Coffee Break Spanish - Coffee Break Spanish - All You Need To Know

Episode Date: November 17, 2025

Join Mark and Pablo for this special episode of Coffee Break Spanish where we're talking about something a bit different.We receive emails and messages all the time asking us "where should I start?", ...so we thought we'd answer that in this episode. We share details about how Coffee Break Spanish first started back in 2006 - and all of the Spanish resources we have released since then.We hope you enjoy hearing about the history of Coffee Break, with a few secrets revealed along the way!The links mentioned at the end of this episode are listed below:Find out more about Coffee Break Spanish hereAccess our full range of Spanish courses on the Coffee Break AcademyLearn more about Coffee Break TV herePlease note that the secret link mentioned was part of our Black Friday 2025 promotion which has now ended. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello and bienveninos to Coffee Break Spanish. I'm Mark. And today we have a special episode for you of Coffee Break Spanish. So, Pablo, as you well know, one of the most common questions that we get asked here at Coffee Break is where do I start? Which level is right for me? For where do you start? Yes, and it's a very valid question because when you're learning a language, sometimes the amount of materials can be a little bit overwhelming, but it's completely normal. normal. And the good thing is that within this episode, we're going to explain everything that
Starting point is 00:00:38 you need to know all of the courses and resources that we have available and we'll explain exactly where you should start. Now, if you're watching the video version, then we will include time codes in the description so you can click forward, jump forward to that particular level if that's what you're interested in, but then you'll miss some of the stories. So Mark, talking about stories, I was thinking, because I've been working here for a bit. But correct me if I'm wrong, you started this cofibre Spanish podcast in 2006?
Starting point is 00:01:13 Yeah, it was our first podcast. It was the days before, really, most people were doing podcasts. But we wanted to... First of all, I kind of got aware of podcasting and the opportunities that podcasting offered because I was working on an education project, and I thought, you know, this would be fantastic. for language learning. And it so happened that a colleague's daughter wanted to learn Spanish. Kara,
Starting point is 00:01:39 as most of our learners will recognize Kara's name. So Kara wanted to learn Spanish. She wanted to be able to use Spanish on holidays to Spain and other Spanish-speaking places. And she wanted to be able to communicate with people, but not just learn a series of phrases. And so I thought, yeah, why don't we use this whole concept of podcasting to create a series of lessons? And the then produce additional materials that went along with those lessons to help people understand how to use Spanish, even at a basic
Starting point is 00:02:11 level. So it's very practical. All of the season one stuff, the level one stuff is very practical. I love the origins because for me, when I'm learning a language, I look at, you know, basic things that want to be able to use from that language when I am
Starting point is 00:02:27 in a country where they speak the language. So it's great. Yeah. So things like travel, things like getting about the town, ordering coffee. Very important. Very important. Food and coffee, the most important,
Starting point is 00:02:40 always. I'm sorry, I'm also like introducing yourself and kind of all that sort of social chat. So all of that is featured in level one. And if our listeners aren't at that stage yet, then that's the perfect level for you. But the crucial thing is, and this is something that Kara really wanted,
Starting point is 00:03:02 she didn't want to just learn a series of praises. She wanted to understand how the language works. So, of course, that's something that we really focus on. We try to ensure that you can manipulate the language and create your own sentences based on what you know that we... Exactly, because once you understand how the language works, you can try yourself and start building longer sentences and be able to communicate with people.
Starting point is 00:03:27 And it's, oh, well, that little spark and joy of learning a language comes than you think. Absolutely. And I think it's the spark you said there, the spark of, you suddenly realize that what you've said, you've never actually seen in your course or your podcast or your textbook or whatever. You've made that sentence
Starting point is 00:03:45 up yourself and guess what somebody's understood. So fulfilling, isn't it? Absolutely, absolutely. So that was back in 2006, as you said. Quantos an years? I don't know if I want to answer that, but I was 12 at the time. So yeah, we started with level one
Starting point is 00:04:06 And then it made sense to continue on from there So we did a level two course which took things further It went a little more into the grammar And we started going into more detail with the grammar Consolidation would be the word So and we also looked at different types of grammar In a sense you know expanding out from making simple sentences In the present tense to then looking at past tenses
Starting point is 00:04:30 and things like the difference between the preterate and the imperfect and all these kind of grammar topics that learners typically find that bit more challenging. So this is level two now. And we have a level two course. We have a level one course, and both of those courses feature additional materials. You might be listening to the podcast and thinking, I wonder how these words are written down,
Starting point is 00:04:55 or can I get some practice on these with exercises or vocabulary or lesson notes? and all of that is in our course within the Coffee Break Academy. So with our level one and level two courses, that kind of takes you to an A2B1 level. Same. If our listeners are familiar with the European framework of reference for language learning. So that goes from A1 to A2 for beginners and upper beginners, then B1, which would be a kind of lower intermediate.
