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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Apr 22, 2022 • 5min
CBE 3.06 Extra | Useful inventions
In this extra episode of Coffee Break English, we listen to a conversation between Josie and Mark about useful inventions.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.
Apr 19, 2022 • 21min
CBE 3.06 | The invention of the telephone | Language focus: phrasal verbs with ‘up’
In this episode, Monica in Scotland tells us about a famous Scottish inventor. We also focus on phrasal verbs with the word ‘up’. 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.
Apr 15, 2022 • 6min
CBE 3.05 | Extra | Future predictions
Mark and Josie discuss their future predictions including energy generation, transportation, remote work, changes in education, virtual schools, electronic books, longer human lifespans, renewable energy sources, electric cars, working from home, online libraries, and the possibility of humans living forever.
Apr 12, 2022 • 18min
CBE 3.05 | NASA | Language focus: how to talk about the future
In this episode of Coffee Break English, we hear from Ryan in Canada. He tells us about the future of North American space travel, and we learn about how to talk about the future using ‘will' and 'be going 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.
Apr 8, 2022 • 5min
CBE 3.04 | Extra | Favourite recipes
We hope you're hungry as Josie and Mark are talking about their favourite dishes to cook in this extra episode of Coffee Break English.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.
Apr 5, 2022 • 21min
CBE 3.04 | Jamaican jerk cooking | Language focus: modal verbs of possibility
In this episode, we hear from Marcia in the Caribbean. She talks about a traditional Jamaican way of cooking, and we focus on the modal verbs ‘might’, ‘may', ‘could' and ‘can'.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.
Apr 1, 2022 • 5min
CBE 3.03 | Extra | Pop icons
Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break English! This time, we listen to a conversation between Josie and Mark about famous pop stars. 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.
Mar 29, 2022 • 25min
CBE 3.03 | Elvis Presley | Language focus: gerund and infinitives
In this episode, Kate from the USA talks about a very famous American singer - Elvis Presley. We also focus on using the gerund or infinitive after certain verbs.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.
Mar 25, 2022 • 6min
CBE 3.02 Extra | Visiting Australia
In the extra episode of Coffee Break English, our hosts Josie and Mark talk about their experiences visiting Australia.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.
Mar 22, 2022 • 22min
CBE 3.02 | Dreamtime | Language focus: the present perfect tense
In this episode, we hear from Matthew in Australia. He talks about an important part of indigenous Australian culture, and we focus on when to use the present perfect tense for unfinished actions.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.
