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. There’s no “Act II” this week as the conversation follows the entire process of making the tortilla.

Please note that these episodes are the same episodes which were released on the Show Time Spanish feed a couple of years ago. We have decided to release them on the Coffee Break Spanish feed to help existing learners who have recently completed Coffee Break Spanish through the reruns of our original series.

As with Coffee Break Spanish, our Show Time Spanish course features a range of additional materials which can be purchased as a “Season Pass”. For Show Time this Season Pass offers a full transcript of all the Spanish used in the text, lesson notes, and bonus listening materials which provide extra practise of the language covered in each lesson. We offer Season Passes at £47.00 GBP (+VAT for EU customers) for Season 1 (lessons 1-20) and Season 2 (lessons 21-40), and for the first time today we’re introducing a Complete Show Time Spanish Season Pass (lessons 1-40) for £84.00 GBP (+VAT for EU customers). Please click on the links for each pass, or if you’re an existing customer, log into your Control Panel and add the pass to your membership.

The topic for this week’s episode of Show Time 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 Spain. Mark and Alba talk about different tapas and their experience of eating Spanish food in Spain and elsewhere. Language points covered include ojalá, the word cobrar and si clauses. In this week’s intermedio, José introduces a couple of phrases which help you disagree with people emphatically.

Please note that these episodes are the same episodes which were released on the Show Time Spanish feed a couple of years ago. We have decided to release them on the Coffee Break Spanish feed to help existing learners who have recently completed Coffee Break Spanish through the reruns of our original series.

As with Coffee Break Spanish, our Show Time Spanish course features a range of additional materials which can be purchased as a “Season Pass”. For Show Time this Season Pass offers a full transcript of all the Spanish used in the text, lesson notes, and bonus listening materials which provide extra practise of the language covered in each lesson. We offer Season Passes at £47.00 GBP (+VAT for EU customers) for Season 1 (lessons 1-20) and Season 2 (lessons 21-40), and for the first time today we’re introducing a Complete Show Time Spanish Season Pass (lessons 1-40) for £84.00 GBP (+VAT for EU customers). Please click on the links for each pass, or if you’re an existing customer, log into your Control Panel and add the pass to your membership.

In today’s episode we’ll be learning the words for some common foods in French. Listen to today’s show here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

un sandwich (m) - “a sandwich”
une salade (f) - “a salad”
le jambon (m) - “(the) ham”
le fromage (m) - “(the) cheese”
le poulet (m) - “(the) chicken”
le poisson (m) - “(the) fish”

Note that in this lesson we’ve provided the word for “a” or “the” with each word. It’s useful to learn the gender of a word when you learn an item of vocabulary. Remember that by following @learnfrench on Twitter, you can learn French in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

Today we’ll learn the words for some common foods in Italian. Listen to today’s show here:

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Today’s words and phrases:

un tramezzino (m) – “a sandwich”
un panino (m) - “a sandwich” (more common word for sandwich)
un’insalata (f) - ”a salad”
il prosciutto (m) - “(the) ham”
il formaggio (m) - “(the) cheese”
il pollo (m) - “(the) chicken”
il pesce (m) - “(the) fish”

Each of today’s words are given with the appropriate word for “a” or “the”, and we’ve listed if words are masculine (m) or feminine (f). It’s always useful to learn whether words are masculine or feminine when you learn new vocabulary. Remember that by following @learnitalian on Twitter, you can learn Italian in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

Today we’ll learn the words for some common foods. Listen to today’s show here:

Download audio file (tls-01-17.mp3)

Today’s words and phrases:

un bocadillo (m) - “a sandwich”
una ensalada (f) - “a salad”
el jamón (m) - “(the) ham”
el queso (m) - “(the) cheese”
el pollo (m) - “(the) chicken”
el pescado (m) - “(the) fish”

Note that the words above (jamón, queso, pollo and pescado) are all masculine words, so the word for “the” is el. It always helps to learn the gender of words when you learn the word. Remember that by following @learnspanish on Twitter, you can learn Spanish in 140-character lessons linked to these audio programmes.

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. There’s no “Act II” this week as the conversation follows the entire process of making the tortilla.

Have a look at the photos of our culinary exploits below, and why not try making a tortilla yourself and send us your photos to network [at] radiolingua.com.

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The topic for this week’s episode of Show Time 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 Spain. Mark and Alba talk about different tapas and their experience of eating Spanish food in Spain and elsewhere. Language points covered include ojalá, the word cobrar and si clauses. In this week’s intermedio, José introduces a couple of phrases which help you disagree with people emphatically.

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In this week’s edition of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara continue the shopping theme, this time buying food in the market.

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In Lesson 20 we visit a Spanish restaurant and order some food. 

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In lesson 18 you’ll learn more useful words and phrases for a visit to a restaurant.

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In this week’s lesson you’ll learn useful words and phrases for a visit to a restaurant.

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 In lesson 16 you’ll learn more useful language for ordering drinks and snacks in the café or bar.

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