Starting point is 00:05:28 intermediate. Then B2, upper intermediate, and then C1, which is you're really getting advanced. And C2 is, yeah, that's the dream. Profesians, yeah. I'm saying it's the dream. That may be wrong, because it's not necessarily the dream. Maybe some people just want to be able to communicate
Starting point is 00:05:47 in those practical situations. And that might be an A1 or an A2 level. If that's what you need, then perfecto. Perfecto, yes. So, yeah, we have courses that go right up to see one level. But we'll tell me about them a little later. The important thing is that we have courses for everybody,
Starting point is 00:06:04 for every level, I think. We do, yeah. And I think it also is all progressive. And, you know, you can follow through level one, then move on to level two. You know, one of the difficult things, and I think this is something that our learners very often comment,
Starting point is 00:06:21 one of the difficult things is when you get to a certain point in any language, and to begin with you feel as if you're moving forward all the time because you're learning new phrases, new words, new concepts and how words combine. And you get to a certain point and you can't keep going forward at that same level. The plateau face, I like to call it. So you get to get that plateau where you can't go forward in the same way and you need to kind of go wider.
Starting point is 00:06:47 I always think of it like a narrow path through a forest and you're walking through this forest path and the trees are very deep and dark on both sides and you're working your way through this path and you're making progress but then you get to this wide open medal kind of thing and there's lots of different paths that you can go down and I love that phase in learning a language
Starting point is 00:07:09 because everything that you learn is new and you can go so far and you know you might never think you would need to know how to change a tire in Spanish but doing a lesson and changing a tire in Spanish might come in useful something
Starting point is 00:07:25 you never know you never know I love the metaphor that you're using because I think it basically highlights that phase and you're so right there. Yeah. And we have like everything when you're at that point so that you can whatever path you end up taking, you're going to learn something. And that's the important thing. Yeah. I think that's something more recently that we've really focused on in coffee break because we for a long time we worked through level one, then level two, then level three and four. we'll go back through level three and four later, but we really wanted to try to make sure,
Starting point is 00:08:03 as you said, that we've got something for everyone. And some people like stories, some people like grammar, some people like working through listening content, some people like dictations and so on. And over the years, we've tried to add little courses, sort of smaller courses at different levels,
Starting point is 00:08:19 but all within that sort of intermediate level that will help learners take a little step forward and make progress every day, every time they pick up their phone or listen to a podcast or read a lesson note and so on. So we've got a few courses. I know that you've been involved in some of these.
Starting point is 00:08:38 I have indeed, but let's talk first about, I would say, one of my favorite courses. But you know what I'm going to say? You look surprised. Well, I thought your favorite course was Seedons, to be honest. Which is this, but we'll talk about that later. But I also really love travel diaries because you get to experience the language in context
Starting point is 00:08:57 and you feel like you're traveling. And I think it's such a great product. We came up with travel diaries. At a time when, let's face it, the world was not able to travel and everyone was desperate to be practicing their language but wasn't able to. So, yeah, 2020, 21, that kind of time.
Starting point is 00:09:16 And the idea was that we were following a journey with a group of people and we did this in all our languages. But basically in Spanish, season one was following a couple who were on their honeymoon in the north of Spain. Beautiful places along the north coast of Spain. And then the second season of Travel Diaries was a group of Spaniards traveling in South America. And so I think they went down through Peru and then into Bolivia. Bolivia, yeah.
Starting point is 00:09:48 In fact, very similar to a journey that our colleague Eva did last year. Yes, I don't remember. Yeah. So the travel diaries is a great course. It's really good for people who want to build on their reading skills, their listening skills, and again do that whole cultural thing because there's so much culture in each episode. Learning context, so we would say. Absolutely, absolutely.
