story of Andrew and María-José and their blossoming friendship! María-José has been on vacation in France. The main topic of discussion in this lesson is the weather, using a variety of tenses. Once again, you’ll develop your knowledge and listening skills by listening to this conversation where language is used in

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Season 2 – Lesson 31 – Coffee Break Spanish

Welcome back to our Coffee Break Spanish listeners! In lessons 31-40 you’ll be following a mini soap-opera featuring English student Andrew who is learning Spanish in Spain, and his new friend María-José, who’ll be getting to know him and helping him with his Spanish. This lesson will help you get to grips with hearing real

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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

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. 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

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. 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

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.

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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

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

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. 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

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. 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

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

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. 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