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Lesson 01 – Coffee Break SpanishOctober 18, 2008 In lesson 01 you’ll learn to say “hello” and ask people how they’re feeling using simple, easy-to-learn phrases.Lesson 02 – Coffee Break SpanishOctober 25, 2008 In lesson 02 you’ll learn how to greet people at different times of the day, and build on what you learned in lesson 1.Lesson 03 – Coffee Break SpanishNovember 1, 2008 In lesson 03 you’ll learn how to talk about where you come from.Lesson 04 – Coffee Break SpanishNovember 8, 2008 In lesson 04 you’ll learn how to talk about where you live.Coffee Break Spanish – Free refill 1 (lessons 1-4)November 12, 2008 Welcome to the Free Refill from Coffee Break Spanish. This refill is aimed at learners who have been following Coffee Break Spanish from the beginning and takes a closer look at some of the language covered in recent lessons from a grammatical point of view. If you’ve recently started learning Spanish, don’t worry about not understanding everything in this podcast – it’s aimed at people using the course as review. In this episode Mark picks up on four issues covered in lessons 1-4: the use of the phrase ¿qué tal?; adjective agreements; review of ser in the present tense; and the pronunciation of ahora. If you would like to get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish experience, or if you can’t wait for our weekly shows, you can become a premium member and get access to pdf guides, exercises and lots of bonus listening content in our members’ area. Visit mycoffeebreakspanish.com for more information.Lesson 05 – Coffee Break SpanishNovember 15, 2008 In this week’s lesson you’ll learn how to introduce members of your family.Lesson 06 – Coffee Break SpanishNovember 22, 2008 In lesson 06 you’ll learn to talk about your family and to count from one to ten.Lesson 07 – Coffee Break SpanishNovember 29, 2008In lesson 07 you’ll learn to talk about your job and whether or not you like it.Lesson 08 – Coffee Break SpanishDecember 6, 2008 In lesson 08 you’ll learn to talk about your likes and dislikes.Lesson 09 – Coffee Break SpanishDecember 13, 2008 In lesson 09 you’ll review all the language you’ve learned so far in this course.Coffee Break Spanish – Free refill 2 (lessons 5-8)December 19, 2008 Welcome to the Free Refill from Coffee Break Spanish. This refill is aimed at learners who have been following Coffee Break Spanish from the beginning and takes a closer look at some of the language covered in recent lessons from a grammatical point of view. If you’ve recently started learning Spanish, don’t worry about not understanding everything in this podcast – it’s aimed at people using the course as review. In this episode Mark picks up on three issues covered in lessons 5-8: demonstrative adjectives and pronouns; the use of gustar; and an alternative expressions to translate “to work” – dedicarse. If you would like to get more out of your Coffee Break Spanish experience, or if you can’t wait for our weekly shows, you can become a premium member and get access to pdf guides, exercises and lots of bonus listening content in our members’ area. Visit mycoffeebreakspanish.com for more information.Coffee Break Spanish – Episode 10 (Holiday Special)December 20, 2008 In lesson 10 join Mark and Kara for a seasonal special including greetings from our listeners from around the world and a Christmas song in Spanish. Lesson 11 – Coffee Break SpanishJanuary 17, 2009 Lesson 11 concentrates on dealing with problems associated with languages. You’ll learn how to say which languages you speak and ask for help understanding what is being said to you in Spanish.Lesson 12 – Coffee Break SpanishJanuary 24, 2009 Lesson 12 introduces numbers, days, months and seasons.Lesson 13 – Coffee Break SpanishJanuary 31, 2009 Lesson 13 introduces some places in the town and helps you to understand and give basic directions.Lesson 14 – Coffee Break SpanishFebruary 7, 2009 In lesson 14 you’ll continue to look at places in the town and learn a song which will help you talk about what there is in your own town.Lesson 15 – Coffee Break SpanishFebruary 14, 2009 In lesson 15 you’ll visit a café and learn how to order some drinks.Lesson 16 – Coffee Break SpanishMarch 7, 2009 In lesson 16 you’ll learn more useful language for ordering drinks and snacks in the café or bar.Lesson 17 – Coffee Break SpanishMarch 11, 2009 In this week’s lesson you’ll learn useful words and phrases for a visit to a restaurant.Lesson 18 – Coffee Break SpanishMarch 14, 2009 In lesson 18 you’ll learn more useful words and phrases for a visit to a restaurant.Lesson 19 – Coffee Break SpanishMarch 21, 2009 In Lesson 19 we review Lessons 11-18. Lesson 20 – Coffee Break SpanishMarch 28, 2009 In Lesson 20 we visit a Spanish restaurant and order some food. Lesson 21 – Coffee Break SpanishMay 2, 2009 In this week’s lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara return after a few weeks off. The topic for discussion is the weather, and listeners will learn not only some useful phrases for talking about the weather, but Mark will explain the constructions behind these phrases so that listeners can build on these in the future.Lesson 22 – Coffee Break SpanishMay 9, 2009 In this week’s lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara talk about booking into hotels and asking for specific types of rooms.Lesson 23 – Coffee Break SpanishMay 16, 2009 In this week’s lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara continue the topic of hotels. Listeners will learn how to ask for different kinds of rooms, and deal with problems associated with hotel rooms.Lesson 24 – Coffee Break SpanishMay 29, 2009 In this week’s lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara introduce the necessary language for staying on a campsite in a Spanish-speaking country, from tent hire to shower blocks! They also cover the alphabet and the variations in certain letters in different parts of the Spanish-speaking world.Lesson 25 – Coffee Break SpanishJune 9, 2009 In this week’s lesson of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara head to the shops and Kara learns the language required to try on clothes and buy souvenirs.Lesson 26 – Coffee Break SpanishJune 13, 2009 In this week’s edition of Coffee Break Spanish, Mark and Kara continue the shopping theme, this time buying food in the market.Lesson 27 – Coffee Break SpanishJune 26, 2009 This week Mark and Kara look at dealing with banks and services while travelling. This lesson brings learners to a crucial stage in their language-learning as it concentrates on reusing already learned material and changing individual words in order to expand vocabulary and range of expression. Lesson 28 – Coffee Break SpanishJuly 7, 2009 This week Mark and Kara look at the language required for a visit to the pharmacy or doctor’s. They cover parts of the body and some common remedies. The verb doler is covered, along with tener dolor de + body parts. There’s even a little music for good measure!Lesson 29 – Coffee Break SpanishJuly 13, 2009 In Lesson 29, Mark and Kara talk more about aches and pains and cover more useful language for a visit to a Spanish pharmacy, including symptoms and remedies. They also take a look at demonstrative adjectives as well as antes de and después de + infinitive.