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Learn Spanish in coffee-break lessons from the Radio Lingua Network. In each lesson we'll focus on the language you need to know and before long you'll be making yourself understood with native Spanish speakers. Season 1 lessons are for absolute beginners, and the courses increase in difficulty as the seasons progress.

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  1. Season 3 – Lesson 12 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 25 min · S3 E12

    In episode 12, Mark and Alba get all poetic as they celebrate the 250th anniversary of el poeta nacional de Escocia, Robert Burns. Alba learns some Scots and in return she teaches Mark a poem by Spanish poet Gustavo…

  2. Season 3 – Lesson 13 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 26 min · S3 E13

    In episode 13, Mark and Alba discuss social networks including Facebook and Twitter and their value for language-learning. In addition, in this week’s intermedio, José discusses effective ways to say you’ve had enough…

  3. Season 3 – Lesson 14 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 28 min · S3 E14

    In episode 14, Mark and Alba are joined by David, el novio de Alba. Topics discussed include Galicia (the region of Spain where David is from), St Valentine’s day, romantic Spanish and the imperfect subjunctive. In…

  4. Season 3 – Lesson 15 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 29 min · S3 E15

    Episode 15 features the third installment of our ‘telenovela’, Verano Español. Find out the latest about the life of Laura and her mother as they spend the summer in Spain en la casa de tía Julia. How will Laura cope…

  5. Season 3 – Lesson 16 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 25 min · S3 E16

    Episode 16 features a conversation between Alba and Mark about what they’ve been doing since they last saw each other. Grammar points covered include possessive pronouns, and uses of the subjunctive. This week’s…

  6. Season 3 – Lesson 17 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 23 min · S3 E17

    This episode is dedicated to all fans of the imperfect subjunctive… and to those of you who are terrified of it! After listening to Mark and Alba’s discussion about all things hypothetical, you’ll be 100% confident in…

  7. Season 3 – Lesson 18 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 24 min · S3 E18

    In episode 18 of Coffee Break Spanish Season 3, Mark and Alba talk about the advantages and disadvantages of buying things online, and share their experience, both positive and negative. In this week’s intermedio, Alba…

  8. Season 3 – Lesson 19 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 28 min · S3 E19

    In this week’s episode, Mark and Alba discuss some useful techniques for learning languages and share their ideas and advice with listeners. In the intermedio Alba talks about the northern Spanish city of Bilbao, and…

  9. Season 3 – Lesson 20 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 25 min · S3 E20

    Episode 20 features the fourth installment of our telenovela, Verano Español. Find out the latest about the life of Laura and her mother as they spend the summer in Spain en la casa de tía Julia. Will Laura find out a…

  10. Season 3 – Lesson 21 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 24 min · S3 E21

    In this episode of Season 3, Mark and Alba chat about what they were doing during the vacaciones de Semana Santa. Both Mark and Alba have been travelling, and Mark has some buenas noticias. In the intermedio José…

  11. Season 3 – Lesson 22 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 24 min · S3 E22

    In this week’s lesson, Mark and Alba talk about music. Their discussion includes talk of playing musical instruments and how listening to music is changing because of technology. In the intermedio, José provides a…

  12. Season 3 – Lesson 23 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 31 min · S3 E23

    This week Mark and Alba bring you a special musical episode: combining the Eurovision Song Contest with a performance from Mark of Tango by Spanish composer Albéniz. In the intermedio, José introduces the idea of…

  13. Season 3 – Lesson 24 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 23 min · S3 E24

    Following our recent musical episodes, listeners have been asking us for some suggestions of Spanish-language singers and groups. In episode 24 we’ve provided some suggestions, talking about Spanish groups Amaral and…

  14. Season 3 – Lesson 25 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 30 min · S3 E25

    This episode of Coffee Break Spanish features the fifth instalment of our telenovela, Verano Español. At the end of the previous episode, Laura discovered that the boy who has been chatting her up on a daily basis in…

