Learn English with Coffee Break English
Coffee Break Languages
Coffee Break English is a podcast which will help you learn English in regular 15-minute episodes, perfect for your coffee break! Find out more about Coffee Break English at https://coffeebreaklanguages.com/coffeebreakenglish/ .Coffee Break English can help you improve your English with short lessons - the perfect time to enjoy a cup of coffee while learning. The course is presented in slow English which is easy to understand. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every word, it’s more important to get the general meaning. Season one is at A2 level. This course is for you if you learnt some English at school or if you want to review the basics. Coffee Break English can help you improve your accuracy and understanding of English, to prepare you for many situations like using English at work, visiting an English-speaking country, taking exams, or talking with English-speaking friends. In each episode of the audio lessons, one of our colleagues from an English-speaking country tells us about an aspect of life or culture in their country. In season one, we hear from our friends in the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia, helping you understand lots of different accents and varieties of English. Mark and Josie guide you through the text, explaining the language and helping you understand it better. Each text focuses on a specific language point, including tenses, prepositions, phrasal verbs, and much more. In addition to the main audio lesson, the course contains lesson notes, which explain the language in the lesson in more detail and provide a transcript of the text; practice exercises; a video version of the lesson; bonus audio episodes; and vocabulary lists in many different languages. Find out more at https://coffeebreakacademy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jan 6, 2023 • 4min
CBE 4.06 | Extra | Weekend conditionals
In this extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Mark and Thomas about their plans for the weekend. The conversation contains lots of examples of the first conditional, so listen carefully!Would you like to receive free lesson notes to accompany this lesson? If so then click here to go to our website and enter your name and email address in the form below the episode. We’ll deliver the lesson notes for the current and future episodes to your inbox. Please note, the notes for this extra episode can be found at the end of the notes for episode 6. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 3, 2023 • 19min
CBE 4.06 | The Crop Over Festival | Language focus: the first conditional
In this episode of Coffee Break English, we hear from Marcia in the Caribbean. She tells us about an important festival in Barbados, and we focus on the first conditional. Would you like to receive free lesson notes to accompany this lesson? If so then click here to go to our website and enter your name and email address in the form below the episode. We’ll deliver the lesson notes for the current and future episodes to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 16, 2022 • 5min
CBE 4.05 | Extra | City or countryside?
In this extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Josie and James, who is from England, about if they prefer living in the city or the countryside.Would you like to receive free lesson notes to accompany this lesson? If so then click here to go to our website and enter your name and email address in the form below the episode. We’ll deliver the lesson notes for the current and future episodes to your inbox. Please note, the notes for this extra episode can be found at the end of the notes for episode 5. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 13, 2022 • 20min
CBE 4.05 | The Outback | Language focus: negative adjective prefixes
In this episode, we hear from Matthew in Australia. He tells us about living in the outback, and we focus on negative adjective prefixes.Would you like to receive free lesson notes to accompany this lesson? If so then click here to go to our website and enter your name and email address in the form below the episode. We’ll deliver the lesson notes for the current and future episodes to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 9, 2022 • 5min
CBE 4.04 | Extra | What are you scared of?
In the extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Mark and Francesca, who is from Italy, about things they are scared of.Would you like to receive free lesson notes to accompany this lesson? If so then click here to go to our website and enter your name and email address in the form below the episode. We’ll deliver the lesson notes for the current and future episodes to your inbox. Please note, the notes for this extra episode can be found at the end of the notes for episode 4. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 6, 2022 • 18min
CBE 4.04 | The CN Tower Edgewalk | Language focus: ‘have to’ and ‘don’t have to’
In this episode, we hear from Ryan in Canada. He tells us about an interesting experience in Toronto, and we focus on verbs 'have to' and 'don't have to'.Would you like to receive free lesson notes to accompany this lesson? If so then click here to go to our website and enter your name and email address in the form below the episode. We’ll deliver the lesson notes for the current and future episodes to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 2, 2022 • 5min
CBE 4.03 | Extra | Visiting Vesuvius
Childhood memories of climbing Vesuvius and exploring Pompeii. Impact of the volcano's eruption. Fascination with the preserved ancient city. Desire to revisit Vesuvius. Disregarding warnings and taking a memento. Instructions on accessing transcripts and leaving a review.
Nov 29, 2022 • 22min
CBE 4.03 | Halema’uma’u crater | Language focus: adjectives and prepositions
In this episode, we hear from Kate in the USA. She talks about a volcanic crater in Hawaiʻi, and we focus on pairs of adjectives and prepositions.Would you like to receive free lesson notes to accompany this lesson? If so then click here to go to our website and enter your name and email address in the form below the episode. We’ll deliver the lesson notes for the current and future episodes to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 25, 2022 • 4min
CBE 4.02 | Extra | A Safari Park Adventure
In the extra episode, we listen to a conversation between Mark and Thomas, who is from Germany, about visiting zoos and safari parks.Would you like to receive free lesson notes to accompany this lesson? If so then click here to go to our website and enter your name and email address in the form below the episode. We’ll deliver the lesson notes for the current and future episodes to your inbox. Please note, the notes for this extra episode can be found at the end of the notes for episode 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 22, 2022 • 19min
CBE 4.02 | The Big Five | Language focus: used to
In this episode, we hear from Riaan in South Africa. He tells us about the Big Five, and we focus on the expression used to. Would you like to receive free lesson notes to accompany this lesson? If so then click here to go to our website and enter your name and email address in the form below the episode. We’ll deliver the lesson notes for the current and future episodes to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
