Sat, 29 November 2008 Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish, the podcast which helps you learn Spanish in a relaxing way. With Coffee Break Spanish you'll pick up the language gradually by listening to our weekly lessons. Coffee Break Spanish is presented by teacher Mark and you'll be learning alongside student Kara. In lesson 07 you'll learn how to talk about your job and whether or not you like it. Subscribe for free to our weekly lessons using our rss feed iTunes link. If you would like to get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish experience, or if you can't wait for our weekly shows, you can become a premium member and get access to pdf guides, exercises and lots of bonus listening content in our members' area. Visit http://www.coffeebreakspanish.com for more information. |
Fri, 28 November 2008 Get 35% off our premium memberships for Coffee Break Spanish and Show Time Spanish on Friday 28th November. Use coupon code 4AEF10 (four-A-E-F-one-zero) at signup. Offer applies to any membership for Coffee Break Spanish and Show Time Spanish. Memberships last six months. Discount does not apply to future renewals. |
Sat, 22 November 2008 Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish, the podcast which helps you learn Spanish in a relaxing way. With Coffee Break Spanish you'll pick up the language gradually by listening to our weekly lessons. Coffee Break Spanish is presented by teacher Mark and you'll be learning alongside student Kara. In lesson 06 you'll learn how to talk about your family and count from one to ten. Subscribe for free to our weekly lessons using our rss feed iTunes link. If you would like to get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish experience, or if you can't wait for our weekly shows, you can become a premium member and get access to pdf guides, exercises and lots of bonus listening content in our members' area. Visit http://www.coffeebreakspanish.com for more information. |
Sat, 15 November 2008 Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish, the podcast which helps you learn Spanish in a relaxing way. With Coffee Break Spanish you'll pick up the language gradually by listening to our weekly lessons. Coffee Break Spanish is presented by teacher Mark and you'll be learning alongside student Kara. In lesson 05 you'll learn how to introduce members of your family. Subscribe for free to our weekly lessons using our rss feed iTunes link. If you would like to get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish experience, or if you can't wait for our weekly shows, you can become a premium member and get access to pdf guides, exercises and lots of bonus listening content in our members' area. Visit http://www.coffeebreakspanish.com for more information. |
Wed, 12 November 2008 The free refill for Coffee Break Spanish is aimed at those listeners who are more experienced learners and who have perhaps completed the Coffee Break Spanish course. The refill goes over the language covered in the early lessons, but from the point of view of more experienced learners. discussing grammar and language use issues related to the vocabulary covered in the original lessons. |
Sat, 8 November 2008 Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish, the podcast which helps you learn Spanish in a relaxing way. With Coffee Break Spanish you'll pick up the language gradually by listening to our weekly lessons. Coffee Break Spanish is presented by teacher Mark and you'll be learning alongside student Kara. In lesson 04 you'll learn how to talk about where you live. Subscribe for free to our weekly lessons using our rss feed iTunes link. If you would like to get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish experience, or if you can't wait for our weekly shows, you can become a premium member and get access to pdf guides, exercises and lots of bonus listening content in our members' area. Visit http://www.coffeebreakspanish.com for more information. |
Sat, 1 November 2008 Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish, the podcast which helps you learn Spanish in a relaxing way. With Coffee Break Spanish you'll pick up the language gradually by listening to our weekly lessons. Coffee Break Spanish is presented by teacher Mark and you'll be learning alongside student Kara. In lesson 03 you'll learn how to talk about where you come from. Subscribe for free to our weekly lessons using our rss feed iTunes link. If you would like to get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish experience, or if you can't wait for our weekly shows, you can become a premium member and get access to pdf guides, exercises and lots of bonus listening content in our members' area. Visit http://www.coffeebreakspanish.com for more information. |
Sat, 25 October 2008 The latest news from Radio Lingua, including Coffee Break Spanish and Coffee Break French both shortlisted in international Podcast Awards 2008 - vote now at www.podcastawards.com, Show Time Spanish info, the relaunch of Coffee Break Spanish, further details about Write Back Soon and information about the forthcoming Language Show in London where Radio Lingua has a stand: come and say hello! |
Sat, 25 October 2008 Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish, the podcast which helps you learn Spanish in a relaxing way. With Coffee Break Spanish you'll pick up the language gradually by listening to our weekly lessons. Coffee Break Spanish is presented by teacher Mark and you'll be learning alongside student Kara. In lesson 02 you'll learn how to greet people at different times of the day, and build on what you learned in lesson 1. Subscribe for free to our weekly lessons using our rss feed iTunes link. If you would like to get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish experience, or if you can't wait for our weekly shows, you can become a premium member and get access to pdf guides, exercises and lots of bonus listening content in our members' area. Visit http://www.coffeebreakspanish.com for more information. |
Sat, 18 October 2008 Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish, the podcast which helps you learn Spanish in a relaxing way. With Coffee Break Spanish you'll pick up the language gradually by listening to our weekly lessons. Coffee Break Spanish is presented by teacher Mark and you'll be learning alongside student Kara. In lesson 01 you'll learn to say "hello" and ask people how they're feeling using simple, easy-to-learn phrases. Subscribe for free to our weekly lessons using our rss feed iTunes link. If you would like to get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish experience, or if you can't wait for our weekly shows, you can become a premium member and get access to pdf guides, exercises and lots of bonus listening content in our members' area. Visit http://www.coffeebreakspanish.com for more information. |