Starting point is 00:10:11 So we've got two seasons. Each season has 10 lessons and there are various materials that are associated with them as well. So that's the travel diaries. One of the other courses I really like is the magazine. magazine. Ah, see. And the magazine is, again, linked to culture. And I always kind of feel that learning a language without being interested in the culture
Starting point is 00:10:32 is a bit like a cup of coffee without a cake or a biscuit. Totally. You need the culture there to help give you context for the language. And anyone who's interested in the language is probably interested in visiting places where the language is spoken and therefore they're rich in culture. And it's also, I feel like it's a motivation as well to kind of boost the language. you're wanting to learn, you know, more consistently. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:57 Me particularly when I'm, you know, learning a new language, I always try to have that motivation. And I think the magazine and the travel diaries are just perfect for it. So the magazine, again, each episode focuses in a different aspect of culture. And we're talking about culture across the Spanish-speaking world. We have texts that summarize elements of that culture and talk about different, I mean, different famous people. food, traditions, even there's an episode about dance, there's music, there's a little bit of
Starting point is 00:11:29 everything there in the magazine. And we also use that as an opportunity to go into more detail with the grammar. And again, it's that whole middle area, that whole intermediate area where every little bit helps and every little bit of language that you can be exposed to will help you move forward, we'll help you learn some new phrases, will help you. Most importantly, I think consolidate what you already know because the more times you see something the more times it goes in and you think, right, I definitely know that phrase now.
Starting point is 00:12:00 Exactly. And also imagine that they've done level two where they have seen the grammar all the grammar. Now it's the great opportunity to see all that at play. And I think it's the perfect element and complement to at this stage. Yeah. So we've got two seasons of the magazine
Starting point is 00:12:20 two seasons of travel diaries and we've also got two seasons of scenes from the coffee break Spanish cafe I love that we're coming to this point because it's a very very I'm feeling very proud of scenes because I've been very involved in it
Starting point is 00:12:35 It's basically related to what we're saying is like language in context but it feels like it's set in a cafe somewhere in Spain and we get to know the regulars that attend the cafe that is run by our narrator, Isabel.
Starting point is 00:12:58 And through her eyes, we get to you know, get to know their lives, the gossip, the drama. Los Cotillaos. I think it's basically, when we are doing it, it feels like I could totally see myself in that bar cafe.
Starting point is 00:13:16 So I think it's really, really good because I think if our learners take the score, they're going to definitely experience this. And I think it's great. It's great. I think one of the things I love about scenes is that we've got a text that's not particularly long, it's been, I don't know, 200 words or something like that. And each text is a chapter in the story.
Starting point is 00:13:36 So we get to see, as you said, the regulars, but new people that come into the cafe and little slices of life as how things happen and so much culture. We were recording an episode earlier today. and we were basically at a children's birthday party and then we had what was the other episode about? It was about the fanfare and we were...
Starting point is 00:13:58 The fun fair, that's right. And then we were comparing how to call the rides in English and in Spanish and I love these cultural exchanges of things. And then we went upstairs and talked to the rest of the team to see who knew the different words, the different names for the different fun fair ride. So see the different words.
Starting point is 00:14:16 So scenes, we, as we said, we've got two seasons of scenes. And it's the same characters that continue on within the second season, but again, new characters, like a soap opera in a sense. And with scenes, we have a whole range of additional materials. So there are the lesson notes, there are vocabulary lists, exercises, and then the spotlight videos. Tell us about the spotlight videos. Because obviously I could be commenting on the language with you all day long.
Starting point is 00:14:43 But obviously, we need to keep them relatively. short. So then we have the opportunity to expand on those grammar points that we've not have the time to go through in our spotlight videos. Perfect. So as scenes, just at this level, if you've done level one and you've done level two, then we've got three main courses at this level that you could also consider. So that's scenes, as we've just spoken about, the magazine and the travel diaries. There's something else that we need to talk about at this level, isn't there? Coffee Break TV.
