Learn English with Coffee Break English
Coffee Break English is a podcast which will help you learn English in regular 15-minute episodes, perfect for your coffee break! Find out more about Coffee Break English at https://coffeebreaklanguages.com/coffeebreakenglish/ .
Coffee Break English can help you improve your English with short lessons - the perfect time to enjoy a cup of coffee while learning. The course is presented in slow English which is easy to understand. Don’t worry if you don’t understand every word, it’s more important to get the general meaning. Season one is at A2 level. This course is for you if you learnt some English at school or if you want to review the basics. Coffee Break English can help you improve your accuracy and understanding of English, to prepare you for many situations like using English at work, visiting an English-speaking country, taking exams, or talking with English-speaking friends. In each episode of the audio lessons, one of our colleagues from an English-speaking country tells us about an aspect of life or culture in their country. In season one, we hear from our friends in the UK, the USA, Canada, and Australia, helping you understand lots of different accents and varieties of English.
Mark and Josie guide you through the text, explaining the language and helping you understand it better. Each text focuses on a specific language point, including tenses, prepositions, phrasal verbs, and much more.
In addition to the main audio lesson, the course contains lesson notes, which explain the language in the lesson in more detail and provide a transcript of the text; practice exercises; a video version of the lesson; bonus audio episodes; and vocabulary lists in many different languages. Find out more at https://coffeebreakacademy.com.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 82
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
CBE 3.01 Extra | A Comparatives Quiz
In this season of Coffee Break English we're bringing you an extra episode related to the content covered in our main episode on a Tuesday. In today's extra episode, Josie and Mark are asking each ot…
CBE 3.01 | The Cheeseburger | Language focus: comparatives
In this episode, we hear from Kate in the USA. She tells us about the history of the cheeseburger, one of the world’s most popular foods. We also focus on the comparative adjectives.
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CBE 2.10 | Swimming with the pigs: Pig Beach | Language focus: how to use ‘get’
In the tenth and final episode of Coffee Break English Season 2, we meet Marcia, who takes us to Pig Beach in the Bahamas. We learn about the different uses of the verb get, and we focus on some phra…
CBE 2.09 | Canadian spaceman: Chris Hadfield | Languages focus: past tenses
Today, we hear from Ryan in Canada, who tells us about a famous Canadian - Chris Hadfield. As we learn about his life and achievements, we also focus on the past simple and past continuous tenses.
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CBE 2.08 | A classic British dish: Fish and Chips | Language focus: how to pronounce ‘ed’ verbs
In this episode we’re back in the UK with Susan, who talks about fish and chips. As we discuss this classic British dish, we also focus on the pronunciation of verbs ending in ed.
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CBE 2.07 | What’s happening on Pukapuka Island? | Language focus: when to use ‘the’ and ‘a’
Welcome to another episode of our Coffee Break English course! This time, we hear from Matthew in Australia. He tells us about a mystery on Pukapuka island, and we focus on using articles.
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CBE 2.06 | Celebrating freedom: US Independence Day | Language focus: phrasal verbs
Welcome back to Coffee Break English! This week we’re with Kate, in the USA. She talks about an important day in her country - Independence Day, and we learn some phrasal verbs with take.
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CBE 2.05 | Have you seen Nessie? The Loch Ness Monster | Language focus: ‘look’, ‘see’ and ‘watch’
In this episode we’re in Scotland and we’re talking about the Loch Ness Monster. Join Coffee Break English hosts Mark and Josie in this episode and find out about this mysterious creature. This time,…
CBE 2.04 | Let’s celebrate! St Patrick’s Day | Language focus: the present perfect
In this episode, we meet Steven from Ireland, and he tells us about an important Irish festival - St Patrick’s Day. While learning about this important day, we focus on using the present perfect with…
CBE 2.03 | Crikey! Steve Irwin | Language focus: ‘who’, ‘which’ and ‘where’
In this week's episode of Coffee Break English, we’re in Australia with Matthew. He talks about Steve Irwin, the famous wildlife expert, and we learn about relative pronouns.
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CBE 2.02 | Let’s go to South Africa: Table Mountain | Language focus: dependent prepositions
Welcome back to Coffee Break English! In this week's lesson, we meet Riaan from South Africa, who tells us all about Table Mountain. While discovering this natural landmark, we focus on dependent pre…
CBE 2.01 | A symbol of friendship: The Statue of Liberty | Language focus: the passive voice
Welcome to Season 2 of our Coffee Break English course! In this episode, we hear from Kate in the USA. She tells us the story behind the Statue of Liberty, one of New York’s most famous monuments. We…
CBE 1.10 | Let’s go surfing - Australia’s favourite sport and phrasal verbs
This week Matthew tells us about a popular sport in Australia - surfing! He talks about the people who surf and the surfing lifestyle, and we learn some common English phrasal verbs.
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CBE 1.09 | It’s tea time - Britain’s favourite drink and gerund and infinitive forms
This week Susan talks about the most popular drink in the UK - tea! She tells us about the history of tea in the UK, and some British tea traditions. We also focus on using the gerund and infinitive …
CBE 1.08 | We won a match! - Ryan’s ice hockey experiences and the present perfect tense
This week Ryan talks about a popular Canadian sport, ice hockey! He tells us about his experiences playing hockey, and how it has helped to bring his family together. We also focus on the difference …
CBE 1.07 | Have you eaten haggis? - A traditional Scottish dish and the present perfect tense
This week Catriona tells us about a traditional Scottish dish - haggis! We learn all about its ingredients and history, and why some people don’t like it. We also focus on talking about past events u…
CBE 1.06 | You should visit the Grand Canyon - A famous American landmark and modal verbs
This week Kate tells us all about a famous place in the USA - the Grand Canyon! We learn lots of information about this beautiful place, and we hear some rules and advice for visiting, using the moda…
CBE 1.05 | How many kangaroos? - Australia’s national animal and quantifiers
Welcome back to Coffee Break English! In this episode, Matthew tells us all about an animal from his country - the kangaroo! We learn lots of interesting facts about this famous Australian animal, an…
CBE 1.04 | What’s your city like? - Colorado Springs and adverbs of manner
This week, Kate tells us all about what life is like in Colorado Springs, in the USA. Throughout the lesson we learn lots of vocabulary related to cities, and we look at how to form and use adverbs o…
CBE 1.03 | Beatlemania - The Beatles and the past simple tense
In episode 3 we're talking about music. In fact, we're talking about one of the most famous bands in history: the Beatles.
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