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Introducing
Coffee Break French
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Listen to our free podcasts and learn or improve your French on the go, where and when it suits you.
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Take the next step and sign up for a course on the Coffee Break Academy, accessing video materials, lesson notes and bonus audio content.
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Improve your vocabulary, build your language skills and keep up with the Coffee Break French team on social media.
Latest lessons
We publish regular lessons both in the Coffee Break French podcast feed and on our YouTube channel. Here’s a selection of our most recent lessons.
Coffee Break French – All You Need To Know
Join Mark and Max for this special episode of Coffee Break French, where we’re talking about something a bit different. We receive emails and messages all the time asking us...
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‘Oui’ vs. ‘si’, ‘aussi’ vs. ‘non plus’: what’s the difference?
When learning French, one of the essential skills is knowing how to express agreement or disagreement with positive and negative statements. In this episode of The Coffee Break French Show,...
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How to form and use superlatives in French
Superlatives in French are essential for expressing the highest or lowest degree of a quality. Whether you are comparing adjectives, adverbs, verbs, or nouns, understanding the rules and exceptions will...
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French liaison rules: when not to make the liaison
Liaisons in French are essential for fluent and natural speech. However, some liaisons are forbidden and sound particularly unnatural to native speakers. In this article, we’ll take a closer look...
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A guide to liaisons in French
Liaisons in French, the linking of the final consonant of one word to the initial vowel of the next, play a key role in fluent and natural-sounding speech. However, it...
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Capital letters in French: when to use them
Using capital letters in French correctly is essential for writing accurately. While there are similarities between English and French when it comes to capitalisation rules, there are also key differences...
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Imparfait vs. passé composé: French past tenses explained
Are you ready to learn how to choose between the imparfait and the passé composé in French? These two tenses are essential for telling stories in the past, but it...
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Everything you need to know about the agreement of past participles in French
The agreement of past participles in French is a key aspect of the perfect tense (or le passé composé). It’s a big topic for French learners and can seem confusing...
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Choose your level ...
Our main structured Coffee Break French course is currently available in four levels, represented by each “season”. Each season features 40 lessons. If you’re already an advanced learner,
click here to find out more about our latest course
.
Absolute beginners
Your first steps
Your first steps
Learn to use French confidently when travelling, ordering food and drinks, making friends and shopping in a French-speaking country.
More info
Lower Intermediate
Taking it further
Taking it further
Build your knowledge from Season 1, learn to use French grammar to "say what you want to say" and become more confident.
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Upper Intermediate
Build your knowledge
Build your knowledge
Extend your range of language by building your knowledge of more complex grammar through authentic and engaging materials.
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Advanced Learners
Moving on
Moving on
Expand your vocabulary and your understanding of complex grammar through advanced materials.
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Upper
Advanced
Challenge yourself
Challenge yourself
Ready for a further challenge? Take your spoken and written French to the next level with our latest course.
More info
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 other courses.
Your Coffee Break ... your way
Free podcasts
Each Season of Coffee Break French 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!
Online course
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.
Free podcasts
Audio content for all seasons
Free
Audio podcasts
Access the podcast library
Or search for "Coffee Break French" on your favourite podcast app or on Spotify.
Online course (£GBP)
per season of 40 lessons
£
199
00
One-off purchase
40 Audio lessons
40 Bonus audio lessons
40 Video lessons
40 Lesson notes
Access our online courses
Find out more on the Coffee Break Academy
Online course ($USD)
per season of 40 lessons
$
269
00
One-off purchase
40 Audio lessons
40 Bonus audio lessons
40 Video lessons
40 Lesson notes
Access our online courses
Find out more on the Coffee Break Academy.
Please note that all prices include tax or VAT where applicable.
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Season 1
Outline
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Premium Content
Outline
Join teacher Mark and learner Anna for 40 lessons of basic French. 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 a French-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
Topics include greetings, introducing yourself, talking about your family, your likes and dislikes and your job. You’ll also learn to use French in a variety of transactional situations, including ordering food and drinks, using public transport, asking for directions, going shopping and much more.
Premium Content
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.
Season 1 Free Podcasts
Season 1 Online Course
Season 2
Outline
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Outline
In Season 2 you’ll build your understanding of French, 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 Anna and teacher Mark, and cover a range of topics, building a solid understanding of French grammar through the lessons of Season 2.
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Season 2 puts French 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.
Premium Content
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.
Season 2 Free Podcasts
Season 2 Online Course
Season 3
Outline
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Outline
Season 3 will help you take your French a stage further, to an upper intermediate level. You’ll be following the story of three students of the language who are taking a French course in the city of Nice on the French Riviera. Through the journal entries of Katy, Alf and Veronica, you’ll be exposed to a range of complex structures and interesting vocabulary.
Topics
Since Season 3 follows a story, we’ll not be dealing with specific topics as such in this course, but you’ll cover a whole range of vocabulary areas as you read about the adventures of our three characters. Learning a language is about building your range of language structures and by following these stories you’ll do just that. In terms of grammar, we’ll cover the future and conditional, help you build your confidence with past tenses, and you’ll also learn about a variety of grammar points.