Starting point is 00:15:20 So Coffee Break TV is our special platform where we have a huge range of individual lessons that will help you take one step forward every day or two steps or three steps depending on how much time you've got. And all of the lessons are organized into like five minute lessons, 10 minute lessons, 15 minute lessons and so on in different styles. So we've got loads of different series and styles
Starting point is 00:15:44 of video lessons on. And it's unbelievably the amount of content that there is there. Like, that's, there's literally something for everyone, something to keep you busy all the time. And at the same time, we will help you know what to learn
Starting point is 00:16:02 because we send out a daily email with a suggestion in it so that if you're thinking, oh, there's too much here, I'm overwhelmed with too much choice. Well, obviously, you can choose whatever lesson you want, but we also make some suggestions to you. So you can work through the, types of lessons. Tell us about some of the types of lessons that we have in
Starting point is 00:16:18 So we have from translation challenges, also comprehension challenges. And then we have our series. I'm a big fan of World Talk and Learn. So this is where Mark goes somewhere. And then he spots little signs in advertisements or signs on the street. And then you spot a particular grammar point that you think can be juicy from a woman. grammar point. I just see grammar point. I like that. So then we go back to the studio and myself or my colleagues explain and elaborate on that particular
Starting point is 00:16:56 sign or phrase that you found. Exactly. It's something that I think is so important that when you get the opportunity to be in a country where the language you're learning is spoken, I remember taking groups of young people when I used to work in education, working with secondary schools. and so on. We used to do lots of trips to various places when the young people were going on.
Starting point is 00:17:24 What's the word? An immersion visit to France or Spain or whatever. And I remember walking along with the groups through the town. They would be looking at their phones. And I'm saying, look around you. Look around you, spot these sites. What does that mean? You see a subjunctive there?
Starting point is 00:17:37 I'm imagining. That's exactly how I was imagining you. Mark somewhere in a city just like looking for the subjunctive in any sign. Exactly like that, yeah. And so I think that we've tried to take that whole concept and put it into a series. And that's walk, talk and learning on coffee break TV. We also have a whole range of other types of videos.
Starting point is 00:18:00 We've got the verb lab videos where we focus on the verbs and how to conjugate them and then use them in different examples. We have a step-by-step, one of my favorites as well. Quinted a note a little bit by step. It's a little bit different because it's more audio than video, This is thought to be listened when you are on a walk or doing house chores or whenever you have time. You can also listen to it, driving to work. And the idea is that it's more interactive.
Starting point is 00:18:32 So you will be taking part in it just so that you build your confidence in Spanish as well. Yeah, a sort of practical way of practicing your Spanish as you go about your daily life. So a whole range of videos on the coffee break TV platform. And it's slightly different from our courses in the sense that Coffee Break TV has a subscription. So you subscribe to it. You can subscribe for a month. You can subscribe for a year. And you get access to all of the videos at once for that language.
Starting point is 00:19:05 We also have an all-languages subscription. It's available in French, Italian, German, Spanish and soon to be English. But you can choose just a Spanish subscription. and then that way you get access to all of that you get your daily reminder and you can also keep your streak So many of our learners love keeping this streak
Starting point is 00:19:25 and we've now got we started the sort of daily lesson idea in January of 2025 and it's now what November 2025 and we've got many many learners who have got a 250 day plus streak so committed our coffee breakers
Starting point is 00:19:43 Yeah, absolutely. So that's Coffee Break TV. And it has content for upper beginners, intermediate learners, and also a few pieces of content, quite a bit of content for upper intermediate learners too. There's something really for everyone there in Coffee Break TV. That is. So a little recap, I think.
Starting point is 00:20:03 We've commented on Level 1. Level 1 is for absolute beginners. You might have never studied it a word of Spanish before, or maybe you did that many, many years ago. but you want a refresher. Level one will equip you with the kind of language you need for a trip to a Spanish-speaking area. Then level two takes it further on and then you're at that intermediate level when you've got this range of different courses that we offer. And those courses were travel diaries, magazine, scenes and coffee break TV. So coffee break TV, the subscription and all of these others are courses, individual courses within the academy.
