Coffee Break Spanish

Improve your Spanish with the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Our new magazine show is aimed at intermediate Spanish students who already have a grasp of the language but who want to take it further. The show is published in weekly episodes and features the following segments: improve your listening skills through live interviews from the […]

We’ve been publishing a daily word on Facebook and Twitter and each day we’ve asked our Facebook friends and Twitter followers to post a comment using the word of the day, thereby practising their language skills. This week we’ve been talking about travel and as usual the Radio Lingua community has come up with some excellent examples of this week’s words: viajar, el viaje, el pasaporte, el equipaje and en avión. Friend us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | iTunes link

This is the third episode of our Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this edition: JP and Nayheli answer listener Beth’s question about how to translate “every other…” into Spanish; Laura explains the expression tener una mosca detrás de la oreja, meaning “to be suspicious about something” and in our interviews, Alba asks ¿En qué pasas demasiado tiempo? 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 lesson notes including full transcripts and vocabulary...

This is the second episode of our Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this edition: Laura introduces us to the expression por si las moscas; JP and Nahyeli answer Steve’s question about using the verb fingir, meaning “to pretend” and in our interviews, Alba asks ¿Qué es para ti un buen profesor? 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 lesson notes including full transcripts and vocabulary guides. You can access the premium edition for...

It’s here! We’re delighted to present the first edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this edition: Alba asks the question ¿Cómo pasabas el verano cuando eras niño? – “How did you spend your summers as a child?”; Laura introduces us to the expression de perillas; and in our Q&A Spanish section JP and Nahyeli answer Molly’s question concerning gender of nouns. 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 lesson notes including full transcripts and...

Each episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine will feature a video episode in which Alba asks her pregunta del día to native speakers of Spanish on the streets of a Spanish town or city. We’re including the preview version of this video here on the main feed for Coffee Break Spanish and on the […]

Radio Lingua Founder and CEO introduces the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine, Coffee Break French and Spanish iBooks, our new On Location Languages blog series, changes and improvements to the website and a new Coffee Break language in this special launch video.

In this promo episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine, Mark outlines what listeners can expect from each episode of the show. The video episode (normally part of the premium materials) is included below to give you a feel for the new style of show: Subscribe to the CBS Magazine in iTunes | RSS Feed

We’ve been publishing a daily word on Facebook and Twitter and each day we’ve asked our Facebook friends and Twitter followers to post a comment using the word of the day, thereby practising their language skills. This week we’ve been talking about the weather and as usual the Radio Lingua community has come up with some excellent examples of this week’s words: el frío, hace buen tiempo, llueve a cántaros, el viento, and hay niebla. Friend us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | iTunes link

We’ve been publishing a daily word on Facebook and Twitter and each day we’ve asked our Facebook friends and Twitter followers to post a comment using the word of the day, thereby practising their language skills. This week we’ve had a culinary theme and the Radio Lingua community has come up with some excellent examples of this week’s words: tapas, jamón serrano, paella, freír, and cocinar. Friend us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | iTunes link

We’ve been publishing a daily word on Facebook and Twitter and each day we’ve asked our Facebook friends and Twitter followers to post a comment using the word of the day, thereby practising their language skills. Well done to everyone who has taken part this week, using this week’s words in a sentence: el mar, bucear, tomar el sol, viajar, and relajarse. Friend us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | iTunes link

Over the past week we’ve been publishing a daily word on Facebook and Twitter and each day we’ve asked our Facebook friends and Twitter followers to post a comment using the word of the day, thereby practising their language skills. We’ve been overwhelmed with the excellent response from the our friends and followers and we’ve decided to feature the work of the community in a new podcast series. We’re delighted to bring you this first episode of our Word of the Day Review featuring this week’s words: el verano, la playa, el sol, el helado, and las vacaciones. Friend us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter |

Coming up in this lesson: The final episode in the series of Show Time Spanish includes episode eight of our soap Verano Español. Just what will Laura say to Ángel and Fiona after discovering them together? And will Ramón finally have the courage to tell Laura how he feels? Find out in the long-awaited final instalment of the telenovela. Please note that lesson 40 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 340 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of Coffee Break Spanish Season 3 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your Spanish studies. The premium version includes the following elements: Full transcript: a complete transcript of all the Spanish used in the...

Coming up in this lesson: We’re delighted to be joined once more by Alba in this special episode of Show Time Spanish. It’s the last ‘normal’ episode in the series: next week we’ll have the eighth and final instalment of Verano Español, so lesson 39 is the final ‘normal’ episode in the series. We find out what Alba has been doing since before the summer and Mark takes the opportunity to test listeners on some of the phrases learned earlier in the series. Please note that lesson 39 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 339 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of Coffee Break Spanish Season 3 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your Spanish studies. The premium version includes the following elements: Full...

Coming up in this lesson: In this episode Mark is joined by Sofía from Argentina and Ana Isabel from Ecuador. Language points discussed include the difference between si no and sino, using hace with a time phrase, and voseo, the use of vos in Rioplatense Spanish. Please note that lesson 38 of Season 3 was originally known as lesson 338 of Coffee Break Spanish. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version The premium version of Coffee Break Spanish Season 3 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your Spanish studies. The premium version includes the following elements: Full transcript: a complete transcript of all the Spanish used in the episodes; Explanations and examples: detailed explanations of the grammar...