Lesson 10 marks the end of the first season of Show Time Spanish. We'd really like to hear what you think about the show. A huge amount of time and effort goes into each show – around 15 hours each week! – and we'd really like to hear from you to find out if you feel we're on the right tracks. You can either comment on this post – just click the "Comments" link below, or you can review Show Time Spanish on iTunes. Indeed, if you have specific feedback about any particular lesson, please post your comments on that lesson as listed here in the library. We're also 'recruiting' some listeners to provide testimonials for use in our marketing material, so if you're interested, let us know: email support [at] radiolingua.com and we'll be in touch.
It's perhaps worth pointing out that we know that we don't do as much 'hand-holding' as we did with Coffee Break Spanish, but that's entirely deliberate. The most popular request we had from experienced CBS listeners was for authentic conversations to improve listening skills.
We'd be delighted to hear what you think, and look forward to your messages. Show time will be back mid January with our second season and we look forward to bringing you a few new elements in the show as well as what you've come to expect.
It’s time for our second installment of the Show Time Spanish telenovela, Verano Español. Laura and her mother have just arrived in Spain to spend the summer in the house they’ve recently inherited from tía Julia. In this episode we’ll meet some of their new neighbours and Laura makes a new friend.
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In episode 08, you’ll hear Lisa’s latest email to Duncan. Has he been a bit too pushy about Christmas? Is there too much pressure on Lisa to come home? Has she been trying to let him down gently by explaining that money is a bit tight? Or has Lisa had another offer to stay in Canada for Christmas? In this episode verbs used include wake up, wear out, get along, work out and many more.
Welcome to the Free Refill from Coffee Break Spanish. This refill is aimed at learners who have been following Coffee Break Spanish from the beginning and takes a closer look at some of the language covered in recent lessons from a grammatical point of view. If you’ve recently started learning Spanish, don’t worry about not understanding everything in this podcast – it’s aimed at people using the course as review. In this episode Mark picks up on three issues covered in lessons 5-8: demonstrative adjectives and pronouns; the use of gustar; and an alternative expressions to translate “to work” – dedicarse. If you would like to get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish experience, or if you can’t wait for our weekly shows, you can become a premium member and get access to pdf guides, exercises and lots of bonus listening content in our members’ area. Visit mycoffeebreakspanish.com for more information.
Congratulations to runners-up Klara from Bromma, Sweden, and Erling from Oslo, Norway, and to our overall winners Claire and Emma from Seattle, USA, and thanks to all listeners for sending us your language-learning experiences.
In this 10th episode of our intermediate-advanced Spanish course, Mark and Alba discuss Christmas traditions in Spain. José introduces a couple of phrases which you can tell someone not to take something the wrong way in this week’s intermedio. Grammar points covered include al + infinitive, por and para, volver a hacer algo, and expressions which are followed by the subjunctive including antes de que, sin que and para que.
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We felt that the cheesy jingle wasn't enough – we needed snowflakes and Christmas trees! Just a reminder that the Winter Sale is currently on, giving 20% discount on any membership with coupon code HOLIDAYS08. You can use this discount to purchase a membership for Show Time Spanish which will provide pdf transcripts and lesson notes, and access to our "Encore podcast", which tests your understanding of the main language points covered in each episode.
We felt that the cheesy jingle wasn’t enough – we needed snowflakes and Christmas trees! Just a reminder that the Winter Sale is currently on, giving 20% discount on any membership with coupon code HOLIDAYS08. You can use this discount to purchase a membership or a season pass.
We felt that the cheesy jingle wasn't enough – we needed snowflakes and Christmas trees! Just a reminder that the Winter Sale is currently on, giving 20% discount on any membership with coupon code HOLIDAYS08. You can use this discount to purchase a membership for Coffee Break Spanish. Choose between level 1 (beginners: lessons 1-40) and level 2 (intermediate: 41-80) and each membership is available in bronze, silver, gold and platinum versions, giving access to a huge range of materials including pdf guides, lesson notes, exercises, word lists, additional listening materials and lots more.
We felt that the cheesy jingle wasn't enough – we needed snowflakes and Christmas trees! Just a reminder that the Winter Sale is currently on, giving 20% discount on any membership with coupon code HOLIDAYS08. You can use this discount to purchase a membership or a season pass. The coupon code is valid until 31 December 2008.
We're absolutely over the moon to announce that Coffee Break Spanish has won the Best UK Professional Podcast in the European Podcast Awards which were announced tonight. All podcasts in the awards were evaluated by a jury of specialists. The full awards announcement video can be seen on the European Podcast Awards site.
In episode 07, you’ll hear Duncan’s latest reply to Lisa’s email. Lisa is becoming desperate to get a flat… will that mean another meeting with the estate agent? And, with Christmas fast approaching, what exactly does Lisa mean when she asks Duncan to ‘start thinking about what they’re going to do.’? Verbs included in this episode are lay off, look up, look like, make out and many more.
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RT @wispywinds: @emmamwoolley I like the podcast coffee break french. You can listen to it over time and individual episodes aren't supe ... 2012/04/04
For Spanish learners there's a new Q&A Spanish out now. http://t.co/3VpOS6G4 Subjunctive and llevar + time phrases :) 2012/04/03
@harlemlibrarian Hadn't realised that this was a problem. The feeds are now on http://t.co/NKhTnGQB instead - use http://t.co/Z6XXIJhv 2012/04/03