Starting point is 00:20:39 Pablo, there's one thing that we've not mentioned and that we should have mentioned. And we should have mentioned this earlier in our discussions. Another question that we very often get is about do you teach Spain-Spanish or Latin American Spanish or, yeah, some other kind of Spanish. Will I be understood if I learn from coffee break Spanish? The answer is? And we get that. The answer is no matter what type of Spanish you are taught, you are going to be understood everywhere in the Spanish-speaking world. Absolutely.
Starting point is 00:21:09 I bumped into, I was, where was I? I was in London a couple of weeks ago. And the waiter in the restaurant I was in was from Argentina. A lovely accent. That's a lovely accent. It really is. And he started talking to me. I was like, oh, I think I recognised the show. So it was like, Mishamo. And so I'm thinking, oh, I think you're from Argentina. And he said, yes, I am from Argentina. So we had a great conversation. And of course he understood me perfect. well, even though my Spanish is kind of Salamancan Spanish from Spain. But he understood me perfectly well, and I understood him, obviously. So when you're learning, I think there is this misconception about the types of Spanish. First of all, people talk about Latin American Spanish. Latin American Spanish don't exist there. No.
Starting point is 00:21:58 You've got Venezuelan Spanish, but then if you go down further, you've got Northern Venezuela and Spanish and Southern Venezuela. Each country will have their own varieties of Spanish and their own. and their own words from time to time, their own accent and pronunciation. But ultimately, what we try to do in all of our courses is mention where there's a particular word, for example, even in the very early episodes of Coffee Break Spanish Level 1,
Starting point is 00:22:25 we talk about the fact that when we say Cozze in Spain, we might be talking about a caro in Mexico, for example. A auto, too. Yes, perfect. So that is a very important thing to say that from the very beginning we do try to ensure that we cover different types of Spanish
Starting point is 00:22:44 and then we really lean into that as things get more developed when we've got magazine episodes about particular aspects of I don't know an Argentine author and so on and particularly as we move on through the seasons
Starting point is 00:22:59 and this leads that mark to level three okay because at this point after completing level two and maybe other of the courses you're at that stage that you are you're okay with the foundation of Spanish so you are prepared to take the next step.
Starting point is 00:23:16 It's a level a little more advanced. Yes, because in these courses you have the conversation with Alba in every lesson and they're fully in Spanish. Yes, completely in Spanish, in the first part.
Starting point is 00:23:32 And then we're a intermediary. An intermedia, a intermediary that is very interesting. And then, a little bit of explication in English. Okay, so it's that idea of lots of Spanish to begin with and then intermedio and that's always a little bit of fun,
Starting point is 00:23:47 a tongue twister or a joke or something like that. If you can tell a joke in a foreign language and make people laugh, then you know that you're achieving a certain level. And then in the second section, we go through things in detail. We give explanations of all of the interesting aspects of the language there.
Starting point is 00:24:05 Yeah, it's a little more in a level. I thought you were going to forget, but it's my favourite part. I'm not going to life. We mentioned the scenes is a little bit like a soap opera, but in level three, we've got a soap opera. Yes, yeah, so, yeah, so, as well, verano-espagnol. And I am a big fan of it.
Starting point is 00:24:23 Honestly, I find it hilarious, and it's such a great, fun way of learning Spanish. So the thing I love about this is that it's, in the episodes of Berano-Spaniel, come every fifth lesson in the course, So you've got lessons one, two, three, and four, then an episode of Bena Españot, then Lessons, 6, 7, 8, 9, and then another Beirano-Hispanual. But let's say that in the course of lessons one, two, three, and four, we've maybe mentioned
Starting point is 00:24:52 some nice irregular future tenses, or perhaps a complex, subjunctive or something like that. Well, wouldn't you know it just happens to surface again in the lesson five, which is our Berraano-Spaniel episode? So it's a great way of consolidating it, but in a completely different context. And Ben-I-Spanual is like a radio play. I don't know what you would call it nowadays, but it's basically an audio play where you're listening to different voices and there's a nice story, a little bit of intrigue, a little bit romance.
Starting point is 00:25:26 There is intrigue, yeah. But it's fun. It's fun. And of course, we have a whole range of additional materials in the course version of Level 3 that will help you make faster progress and get into. into the language more deeply. And don't forget the video lessons. Of course.
