Coffee Break Spanish was launched on 18th October 2006 so we’re celebrating our 14th birthday today, and we’ve marked the day with a live broadcast updating the Coffee Break Community with our latest podcasts, video courses and live lessons. We’ve published the schedule for our live lessons from October until December 2020. Click on the
What do you like doing in your free time? In this episode of Coffee Break Spanish To Go, Marina asks the question, ¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre? (informal) or ¿Qué hace usted en su tiempo libre? (formal). You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you learn how to talk about what you do
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
Coffee Break French host Pierre-Benoît invites Mark to join him for a guided tour of his home town, Pornic, in the Loire Atlantique area of France. Put your French to the test with this video, all in French. We’ve provided subtitles in both French and English to help you understand everything. Mark and Pierre-Benoît visit
Here at Coffee Break Languages the whole team loves ABBA and we’re excited about the launch of Mamma Mia – Here We Go Again. In fact, we were so excited about the new film, we decided to make a parody of Mamma Mia, telling the story of a language learner. Make sure you switch on
To ask “how are you?” in Spanish you can say ¿cómo estás?, or in a more formal situation, ¿cómo está usted? In this episode of Coffee Break Spanish To Go, Marina asks this question to passers-by in the streets of Málaga. You can use the answers of our interviewees to help you learn to introduce
In episode 05 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark look more at adjective agreements; they talk about the expression ‘être embêté(e) de + infinitive; and explain how the ‘ne’ in ‘ne…pas’ is often dropped in spoken French. Subscribe for free in iTunes now | Download iPod/iPhone version (120mb) Other downloads: wmv
In episode 03 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark introduce the construction il faut + infinitive. This episode is based around an advert in the métro. Subscribe for free in iTunes now | Download iPod/iPhone version (73mb) Other downloads: wmv (41mb) | divx (24mb) | ipod 320 (26mb)
In episode 02 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark introduce the expressions dès que and ne … plus. This episode is based around an information poster in the métro. Subscribe for free in iTunes now | Download iPod/iPhone version (73mb) Other downloads: wmv (65mb) | divx (21mb) | ipod 320 (22mb)
In episode 01 of Walk, Talk and Learn French, Pierre-Benoît and Mark introduce the phrase il y en a and discuss adjective agreements. This episode is based around a poster for the film Ratatouille. Subscribe for free in iTunes now | Download iPod/iPhone version (75mb) Other downloads: wmv (84mb) | divx (24mb) | ipod 320 (24mb)
In this pilot episode for the brand new video podcast Walk, Talk and Learn French, presenters Pierre-Benoît and Mark introduce the programme. When you're learning a language, one of the best things you can do is look around you on the signs, posters and notices. However, this isn't always possible, especially if you can'ttravel to
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Joe Dale of Integrating ICT into the Classroom pointed out this video on YouTube which you may well have seen or heard of, but it has been subtitled in Spanish which may interest our Coffee Break Spanish learners who are desperate to learn some imperatives (command forms)! These are actually coming up in a future
We’re just back from Paris where we spent three days filming new episodes of the video extra for Coffee Break French. We’ll be publishing the video extras for lessons 6-9 in the coming weeks, along with the new episodes for lesson 11 onwards. We were also filming for our new French video podcast, Walk, Talk
Mark and Kara from Coffee Break Spanish were down in Cardiff yesterday to pick up a coveted European Award for Languages, presented by Isabella Moore, CEO of CILT, the National Centre of Languages on behalf of the European Commission. Watch the video of the proceedings below.
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