On Track · The courses

You’ve followed the race. Now learn from it.

Each On Track course takes what happens in the series and turns it into practice in the language you’re learning. You’ll read about every place the teams visit and hear them talk about their day off camera. Then it’s your turn to take on the challenges.

French, German, Italian or SpanishIntermediate (A2–B1)New material every week

$159$127.2020% off with ONTRACK

Per course, one payment. The ONTRACK price is only available during the On Track season.

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From watching to learning

On Track is great fun to watch, and over the series you’ll pick up some new words in the language you’re learning. But you make real progress when you do something with what you hear. That’s what the course is for.

Watching the episodes

You enjoy the race

  • You follow the teams from one stop to the next
  • You pick up a word here and there, with the subtitles to help
  • You see how they get on with each challenge
  • Then the episode finishes, and you wait a week for the next one

With the course

You learn from it

  • You read about each stop in your target language, with the key words highlighted and translated
  • Every evening, the team member who speaks your target language tells you about their day, off camera and at normal speed
  • You try the challenges yourself
  • A short quiz shows you how much you understood, and when the next episode comes out, you’ll follow more of it

Inside the courses

There are four separate courses, for French, German, Italian and Spanish. They all work the same way, so we’ve taken an example from each one to show you what’s inside.

At every stop

Read about where the teams are

For each stop on the route there’s a city guide written in your target language. It tells you about the place the teams are racing through, its history and what it’s like today. Useful words are highlighted in red, with vocabulary provided underneath.

Then there are ten questions on the text. The first few check you’ve understood it. After that they look at the language itself, like why a particular tense is used, or how a phrase is put together.

By the end of the series you’ll have read about every stop on the route.

From the French course

Coffee Break Academy · City guide
Screenshot of the French city guide to Venice, a text in French with vocabulary highlighted in red
Coffee Break Academy · Questions on the text
Screenshot of ten questions on the Venice text, from comprehension to grammar and translation
Screenshots from the French course: the city guide to Venice, and the questions that go with it.

Challenge time

Take on the challenges yourself

In the series you watch the teams take on challenges wherever they stop. In the course, you get to do them too. The team member who speaks your target language picks one of the challenges from the episode, explains what to do and gives you the vocabulary you’ll need.

In this example from the Italian course, Francesca sets you the love poem challenge from Verona.

Words you’ve used yourself are much easier to remember than words you’ve only heard.

From the Italian course

Coffee Break Academy · Challenge time!
A short clip from the Italian course, with the sound off: Francesca sets you a challenge from Verona.

At the end of every day

Hear the language as it’s really spoken

At the end of each day, the team member who speaks your target language sits down and tells you how it went. You won’t see these videos in the episodes. There’s no script, and they talk at the speed they’d use with friends.

The full transcript is under every video, with the harder words highlighted and explained, so you can keep up when it gets fast.

On day one, Thomas tells you about the house of cards challenge, and why it didn’t go to plan.

From the German course

Coffee Break Academy · Thomas’s reflections on day one
A short clip from the German course, with the sound off: Thomas looks back on day one, with the transcript below.

After every reflection

Check what you understood

Each of the evening videos has a quiz. It’s a quick way to see how much you caught, and if you missed something, the video and the transcript are right there to go back to.

The questions are in English, so they’re testing your listening and nothing else.

From the Spanish course

Coffee Break Academy · Quiz
Screenshot of a quiz question: How does Pablo describe the day he and Francesca have had? with four answers to choose from
Screenshot from the Spanish course: the first question of the quiz on Pablo’s reflection.

What’s in every course

The courses follow the race one stop at a time, and new material goes up each week alongside the episodes on YouTube.

  • A city guide for every stop In your target language, with vocabulary
  • Questions on every guide From understanding the text to grammar
  • A reflection every evening Footage you won’t see in the episodes
  • Full transcripts With the harder words explained
  • A quiz on every reflection To check your listening
  • The challenges Set by the team, for you to try
  • Podcast support Extra vocabulary for each On Track podcast
  • Lifetime access Pay once, use it on any device

Four courses, one for each language

Choose your course

Pick the course for the language you’re learning. Your guide is the team member who speaks it.

20% off during the On Track season. The code ONTRACK is already added when you click through, so you’ll see the lower price at checkout.

The courses are on the Coffee Break Academy, which runs on Teachable. Pay once and the course is yours for life.

Questions

Is it one course for all four languages?

No, there are four separate courses, for French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each one is written in its own language and has its own guide from the teams, so choose the one for the language you’re learning.

What level do I need?

The courses are for intermediate learners, around A2 to B1. The evening reflections are a step up, but you’ve got the transcript and vocabulary to help you understand.

Do I need to watch the series?

The course follows the race, so you’ll get the most out of it if you watch along. The episodes are free on the Coffee Break Languages YouTube channel, with a new one every Sunday.

When does the material come out?

New material goes up every week alongside the episodes, so you can work through each stop as the teams get there. Once it’s in your course, it stays there.

Is the course on Coffee Break TV?

No, it’s on the Coffee Break Academy, where all our online courses are. You pay once and keep the course for life.

Can I use the ONTRACK code on more than one course?

Yes. It takes 20% off any of our courses during the On Track season, not just the four On Track courses, so you can use it on as many as you like.

The On Track courses

Come along for the ride, and learn as you go

Watch the teams race across Europe, and build your French, German, Italian or Spanish along the way.

$159$127.2020% off with ONTRACK

Per course, during the On Track season only.

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