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Coffee Break German is currently available in two levels, represented by each “season”. Each season features 40 lessons.
Each series is slightly different in the way in which it is presented and in the materials provided. Scroll down for more information and to find out about our Coffee Break German Magazine course.
Each Season of Coffee Break German offers a huge amount of free content available as audio podcasts. You can access these on our website, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify and each lesson lasts around 15-20 minutes - the perfect Coffee Break length!
If you'd like to take your learning further and make faster progress, we offer a full online course for each Season. Resources include bonus audio materials, video episodes and lesson notes. See below for further details for each Season.
The £GBP price quoted above includes VAT for the UK. VAT is added automatically at the local rate for customers purchasing within the EU. Customers from elsewhere in the world will not pay VAT. Please note also that we offer bundles of multiple seasons on the Coffee Break Academy.
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Join native speaker Thomas, learn Mark and our cultural correspondent Julia for 40 lessons of basic German. You’ll start by learning to introduce yourself and master greetings, and then work through a range of topics which are useful to anyone travelling in an German-speaking area. You’ll not simply be repeating phrases: instead you’ll learn how the language works and you’ll understand what you’re saying.
Topics include greetings, introducing yourself, talking about your family, your likes and dislikes and your job. You’ll also learn to use German in a variety of transactional situations, including ordering food and drinks, using public transport, asking for directions, going shopping and much more.
The premium version of Season 1 includes bonus materials to help you make faster progress with your learning. In addition to the main audio lesson, you’ll also have access to a video version of this lesson where you’ll see the words on the screen of your device. There’s also a bonus audio episode and comprehensive lesson notes to help you get to grips with the language taught. This course is available on the Coffee Break Academy.
In Season 2 you’ll build your understanding of German, moving on from a beginner’s level to an intermediate level. You’ll learn about how the language works and to “say what you want to say”, manipulating the language in a variety of tenses. You’ll join learner Mark, teacher Andrea and our cultural correspondent Julia, and cover a range of topics, building a solid understanding of German grammar through the lessons of Season 2.
Season 2 puts German grammar into a range of contexts. For example you’ll learn to use the present tense to make arrangements and talk about your daily routine. You’ll also learn to use past tenses and how to describe things using adjectives. You’ll build on the transactional areas of vocabulary covered in Season 1 and apply your new-found knowledge of the language to these areas.
The premium version of Season 2 are similar to those of Season 1 and these bonus materials will help you make faster progress with your learning. In addition to the main audio lesson, you’ll also have access to a video version of this lesson where you’ll see the words on the screen of your device. There’s also a bonus audio episode and comprehensive lesson notes to help you get to grips with the language taught. This course is available on the Coffee Break Academy.
For intermediate learners we also offer the Coffee Break German Magazine. In this ten-lesson series you’ll join Andrea and Mark for 20-minute lessons covering a variety of cultural and linguistic topics, helping you to build your understanding of grammar by seeing it in context.
Each episode of the Magazine focuses on a different topic. In addition the episodes include a phone-in segment where the Coffee Break team will answer listeners’ questions.
The online course for the Coffee Break German Magazine offers additional text materials to support the audio lessons. These include transcripts and notes, vocabulary lists and exercises.
We publish regular lessons both in the Coffee Break German podcast feed and on our YouTube channel. Here’s a selection of our most recent lessons.
Welcome back to the Coffee Break German Travel Diaries, our 10-episode series in which we’re following Karin and her family as they travel through the Alpenstraße with their camper van. This leg of the family’s trip brings them to Neuschwanstein,
In Episode 8 of the Coffee Break German Travel Diaries, Karin and the family enjoy a lazy start to the day after the excitement of the Zugspitze. We join them for a damp, but calm walk in the lush, green
The adventures of Karin and her family continue! In Episode 7 of our Coffee Break German Travel Diaries series we hear about Karin and her family’s wonderful day up the Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany at 2962m above sea
Join Karin and her family in Episode 6 of the Coffee Break German Travel Diaries as they spend a picturesque day in Garmisch-Partenkirchenm, one of the most popular German skiing areas. Although skiing isn’t on the cards for the family,
We’re halfway through our journey along the Deutsche Alpenstraße and this week, we’re joining Karin and her family as they climb to the top of the mountain, Der Herzogstand and enjoy the cable car on the way back down before
In this week’s episode of the Coffee Break German Travel Diaries, Karin and her family approach the Austrian border. They explore the new area and take in the nature around them before having some family fun on the Sommerrodelnbahn (summer
Coffee Break German is a production of the Radio Lingua Network and we produce all Coffee Break Languages courses, along with One Minute Languages and High Five Languages for younger learners. The Radio Lingua team is made up of experienced teachers and native speakers and we’re based in Glasgow, Scotland. To find out more about the team, visit our Meet The Team section of the website.
We offer free content in the form of audio podcasts for each of the seasons of Coffee Break German. In the audio podcasts you’ll be able to build your understanding of German and hear how words are pronounced. However, there’s no guidance on how the words are written. This is where the online course comes in. The course offers additional materials:
If you’re serious about learning German we would suggest that you consider the online course to help you make faster progress with the lessons and build a deeper understanding of the language.
Our audio podcasts are free and you can access them here on the website, on your favourite podcast app, or on Spotify. We offer a paid online course which provides additional materials. The cost for one season is £96.00 GBP including VAT, or $104.00 USD excluding VAT. Please see above for further information on pricing.
We do not currently have an app version of Coffee Break German. In the past we have had problems with a group of developers who have stolen our content and published it within paid-for apps. These apps are not published by Coffee Break Languages. We’ve written extensively about this situation on our website. Please do not purchase our content through these apps. The only way to access Coffee Break German lesson notes, bonus audio and video versions is through the Coffee Break Academy.
We do not currently offer one-on-one Skype lessons. If this is something which interests you, we would suggest that you sign up with our partner italki where you can access individual teachers and native speakers to practise your German. Visit italki.com to get a voucher for $10 USD in italki Credits when you purchase your first lesson.
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