  15. Season 3 – Lesson 26 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 24 min · S3 E26

    This week’s topic is low-cost airlines and the advantages and disadvantages of low-cost travel. Mark and Alba discuss their experiences of flying with low-cost airlines (and indeed with other airlines!) and José…

  16. Season 3 – Lesson 27 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 24 min · S3 E27

    This week we return to a topic we covered previously – in response to listeners’ requests. It’s time to look at your tricks and tips for language learning. Mark and Alba talk about the suggestion of one of our…

  17. Radio Lingua is 5 years old – and we’re celebrating!

    · 7:26 · Trailer

    It’s five years since we launched the first lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, and since then we’ve served up millions of language lessons to learners around the world through our podcasts, our enhanced lessons and our…

  18. Season 3 – Lesson 28 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 25 min · S3 E28

    The topic for this week’s episode of Coffee Break Spanish is food, or tapas in particular. Alba has recently had a bad experience in a tapas restaurant in Scotland, compared with her normal experiences of tapas in…

  19. Season 3 – Lesson 29 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 22 min · S3 E29

    In this week’s episode, Alba and Mark are en la cocina, making a Spanish tortilla. The episode is slightly different from our usual episodes as the audio was recorded live in the kitchen rather than in the studio.…

  20. Season 3 – Lesson 30 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 28 min · S3 E30

    It’s time to return to our telenovela, Verano Español. In this sixth instalment, we’ll find out the latest about what’s happening in the Laura – Ángel – Ramón love triangle, and we’ll also hear if things are still ok…

  21. Season 3 – Lesson 31 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 24 min · S3 E31

    It’s destination Colombia for lesson 31 as Mark is joined by Carolina from Bogotá. Carolina introduces Mark to the geography and traditions of Colombia, and Mark learns a few useful expresiones colombianas. In episodes…

  22. Season 3 – Lesson 32 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 23 min · S3 E32

    In lesson 32 we’re still concentrating on Colombian Spanish, and Mark and Carolina discuss the music and literature of Colombia, and typical Colombian expressions including the word paila. In the second act of this…

  23. Season 3 – Lesson 33 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 22 min · S3 E33

    In lesson 33, it’s destination Mexico as Mark is joined by Juan from México D.F. Juan introduces Mark to the geography and some of the tourist attractions of Mexico. Language concepts included the use of soler, the…

  24. Season 3 – Lesson 34 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 22 min · S3 E34

    We’re back with another episode of Coffee Break Spanish! We’re staying in Mexico in episode 34 as Mark and Juan discuss some of the interesting aspects of Mexican Spanish. ¡Todo está padrísimo en este episodio!…

  25. Season 3 – Lesson 35 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 30 min · S3 E35

    In this week’s show we’re returning to our telenovela, Verano Español. It’s the morning after the night before when Ángel arrived drunk at Iona’s party. Needless to say Laura’s dad isn’t very impressed with Ángel!…

  26. Season 3 – Lesson 36 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 22 min · S3 E36

    ¡Estamos de vuelta! We’re delighted to be back with a new episode of Coffee Break Spanish in which Mark is joined by Loreto, from Chile. In this first of two episodes with Loreto, we learn about the geography and…

  27. Season 3 – Lesson 37 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 20 min · S3 E37

    This week Mark returns with Loreto for the second of our Chilean episodes of Coffee Break Spanish Season 3. In episode 37 we learn a bit more about Chilean culture and Loreto teaches Mark some Chilean expressions.…

  28. Season 3 – Lesson 38 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 24 min · S3 E38

    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…

  29. Season 3 – Lesson 39 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 23 min · S3 E39

    We’re delighted to be joined once more by Alba in this special episode of Coffee Break Spanish. It’s the last ‘normal’ episode in the series: next week we’ll have the eighth and final instalment of Verano Español. We…

  30. Season 3 – Lesson 40 – Coffee Break Spanish

    · 26 min · S3 E40

    The final episode in the third series of Coffee Break 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…

