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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Nov 18, 2022 • 5min
CBE 4.01 | Extra | Have You Ever Worn a Kilt?
In our very first extra episode from Coffee Break English Season 4, Josie talks to Maurizio, who is from Italy, about his experiences wearing a kilt.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 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 15, 2022 • 22min
CBE 4.01 | The Kilt | Language focus: phrasal verbs with ‘try’
Welcome to a brand new season of Coffee Break English! In this first episode of Season 4, we hear from Gregor in Scotland. He tells us about the kilt, and we focus on phrasal verbs and expressions with the word ‘try’.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.
May 20, 2022 • 5min
CBE 3.10 | Extra | A superlative conversation
In this final extra episode of Coffee Break English Season 3, we listen to a conversation between Josie and Mark containing lots of superlative adjectives.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.
May 17, 2022 • 17min
CBE 3.10 | Uluru | Language focus: superlatives
We have reached the end of Coffee Break English Season 3! In this final episode of the series we hear from Matthew in Australia. He tells us all about Uluru, and we focus on superlative adjectives.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.
May 13, 2022 • 5min
CBE 3.09 | Extra | Film recommendations
Mark and Josie discuss recent films including the new version of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg. They share their admiration for the music, characters, and emotional impact of the film. They also recommend the thriller, sci-fi, comedy, and action film Cloud Atlas.
May 10, 2022 • 24min
CBE 3.09 | Hollywood | Language focus: Something, everything, nothing and anything
Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break English! This time, we hear from Kate in the USA who talks to us about Hollywood. We also focus on the words ‘something’, 'everything', 'nothing’, and ‘anything’.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.
May 6, 2022 • 5min
CBE 3.08 | Extra | What did you do last weekend?
The hosts discuss their weekend activities, such as hiking and hanging out with friends, but one of them had their phone stolen.
May 3, 2022 • 21min
CBE 3.08 | David Attenborough | Language focus: irregular past tenses
Meet David Attenborough, a very famous British person, as Susan in England discusses his remarkable career in environmental conservation and his passion for preserving the planet. Explore his journey from rejection to becoming a celebrated producer and presenter at the BBC. Dive into his commitment to conservation and the creation of influential nature documentaries. Plus, learn about irregular past tense verbs!
Apr 29, 2022 • 5min
CBE 3.07 Extra | Snorkelling and scuba diving
Mark and Josie share their experiences and preferences for snorkeling and scuba diving. They discuss their most memorable snorkeling trips, including one in Sardinia, Italy. They also talk about swimming between tectonic plates in Iceland and exploring a shipwreck. Despite the freezing water, they highly recommend the experience.
Apr 26, 2022 • 22min
CBE 3.07 | Ningaloo Reef | Language focus: ‘i’ and ‘ee’ pronunciation
In this episode of Coffee Break English, we hear from Matthew in Australia. He tells us about an interesting place in Australia, and we focus on how to pronounce the sounds i and ee.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.