Starting point is 00:25:41 Pablo, you were involved in the video lessons. I was. So very important, the video lessons for level three, where you see the words and phrases on screen with everything explained. And it's so much easier to follow that. So that is at level three. Now, at this stage, we are probably solid B1,
Starting point is 00:26:01 maybe even into B2 in certain aspects. Yeah, I would say. Of course it's difficult when it comes to talking about the European framework of reference and these levels. It's difficult to say that if you do level three, then you will be at B2 because that may be in your listening or in your reading, but maybe in your speaking or your writing, you might not be necessarily at that level. So what we try to do is explain that these courses will equip you with the knowledge to be at that level in certain areas, but you'll be working around that level rather than you will have a level two
Starting point is 00:26:38 or a level, and you will have a B2 or whatever if you do this level. And to be honest, I see other courses out there that say, you will be B2 when you complete this course. It's impossible because you would need to be B2 in all aspects of the language before you can say, yeah, I'm B2 or B1 or whatever. Okay, what about after level three?
Starting point is 00:27:00 What would be the next step that you would recommend? Probably in Marcha, I would say. In Marcha. So in Marcha is, I love in March. A me en Carta, the funny story about it. Because in Marcha came about it because we were in Spain. In the Sur, no? In the Sur, in Malaga and in Erjah and Fijiliana and this area that zone that
Starting point is 00:27:25 I love. And we're still there to film our course for the Bejes, but a lot of ninoes. High five. So we were filming High five down there and we had some extra days after,
Starting point is 00:27:41 we actually managed to get the filming of that finished a little early. So we had some extra days and we still were going to be around in Malaga and that area. So I thought, well, we need to make the most of the way while you're there.
Starting point is 00:27:55 So we came up with the idea of basically interviewing people who live and work and perhaps even are on vacation there. And we basically made a course around that. And it's a fantastic course because it's full of interesting aspects. And we were going back to film another section of the high five course. So we added more content to that.
Starting point is 00:28:18 And then that became the full high five, sorry, the full in Marcha course. So it's a lovely course with, I don't know, you feel the warmth. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And so you get the experience. spirit and that you are there talking to people or like getting to see different people and the way they speak, their accent, their backgrounds. And while the conversations and the dialogues that we include in the course, while they are explained and you've got a transcript of everything in the
Starting point is 00:28:51 course and so on, but they are, they're authentic speed. Let's just say that. You're listening to real conversations with real native speakers and you are getting all of that experience within the course in Marta in Marta Concofevered Spanish I really really like one of my favourites I think and very fun memories of
Starting point is 00:29:13 lots of the interviews that we did for that course that's fun so that's in Marta and then it's Level 4 Level 4 so tell us about level 4 so level 4 is a course that follows the story
Starting point is 00:29:30 of Rory. Do you remember Rory? I may remember Rory. I played Rory in that course, yeah. And obviously level four, we are taking things farther. So this is like, I would say, B2-ish, I would say, pushing it to C-1, I would say. So we're following a story, as Pablo said, about kind of a treasure. A treasure, very sunken treasure
Starting point is 00:29:56 of the island of Majorca in the Balearix in Spain. And it's presented by myself and Carmen. But then in each episode we listen to either a conversation or a phone call or perhaps a diary entry. There's lots of different types. There's even like journalistic pieces because within the course of the 40 lessons, we cover lots of different types of texts to give you experience of all of those different types. Which you will expect at that level. Absolutely. And so we hear that element. Then we go through everything in detail and explain all of the context.