Fri, 10 October 2008 Lesson 80 of Coffee Break Spanish marks the end of an era! This is the final lesson of the show before we go back and start with lesson one again. In this week's lesson Andrew and Maria-Jose are spending their last few days together before Andrew returns to England and through their conversation we'll cover the subjunctive in more detail. Listeners should be aware that Radio Lingua Spanish lessons will continue with our new programme Show Time Spanish beginning on 18 October 2008. |
Fri, 3 October 2008 In this week’s episode, Andrew is asking for directions to the town hall where his friend Michael has a meeting. We will also be looking some more at the subjunctive. |
Mon, 29 September 2008 In Lesson 78, we listen to another conversation between Andrew and Maria-Jose. Then we will finally be talking about the ‘subjunctive’ and explaining how it is formed and some of the situations in which it is used. |
Fri, 19 September 2008 In episode 77, we listen to another conversation between Andrew and Maria-Jose. This week they are talking about the Canary Islands. |
Fri, 5 September 2008 In this week’s episode, we look at how to form the present continuous tense by listening to some examples in a dialogue between Maria-Jose and Andrew. |
Fri, 29 August 2008 In lesson 75 you will learn how to give commands in Spanish through a conversation between Andrew and Maria-Jose. |
Fri, 22 August 2008 In Lesson 74, Maria-José is ordering some food and we will be hearing the conditional tense used in the dialogue. We will then go on to look at the conditional and how it is formed. |
Fri, 15 August 2008 In this week's lesson, you will be able to practice your listening skills once again by listening to Andrew and Maria-José as they talk about birthdays. We will also take a look at the future tense and how it is formed, using regular and irregular examples. |
Fri, 8 August 2008 In episode 72, you’ll hear a second conversation between 'Andrew' (Mark) and 'Maria-José' (Lorraine) and Kara will test her comprehension and listening skills along with our listeners. Mark will also help to break down the conversation so Kara and our listeners understand more about the tenses and phrases used. |
Fri, 1 August 2008 Episode 71 is the first of several episodes which aim to improve your listening skills. You'll hear a conversation between 'Andrew' (Mark) and 'María-José' (our new team-member Lorraine) and Kara will test her comprehension skills along with our listeners. |
Fri, 18 July 2008 In this week’s lesson, we deal with a situation which many Spanish-learners are scared of... a phone conversation in Spanish! By the end of the lesson, we guarantee you’ll be able to handle a Spanish phone-call with confidence! |
Fri, 11 July 2008 In Lesson 69, we discuss hiring a car in a Spanish-speaking country and look at some questions and phrases that may arise as part of this transaction. Although we hope you never find yourself in this situation, you'll also know exactly what to say if your car breaks down! |
Fri, 4 July 2008 In this week's episode, we continue our 'travel' theme, this time considering traveling by taxi. We help you construct phrases by using material you already know and introducing new vocabulary and contexts. |
Wed, 25 June 2008 In this week’s lesson, we look at the topic of travel using public transport by introducing some new vocabulary and by using some vocabulary and constructions that we have already come across. In this way you’ll learn how to construct phrases and questions “on-the-spot” which will better equip you to handle real situations in a Spanish-speaking country. |
Thu, 19 June 2008 In lesson 66 we'll be finishing off our discussions of the perfect tense and making sure that all our listeners understand exactly when to use the perfect and preterite. |
Fri, 13 June 2008 This is a repost of lesson 65 which corrects a small error in the original file. In this week's episode we take another look at the perfect tense and consider some common verbs which have irregular past participles. |
Mon, 2 June 2008 In Lesson 64, you'll learn how to construct the perfect tense, eg. I have done something. Comments[0] |
Fri, 23 May 2008 In Lesson 63, you'll learn some more uses of 'por.' You can try the quiz to test your knowledge of 'por' and 'para!' |
Fri, 16 May 2008 In Lesson 62, you'll learn more uses of 'por' and 'para' in the context of a birthday party! You'll even learn how to sing 'Happy Birthday!' |
Fri, 9 May 2008 Lesson 61 will introduce you to the different ways of saying 'for' in Spanish: 'por' and 'para.' Find out how to use these in the context of a birthday... |
Tue, 15 April 2008 Lesson 60 will put your knowledge of verbs in the present, preterite and imperfect to the test. We'll be reviewing much of what has been covered in this unit to make sure you're ready for unit 7, coming soon! |
Mon, 7 April 2008 In long-awaited lesson 59 you will learn a bit more about the imperfect tense, both with -er and -ir verbs and with irregular verbs. |
Mon, 17 March 2008 In lesson 58 you'll learn about the imperfect tense. |
Sat, 8 March 2008 Lesson 57 provides a personality quiz to check your understanding of the preterite tense. |
Fri, 29 February 2008 In lesson 56 we look at more verbs in the preterite tense and consider indirect object pronouns in more detail. |
Tue, 19 February 2008 In lesson 55 of Coffee Break Spanish we look at some irregular verbs in the preterite tense, and ask Kara how she celebrated St Valentine's day! |
Sat, 9 February 2008 In lesson 54 of Coffee Break Spanish we continue to talk about the preterite tense, this time looking at verbs which end in -er and -ir and their conjugation in the preterite. |
Sat, 2 February 2008 Lesson 53 introduces a past tense: in this lesson we'll learn to use the preterite tense to talk about events which happened in the past. |
Fri, 25 January 2008 Lesson 52 completes our study of the present tense by looking at -er and -ir verbs, and gives listeners the chance to review -ar regular verbs, radical changing verbs and some reflexive verbs too. |
Fri, 18 January 2008 Lesson 51 looks at talking about the immediate future within the context of New Year Resolutions. |
Sun, 23 December 2007 Lesson 50 puts your language skills to the test with a personality quiz. |
Tue, 18 December 2007 Lesson 49 continues to look at adjectives in the context of describing people. |
Tue, 11 December 2007 In lesson 48 we're discussing adjectives, and in particular how adjectives agree with the nouns they qualify. |

