Welcome to Coffee Break French! If you have trouble viewing the video, you can watch it on YouTube or download an iPod / Apple TV version.
Month: September 2007
Season 1 – Lesson 01 – Coffee Break French
Welcome to the very first episode of Coffee Break French! To kick start the series we’re starting with the basics as we’re teaching you how to ask people how they’re feeling. You’ll also learn how to respond to this question in a number of ways.
Countdown to Coffee Break French
Only 4 more days to go until the latest podcast from Radio Lingua is launched. Episode one of Coffee Break French launches on Wednesday 26th September at 18:00 French time. We’ll be in Paris for the launch and we’ll be bringing you a video presentation about what you can expect from the series. In the meantime, you can subscribe to the feed in iTunes so that you receive the first episodes automatically. À très bientôt!
Coffee Break Spanish wins prestigious award
Coffee Break Spanish has won a European Award for Languages. The award recognises “creative ways to improve the quality of language teaching, motivate students and make the best of available resources”. It’s a Europe-wide initiative supported by the European Commission. The UK co-ordinator of the initiative is CILT, the National Centre for Languages. In total 15 initiatives were recognised involving language-learners of all ages. According to the judges, “the success of Coffee Break Spanish across the world shows that podcasting can promote language awareness and competence regardless of geographical location”. Kara and I will be at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 20 November to accept the award. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support of Coffee Break Spanish, and we’re looking forward to the new season beginning in a few weeks. All the Coffee Break Spanish news can be found at www.coffeebreakspanish.com.
Final preparations for the launch of Coffee Break French
Final preparations are underway for our launch of Coffee Break French next week. The French team is heading out to Paris this weekend in preparation for the launch. The Coffee Break French feed is already live and you can subscribe to it in iTunes or via the website. Prior to the launch we’ve been releasing promo shows about Coffee Break French and there will be another one of these later this week explaining what the course will involve. Coffee Break French goes live at 18h00 on Wednesday 26th September when we’ll launch with a video introduction from Paris. While in Paris we’ll also be working on something else, but at this stage we’ll have to keep that top secret! More information in the coming months!