Starting point is 00:30:38 But we're about much in Spanish. Yeah, all the time, practically. When we explain something in English, it's very important that the audience understand perfectly. But much of Spanish. Majoritarianly in Spanish. Yeah, I'd say. So yeah, that's level four. And again, obviously, the, the, the, the, course version has all of the notes. In fact, it's got a full transcript because so much of it
Starting point is 00:31:03 is in Spanish, so a full transcript and then also the all the additional materials which will help you. And we've got, this is where we really come into, to play with translation challenges. So in our bonus materials, we have a translation challenge where the listener has to come up on the spot with a phrase based on something that has been covered in the episode. So, yeah, so this is a really advanced level We're at B2N to see one level with level four And if that's your level and you've not yet done level four It's a brilliant course
Starting point is 00:31:39 I would definitely suggest that And what else? There's a little bit more advanced to even Yeah, the penultima Voluntat So just to explain, the phrase in Spanish the ultimate
Starting point is 00:31:56 is your last will and testament but the penultima volunted would be the second last
Starting point is 00:32:03 when Willintest Testament so it's a little plea on words but this is a very advanced course
Starting point is 00:32:09 so we are very firmly in C1 here and with the the course is all based around a novel and the novel
Starting point is 00:32:17 is something that well our colleague Annabel was so so
Starting point is 00:32:22 and so so It's what you're It's about a family and evidently it's a
Starting point is 00:32:30 novel so there's a little drama and I don't I don't say
Starting point is 00:32:35 but problems family and in torno a herencia also there are
Starting point is 00:32:44 some some stories very interesting all related with
Starting point is 00:32:48 with the circle family is very interesting I
Starting point is 00:32:52 don't We don't want to give away the spoilers but basically this is a kind of family story there's something to do with an inheritance as you said and it's basically an opportunity to in a sense get the experience of reading a novel the kind of novel that you would pick off the shelf
Starting point is 00:33:09 but with all of the support that coffee break is famous for so we have in-depth episodes where we're discussing all of the language included in all of the edumatic expressions, the complex grammar and all that side of thing. We also have the Tadier Linguistico, where we go into some of those phrases and see them in other
Starting point is 00:33:31 contexts and we take the opportunity to develop that much further and go into that in greater detail. And so there's all sorts of additional materials there. And of course, we have a book version of the course. I always prefer to have the... I like the smell of paper personally. So yes, that's it, yeah. So yeah, you can work through the book.
Starting point is 00:33:54 The book's available online, and you can work through the book while listening to the course. And it's, again, a really great opportunity to take your advanced Spanish on further in the same way that you would if you picked up a Garcia-Marquez book
Starting point is 00:34:08 or wherever, because you're reading a story, you're getting engaged in the story, and you're understanding what you're reading, but you've got all this support, this additional support that we provide. within the course.
Starting point is 00:34:22 So that's La Penultima Borontad. So that's our whole range from absolute beginners up to an advanced level. Now, we've just been talking about books with La Penultima Warontad, which has a book version. But we also have another Spanish book that our learners
Starting point is 00:34:39 may be very interested in, particularly if you're at slightly lower level around an intermediate A2B1 level. And that's our 50 coffee breaks, 50 Spanish coffee breaks series. So it's basically a book with activities organized in activities that will take you
Starting point is 00:34:57 five, ten or fifteen minutes. And it's the great opportunity to put everything into practice. But with a physical thing. With a physical book. There is a e-book version of it as well, but the physical book. In fact, we've got it here. We've got it here,
Starting point is 00:35:15 50 Spanish coffee breaks. And it's brilliant because it has lines in it So you can write your answers in the book itself. And, you know, there's lots of different types of activities which will help you practice your grammar, increase your vocabulary, learn some idioms. And again, that whole cultural aspect thing. And there are also answers,
Starting point is 00:35:37 so you know whether you've got things right or got things wrong. So that's the 50 Spanish coffee breaks, which you will find in all good bookshops are online. And hundreds, literally hundreds of, five-star reviews on our 50 coffee break series. So you can definitely have a look for them there. Well, Pablo,
Starting point is 00:35:57 tantas coas, for that's that's what we've been doing for the past 19 years, basically. We should mention that if you have a look in the description of this video, you will see a secret link. And at that secret link, there are some
Starting point is 00:36:15 very interesting pieces of information that Because basically, there might be a little bit of a discount on all of the things that you've heard today. Full details will be at the link. But it's definitely worth checking out the link in the description of this podcast episode or this video. Because you'll find everything that you need to know there. And a who no likes a discount, Marr? A who doesn't love a discount.
Starting point is 00:36:45 Well, muchisima, thank you. Nothing. Much thanks to you. I've been a pleasure. learn a few things about the history of coffee break. I've just enjoyed reminiscing. It's been great fun. We hope that this has been
Starting point is 00:36:57 useful to you as a learner of Spanish and as a listener or a viewer of our content. And we'll be back soon with our normal programming for now. Muchissima. Thanks. Thank you. Thanks to you. Until the next. And happy coffee breaking. Adios. You have been listening
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