Coffee Break French

Coming up in this lesson: In Lesson 25 you’ll solve the mystery of “qui” or “que”. Please note that lesson 25 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 65 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In Lesson 24 you’ll find out exactly why Prince Philip changes his wig frequently… or at least when the imperfect tense is used in French! Please note that lesson 24 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 64 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In Lesson 23 we take a further look at the imperfect tense, this time looking at the formation of -re and -ir verbs. We also consider some verbs with slightly different patterns and the only verb with an irregular stem in the imperfect tense: être. Please note that lesson 23 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 63 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In this week’s lesson we look at another tense used to talk about the past: the imperfect tense. We learn how to construct it and look at one of the situations in which the imperfect is used. Please note that lesson 22 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 62 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: Lesson 21 marks the beginning of Level 2b of Coffee Break French. In this week’s lesson we look at two tiny pronouns which can cause some confusion for French learners: y and en. Please note that lesson 21 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 61 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In Lesson 20 we check whether Anna has done her homework by taking a look at her diary entry using avoir verbs, être verbs and reflexive verbs. In doing so, we review everything we have covered in Lessons 29-21. Please note that lesson 20 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 60 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Welcome to Radio Lingua News – in this podcast we’ll be updating listeners on the latest developments from Radio Lingua. Coming up on today’s show: * Learning languages 140 characters at a time with TwitterLearn * Introducing our Community Managers * New features for Radio Lingua premium members * Announcing our Summer Sale * Updates on the latest shows TwitterLearn It seems that in the past few months the entire world has started twittering, helped by the huge number of celebrities using the microblogging service. Some write it off as another banal social media fad, but here at Radio Lingua we’ve been using Twitter for many months to update listeners on the latest podcast episodes and other news from Radio Lingua. This summer, we’ve decided to take our twittering a stage further and we’ve designed a course in French, Italian and Spanish for beginners, delivered in daily tweets of 140 characters, and podcasts of 1 minute 40 seconds. You can join Twitter at  http://twitter.com and follow @learnspanish, @learnfrench or @learnitalian to start your micro language-learning course. Community Managers This summer we’re joined by three new members of the Radio Lingua team. Ellie, Katie and Marylou are going to be working over the summer on developing our learning communities on the website and they’re also working on the TwitterLearn courses. Initially they’ll be helping to develop the conversations on our Facebook pages. We really hope that Ellie, Katie and Marylou enjoy working with Radio Lingua over the summer months. If you’re a Facebook user, head over to the Facebook pages for Coffee Break Spanish, Coffee Break French, Show Time Spanish and Radio Lingua where the conversations are increasing daily. Make sure you become a ‘fan’ of the shows and tell your friends that you’re learning with us. We’re also looking at the longer term plans for the Discussion Forum on our website. Have your say about how this should develop and contribute to the discussion on our blog. New developments for members Until now our premium members have been downloading the bonus materials from our members’ pages, but we’ve been working on developing premium feeds for all of our podcasts. You can now use our one-click method to download all of the premium materials through iTunes. Find out more on our members’ pages. Another new development has been the introduction of automatic upgrades. A number of members who have purchased premium memberships have requested upgrades. Until now this has been a manual process, but we’ve just introduced new automatic upgrades for Coffee Break Spanish and Coffee Break French. By simply paying the difference between, for example, the silver and gold memberships, members will be able to upgrade automatically to the higher level. Find out more here. Summer Sale Until 16 August 2009 we’re offering a 20% discount on all of our premium materials. Now’s the time to purchase our bronze, silver, gold or platinum memberships for Coffee Break Spanish, Coffee Break French, 

Coming up in this lesson: This week we look at demonstrative adjectives: different ways of saying “this”, “these”, “that” and “those”. We will also have the chance to practice the perfect tense. Please note that lesson 19 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 59 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In Lesson 18 we take our knowledge of the perfect tense a stage further by looking at reflexive verbs. Please note that lesson 18 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 58 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In Lesson 17 we look at the other verbs that take ‘être’ as their auxiliary verb in the perfect tense and we consider a way to remember them. Please note that lesson 17 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 57 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In this week’s lesson we look at two verbs which take ‘être’ as their auxiliary verb in the perfect tense, instead of ‘avoir.’  Please note that lesson 16 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 56 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In Lesson 15, we take a look at some verbs which have irregular past participles and are therefore irregular in the perfect tense. Please note that lesson 15 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 55 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In this week’s lesson we continue looking at the perfect tense, this time using regular -re and -ir verbs. We also think about the different uses of the perfect tense. Please note that lesson 14 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 54 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In Lesson 13 we introduce the perfect tense of regular -er verbs. Please note that lesson 13 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 53 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)

Coming up in this lesson: In Lesson 12 we take a look at the negative form of the immediate future tense. We also look at the different ways to say “some” in French, also known as the partitive article. Please note that lesson 12 of Season 2 was originally known as lesson 52 of Coffee Break French. We have renumbered the lessons of each season as lessons 1-40 to make things more simple for our listeners. Accessing the Premium Version   The premium version of Coffee Break French Season 2 provides additional materials which will help you move forward more effectively with your French studies. The premium version includes the following elements: * Synchronised flashcards: the audio episode with synchronised flashcards – works in most Podcast applications, on iTunes and in QuickTime Player; * Lesson notes: detailed explanations of the vocabulary and any grammar points covered in each lesson; * Bonus audio lesson: providing further practice of the language covered in a variety of ways The members’ version can be accessed through our membership system. You can purchase the course using the links below. * Season 2 Complete: Lessons 201-240 £89.00 GBP inc VAT / approx £109 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2A: Lessons 201-220 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers) * Season 2B: Lessons 221-240 £57.00 GBP inc VAT / approx $67 USD ex VAT for non-EU customers)