Lesson 21 – Coffee Break Spanish
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In this week’s lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara return after a few weeks off. The topic for discussion is the weather, and listeners will learn not only some useful phrases for talking about the weather, but Mark will explain the constructions behind these phrases so that listeners can build on these in [...]
Lesson 24 – Coffee Break Spanish
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In this week’s lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara introduce the necessary language for staying on a campsite in a Spanish-speaking country, from tent hire to shower blocks! They also cover the alphabet and the variations in certain letters in different parts of the Spanish-speaking world.
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Lesson 25 – Coffee Break Spanish
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In this week’s lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara head to the shops and Kara learns the language required to try on clothes and buy souvenirs.
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Lesson 28 – Coffee Break Spanish
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This week Mark and Kara look at the language required for a visit to the pharmacy or doctor’s. They cover parts of the body and some common remedies. The verb doler is covered, along with tener dolor de + body parts. There’s even a little music for good measure!
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Lesson 29 – Coffee Break Spanish
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In Lesson 29, Mark and Kara talk more about aches and pains and cover more useful language for a visit to a Spanish pharmacy, including symptoms and remedies. They also take a look at demonstrative adjectives as well as antes de and después de + infinitive.Â
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Radio Lingua News Podcast
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Welcome to Radio Lingua News – in this podcast we’ll be updating listeners on the latest developments from Radio Lingua. Coming up on today’s show:
Learning languages 140 characters at a time with TwitterLearn
Introducing our Community Managers
New features for Radio Lingua premium members
Announcing our Summer Sale
Update
Lesson 30 – Coffee Break Spanish
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In Lesson 30, Mark and Kara bring you a cultural lesson. You will have the chance to hear some conversations with Spanish football supporters.
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Lesson 31 – Coffee Break Spanish
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Lessons 31-40 were recorded in Spain and feature conversations with native speakers. These lessons will give listeners the opportunity to put the language they’ve been learning to use. In lesson 31 Mark and Kara are in the plane on the way to Spain, and they’re taking the opportunity to review some of the language learned [..
Lesson 32 – Coffee Break Spanish
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Mark and Kara have arrived in San Javier airport near Murcia in the east of Spain. In this lesson you’ll listen to a conversation between Mark and the employee at the help desk at San Javier airport as Mark asks for directions to get to the hotel.
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Lesson 34 – Coffee Break Spanish
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It’s a beautiful morning and Mark and Kara are joined by Kara’s mother and another tourist on the balcony of the hotel for breakfast. Topics covered include forming plural and singular verbs in the formal form.
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Lesson 35 – Coffee Break Spanish
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In lesson 35, Mark and Kara are at the tourist information office asking about what there is to do in Santiago de la Ribera.
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Lesson 36 – Coffee Break Spanish
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After a few weeks of server problems, we’re back with another episode of Coffee Break Spanish recorded in Santiago de la Ribera in eastern Spain. This week Mark and Kara go shopping for postcards and shoes.
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Radio Lingua celebrates 3 years of language-learning
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On 18th October 2006, episode one of a new language-learning podcast called Coffee Break Spanish was released to the world. This show was a bit different from the other Spanish learning shows out there: it was a gradual introduction to basic Spanish presented by teacher Mark, teaching student Kara. At this stage no-one really knew [...]
Lesson 37 – Coffee Break Spanish
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In lesson 37 Mark is in the hotel reception asking for directions to a local shopping centre. The conversation will help you practise the language required in this situation.
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Lesson 38 – Coffee Break Spanish
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In lesson 38 Kara’s not feeling too well, so she and Mark visit a farmacia. Have a listen to the conversation which takes place in the chemist’s.
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Happy Holidays from Radio Lingua
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2009 has been a fantastic year for Radio Lingua and we’d like to thank all our listeners for your support and enthusiasm over the past twelve months. To celebrate the end of 2009 and a new year of language-learning just around the corner, we’re delighted to announce our Holidays sale and give you some exciting [...]
Lesson 39 – Coffee Break Spanish
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In this week’s lesson Mark and Kara talk to Bea, a student they met while recording in Spain. The conversation is the first of two dialogues focusing on language-learning.
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Lesson 40 – Coffee Break Spanish
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Level 1 of Coffee Break Spanish draws to a close with this episode which looks at the languages of Spain through two conversations with native speakers.
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Lesson 42 – Coffee Break Spanish
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Lesson 42 continues where we left off last time and looks further at conjugating verbs within the context of daily routine and making arrangements.
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Lesson 45 – Coffee Break Spanish
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In lesson 45 Mark and Kara look further at making arrangements using the tricky Spanish verb quedar.
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