Coffee Break Spanish

As we approach the end of 2014, Mark has recorded a special news podcast to look back at the past 12 months and to look forward to some of the exciting new content coming in 2015. Looking back 2014 has been an exciting year for us here at Radio Lingua. We’ve released 84 episodes across our range of courses including Coffee Break French Season 4, our new Coffee Break Spanish Espresso and Coffee Break German which has just finished its first season. We’ve also introduced our new gameshow, the Coffee Break French and Coffee Break Spanish Two Minute Challenges. In 2014 we have delivered over 16 million free language lessons to our learners around the world, bringing the total number of free language lessons delivered since we started back in 2006 to over 155 million! We hope you’ve enjoyed learning one of the 26 languages we offer! High Five French Family Edition This year we’ve also introduced our French...

Coming up in this episode: In this final episode of the season, Mark discusses the Sorteo de Navidad, the Spanish Christmas lottery known as El Gordo. In the Subjunctive of the Week segment, Fernanda talks about es bueno que… and our festive Quotation of the Week focuses on a quotation about the Christmas spirit. View the video episode (members only) If you’re already a member and you can’t see the video above, please log in. If you would like to purchase a membership to the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso, you can find out more below, or sign up now. Listen to the lesson Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso is packaged in seasons of 10 lessons. This includes the following elements for each episode: Video version...

Coming up in this episode: In this week’s Coffee Break Spanish Espresso Mark discusses the verb irse which he saw on a poster in the Spanish town of Málaga. This poster gives us the opportunity to look at the difference between ir and irse. In the Subjunctive of the Week segment, Fernanda introduces us to dudar que, and our Quotation of the Week looks at a lovely quotation about travel from St Augustine. View the video episode (members only) If you’re already a member and you can’t see the video above, please log in. If you would like to purchase a membership to the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso, you can find out more below, or sign up now. Listen to the lesson Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso is packaged in seasons...

Coming up in this episode: In this week’s Coffee Break Spanish Espresso Mark talks about a notice he photographed in a supermarket parking lot in Mexico. The language featured on the notice gives us an opportunity to look at the future tense, the word durante and some interesting vocabulary. In the Subjunctive of the Week segment, Fernanda tackles the tricky word aunque and when it is – and is not – used with the subjunctive. There’s more aunque practice in the Quotation of the Week section which looks at a quotation by author Aldous Huxley. View the video episode (members only) If you’re already a member and you can’t see the video above, please log in. If you would like to purchase a membership to the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso, you can find out more below, or sign up now. Listen to...

Coming up in this episode: In this week’s Coffee Break Spanish Espresso Mark talks about the word por and also looks at feminine nouns which use masculine articles. Fernanda introduces the expression es una lástima que in the Subjunctive of the Week segment, and our quotation focuses on knowledge and how little – or how much – we have. View the video episode (members only) If you’re already a member and you can’t see the video above, please log in. If you would like to purchase a membership to the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso, you can find out more below, or sign up now. Listen to the lesson Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso is packaged in seasons of 10 lessons. This includes the following elements for each...

Coming up in this episode: In this week’s Coffee Break Spanish Espresso we’re looking at the verb gustar and how it’s used. Fernanda talks about the expression hasta que and how the subjunctive is used, and our thought-provoking quotation of the week comes from Martin Luther King Jr. View the video episode (members only) If you’re already a member and you can’t see the video above, please log in. If you would like to purchase a membership to the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso, you can find out more below, or sign up now. Listen to the lesson Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso is packaged in seasons of 10 lessons. This includes the following elements for each episode: Video version of the episode: with our...

Coming up in this episode: In this week’s Coffee Break Spanish Espresso we’re focusing on a cultural aspect: in many Spanish-speaking places around the world this time of year is an important time for remembering friends and relatives who have passed away. In this episode we’ll be looking at some of the traditions – and vocabulary – surrounding El Día de los Muertos. In the Subjunctive of the Week section, Fernanda looks at esperar que, and this week’s quotation comes from Chilean author Isabel Allende. View the video episode (members only) If you’re already a member and you can’t see the video above, please log in. If you would like to purchase a membership to the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso, you can find out more below, or sign up now. Listen to the lesson Accessing the Premium Version The...