  31. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Promo episode

    · 10 min · S1 E1 · Trailer

    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…

  32. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Episode 101

    · 21 min · S1 E1

    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…

  33. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Episode 102

    · 16 min · S1 E2

    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,…

  34. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Episode 103

    · 16 min · S1 E3

    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…

  35. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Episode 104

    · 14 min · S1 E4

    This week’s episode of the Coffee Break Spanish is a slightly spooky Hallowe’en episode. In this edition: • Alba asks the macabre question ¿Cuál es tu peor pesadilla?; • Laura introduces the expression me he levantado…

  36. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Episode 105

    · 16 min · S1 E5

    The Coffee Break Spanish team is back with a new episode of the Magazine. In this edition: • Alba asks passers-by in the streets of Barcelona, ¿De qué pasarías horas hablando?; • Laura teaches us the expression se me…

  37. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Episode 106

    · 15 min · S1 E6

    This week’s Coffee Break Spanish Magazine episode is now available. Join the team and improve your Spanish! In this edition: • Alba has an interesting question for some women on the streets of Barcelona. She asks ¿qué…

  38. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Episode 107

    · 17 min · S1 E7

    The latest edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine is now available. Join the team and improve your Spanish! In this edition: • Alba asks her interviewees, ¿ayer hiciste algo especial? Answers cover a range of…

  39. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Episode 108

    · 23 min · S1 E8

    Welcome to episode 8 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. Join the team and improve your Spanish! In this edition: • Alba asks her interviewees, si te tocara la lotería, ¿qué harías con el dinero? Like last week…

  40. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Episode 109

    · 17 min · S1 E9

    Join the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine team and improve your Spanish listening skills. In this edition: • Alba asks her interviewees, ¿cuál es el mejor regalo que has recibido jamás?; • Laura teaches us the phrases de…

  41. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine Episode 110

    · 15 min · S1 E10

    It’s time for the final lesson in this season of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: • It’s a time for making New Year’s Resolutions and examining what we want to change about ourselves. This week Alba…

  42. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 201

    · 20 min · S2 E1

    We’re back with a new season of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine! In this episode: • Alba asks the question, ¿cuál es tu forma favorita de ligar? – what’s your best chat-up line? • JP and Nahyeli answer a question…

  43. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 202

    · 17 min · S2 E2

    We’re back with a new season of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: • Alba asks, ¿qué te llevarías a una isla desierta? – what would you take to a desert island? • Fernanda tells Mark all about the the…

  44. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 203

    · 16 min · S2 E3

    We’re back with a new episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: • Alba asks, ¿qué es lo primero que has pensado esta mañana? – what was the first thing you thought about this morning? • Mark joins…

  45. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 204

    · 19 min · S2 E4

    Welcome to this latest edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: • Alba asks, ¿cómo te describiría tu mejor amigo o amiga? – how would your best friend describe you? • Mark joins Fernanda on a…

  46. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 205

    · 22 min · S2 E5

    Welcome to this latest edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: • Alba asks, ¿qué ves cuando miras en el espejo? – what do you see when you look in the mirror? • Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual…

  47. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 206

    · 17 min · S2 E6

    We’re back with another edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: • Alba asks, ¿adónde te irás de vacaciones este verano? – where will you be going on holiday this summer? • Mark joins Fernanda on…

  48. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 207

    · 14 min · S2 E7

    We’re back with another edition of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. In this episode: • Alba asks, ¿qué es para ti el verano? – what does summer mean to you? • Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of the Dominican…

  49. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 208

    · 22 min · S2 E8

    Coming up in this week’s edition of the Coffee Break Magazine: • Alba asks, ¿a quién admiras más en el mundo? – whom do you admire most in the world? • Mark joins Fernanda on a virtual tour of Havana; • and JP and…

  50. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine – Episode 209

    · 20 min · S2 E9

    Coming up in this week’s edition of the Coffee Break Magazine: • Alba asks, si esta noche tuvieras una cita a ciegas, ¿qué estarías haciendo ahora mismo? – if you had a blind date tonight, what would you be doing…

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