Premium Content
The online course for Season 3 includes additional materials to help you make faster progress with the language. In addition to the main audio episode for each lesson, you’ll get access to a specially extended audio episode which we call the Language Study episode. In this episode we’ll explain in detail the entire text for each lesson, and you’ll be tested with some translations. You’ll also get access to the lesson notes which provide further examples of the language covered in each lesson.
Season 3 Free Podcasts
Season 3 Online Course
Season 4
Outline
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Outline
Season 4 is aimed at advanced students of French. You’ll be following the story of Sylvie, who is working at a Parisian publishing company, and Matthieu, a young accountant, also working in the city. Over the course of the 40 lessons of the series, you’ll develop a solid understanding of complex grammar and idiomatic expressions. The course is presented by teacher Mark and native speaker Pierre-Benoît.
Topics
In each episode you’ll listen to a recording of email exchanges between Sylvie and her mother Monique, and between Matthieu and his friend and confidente Gabrielle. Through the exchanges you’ll cover a huge range of topics, and build your understanding of tricky French grammar points including the subjunctive, various pronouns and much more
Premium Content
The course includes two audio episodes per lesson. In the first of these, Mark and Pierre-Benoît pick out some key phrases and grammar points included in the text for the lesson and discuss these, providing further examples. In the second audio episode, the Language Study episode, you’ll go through the text in its entirety, and all complex grammar points will be explained. The online course also features the full transcript of both episodes, along with vocabulary and explanations.
Season 4 Free Podcasts
Season 4 Online Course
En Route avec Coffee Break French
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For intermediate/advanced learners we also offer
En Route avec Coffee Break French.
In this ten-lesson series you’ll join Mark and the Coffee Break team “en route” in the south of France and you’ll listen to interviews with people who live or work in the area. These conversations feature authentic French, with a whole range of different accents and speeds of delivery, so it’s the perfect way to improve your listening comprehension.
Topics
Each episode of En Route centres around a different topic, from local tourist attractions to culinary specialities. You’ll learn about what it’s like to live on a linguistic border between France and Italy, you’ll discover the local area and its history and culture, and you’ll be filled with the desire to visit this area for yourself to try out your own French!
Premium Content
The online course for En Route offers additional materials in the form of extended audio episodes and bonus interviews, all of which have full transcripts provided with notes and explanations about the language used where necessary. There’s also exclusive video content which will help you get to know the area that bit better – and practise your French at the same time.
En Route Free Podcasts
En Route Online Course
The Coffee Break French Magazine
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Premium Content
Outline
Each episode of the Magazine focuses on a different topic. In addition the episdoes include a phone-in segment where the Coffee Break team will answer listeners’ questions.
Topics
Each episode of En Route centres around a different topic, from local tourist attractions to culinary specialities. You’ll learn about what it’s like to live on a linguistic border between France and Italy, you’ll discover the local area and its history and culture, and you’ll be filled with the desire to visit this area for yourself to try out your own French!
Premium Content
The online course for the Coffee Break French Magazine offers additional text materials to support the audio lessons. These include transcripts and notes, vocabulary lists and exercises.
CBF Magazine Free Podcasts
CBF Magazine Online Course
Looking for something more challenging?
Introducing
La Vérité éclate toujours
, a podcast series with companion online course aimed at advanced learners of French. In each chapter of this brand new season, you’ll build your understanding, master complex grammar and learn to read French as it’s written for native speakers.
Find out more about this course
Looking for more practice in reading French?
Click here
to find out more about the Coffee Break Reading Club. We’ll send you a text every week straight to your inbox and you can build your understanding of French through learning about culture from around the French-speaking world.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is behind Coffee Break French?
Coffee Break French 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.
What's the difference between the free podcasts and paid course?
We offer free content in the form of audio podcasts for each of the seasons of Coffee Break French. In the audio podcasts you’ll be able to build your understanding of French 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:
full versions of each audio lesson;
a video version of the lesson which allows you to see the “words on the screen” as you listen*;
bonus audio content allowing you to consolidate your learning futher;
lesson notes for Seasons 1-3 and transcripts for Season 4 and
En Route
.
If you’re serious about learning French 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.
*Please note that the video lessons currently feature only in Season 1 and 2 courses. We plan to add video versions of the Season 3 and 4 lessons soon.
How much does it cost?
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 £199 GBP, or $269 USD. Please
see above
for further information on pricing.
Is there an app version of Coffee Break French?
We do not currently have an app version of Coffee Break French. 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 French lesson notes, bonus audio and video versions is through the
Coffee Break Academy
.
What is the Masterclass?
The Coffee Break French Masterclass is a special 6-month course which normally runs twice a year. This is a guided course in which intermediate learners can build their confidence and understanding of grammar in a structured way. We provide individual feedback on homework activities, and the course features six modules covering a range of topics. To find out when the next Masterclass is running,
click here
.
Do you offer one-on-one lessons via Skype?
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 French.
Visit italki.com
to get a voucher for $10 USD in italki Credits when you purchase your first lesson.
Coffee Break Languages is a product of Radio Lingua Ltd.
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