Coming up in this episode: In the latest episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso you’ll learn how to use no with the infinitive to give impersonal commands, Fernanda looks at the subjunctive after quiero que and our Spanish quotation of the week focuses on the theme of giving advice – or not! View the video episode (members only) If you’re already a member and you can’t see the video above, please log in. If you would like to purchase a membership to the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso, you can find out more below, or sign up now. Listen to the lesson Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso is packaged in seasons of 10 lessons. This includes the following elements for each episode: Video version of the episode: with our...

Coming up in this episode: In this first episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso you’ll learn how to us the word ni, Fernanda will help you get to grips with the subjunctive after es importante que, and our Spanish quotation of the week looks at the theme of the fear of danger. View the video episode (members only) If you’re already a member and you can’t see the video above, please log in. If you would like to purchase a membership to the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso, you can find out more below, or sign up now. Listen to the lesson Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso is packaged in seasons of 10 lessons. This includes the following elements for each episode: Video version of the episode: with our...

Coming up in this episode: In this first episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso you’ll learn about the expression ser de cine, Fernanda will help you get to grips with the subjunctive after para que, and our Spanish quotation of the week looks at the theme of making the most of each day. View the video episode (members only) If you’re already a member and you can’t see the video above, please log in. If you would like to purchase a membership to the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso, you can find out more below, or sign up now. Listen to the lesson Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso is packaged in seasons of 10 lessons. This includes the following elements for each episode: Video version of the episode: with our...

Coming up in this episode: In this first episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso you’ll learn about informal command forms (the imperative), Fernanda will help you get to grips with the subjunctive after cuando, and our Spanish quotation of the week looks at the theme of generosity. View the video episode (members only) If you’re already a member and you can’t see the video above, please log in. If you would like to purchase a membership to the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso, you can find out more below, or sign up now. Listen to the lesson Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of the Coffee Break Spanish Espresso is packaged in seasons of 10 lessons. This includes the following elements for each episode: Video version of the episode: with our synchronised...

It’s time to get ready for a new academic year, and here at Radio Lingua we’ve been very busy working on new materials. We’ll have some exciting announcements for you next month, but to get you in the mood for learning and building your language skills we’re having a Back to School Sale, with 20% off all our courses until 5th September 2014. To take advantage of our offer, simply enter the coupon code BACKTOSCHOOL14 (all caps) in the box on the signup page, as shown below. You can choose from any of our Coffee Break French, Coffee Break German or Coffee Break Spanish products, or jump straight to our

It’s that time of year again: the nominations process for the 9th Annual Podcast Awards has begun and we’re asking our community to nominate Coffee Break Spanish, Coffee Break French or Coffee Break German for an award. As we’ve said before, this isn’t really our style and we don’t like “asking for your vote”, but we figure that everyone else is asking for votes at the moment so why not! We’d like you to nominate Coffee Break Spanish, Coffee Break French or Coffee Break German in the People’s Choice and the Education categories. You should be aware that you can only submit your nomination form once, so feel free to nominate other podcasts you listen to in the other categories. The nomination period closes on 15th October. When the nominations have been received by the organisers they will review all nominations and later in the year the voting period will begin. Among other things they’re measuring engagement with audiences, so they (and we!) are hoping that audiences will vote daily for...

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Coming up in this week’s edition of the Coffee Break Magazine: Alba asks, si te encontraras un billete de €50, ¿qué harías con él? – if you found €50, what would you do with it? Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of Las Ruinas Aztecas in Mexico; and JP and Nahyeli answer listener Gabriel’s question about the how best to translate “to take” or “to bring” in Spanish using traer, llevar and tomar. The free version of the audio programme for this episode is available through the links and audio players below. Get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish Magazine experience The Coffee Break Spanish Magazine is much more than just our free audio show. Our premium edition offers the following bonuses: Extended audio show featuring a line-by-line analysis of the interview questions; Exclusive video versions of the interview segments filmed live on location (HD and SD versions); Comprehensive...