Coffee Break Italian

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With Coffee Break Italian you can learn Italian where and when it suits you. In Season 1, you'll join teacher Mark, learner Katie and native speaker Francesca in our 15-minute lessons, and build your confidence in the language, learning Italian from scratch. Take your learning further with Season 2 in which Mark and Francesca are joined by learner Isla.

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CBI 1-01 | Saying ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ in Italian

Join Mark, Katie, and native speaker Francesca in the first episode of Coffee Break Italian. This lesson focuses on essential greetings, teaching how to say 'hello' and 'goodbye' ('ciao'), ask 'how are you?' ('come stai?'), and respond with different levels of well-being, from 'bene' to 'malissimo.' The episode also features a 'Café Culturale' segment, exploring where Italian is spoken globally and introducing the Italian names for famous cities like Rome and Venice.

Jan 26, 2015•22 min•Season 1Ep. 1

CBI 1-00 | Introductory Episode

If you can learn how to pronounce spaghetti , tagliatelle and bruschetta properly in Italian, you’ll have no bother with the 40 episodes of our first season of Coffee Break Italian. Join Mark, Francesca and Katie in this introductory episode. This season of Coffee Break Italian features a total of 40 episodes. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, bonus audio recordings and video versions of the lessons featuring 'synchronised video flashcards' to help you understand how the words and phra...

Jan 25, 2015•4 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Coffee Break Italian – What you will learn

In this short episode, Mark outlines the structure of the Coffee Break Italian course. Season 1 is organised into four blocks of ten lessons: Lessons 1-10 : you’ll be learning how to greet people, introduce yourself, talk about where you’re from, introduce your friends or members of your family, use Italian in basic travel situations like buying things, getting around and coping with language difficulties; Lessons 11-20 : you’ll learn more travel language and will be able to order drinks and foo...

Jan 22, 2015•3 min

Coffee Break Italian – Preview Episode

Join teacher Mark, learner Katie and native speaker Francesca in this preview episode of Coffee Break Italian. Listen to the episode More information Coffee Break Italian launches with lesson 1 on Monday 26th January. This season of Coffee Break Italian features a total of 40 episodes. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, bonus audio recordings and video versions of the lessons featuring 'synchronised video flashcards' to help you understand how the words and phrases are written, you can ...

Jan 14, 2015•3 min

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