One of the main things learners seem to be finding difficult is the idea of making conversation with people. It’s easy enough to order a coffee, or book into a hotel, and saying the words and phrases you’ve learned at the appropriate time is great, but sometimes it’s not enough. What happens when you ask a question and you receive 30 seconds of solid French in return? In the final ten lessons of Coffee Break French we’ve created something which we think will help you develop your range of language, and allow you to get more used to picking out the key words and phrases as you listen. We’re delighted to introduce this first episode in a series of ten shows which introduce a ‘radio play’, featuring Scottish couple “David” and “Christina”, who are on holiday in Villefranche, who meet up with Jean-Jacques and his wife Sophie. Each lesson will feature excerpts from the long conversation in which David and Christina get to know their new friends.
In this first episode, David and Christina get lost on the way to the Lion D’Or, a restaurant in Villefranche. They bump into Jean-Jacques who happens to be heading the same way and they end up going to the restaurant together. They chat on the way to the restaurant.Please note that lesson 31 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 71 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners.
3 thoughts on “Season 2 – Lesson 31 – Coffee Break French”
This would be like when I was at the 14 Juillet event in Paris, and looking into the back of the armored personnel carrier, asked in French of one of the soldiers “what is that on the 2nd rifle?”. Eventually I was able to determine that it was a laser designator for laser-guided ordinance. That was more like 3 iterations of 30 seconds of solid French, but by gum I finally got it!
Enjoyed lesson 32
It is the first time that I listened to one lesson on your website. A friend gave me the address.
Great! I’ll pass it on to my friends.
Brigitte