Coffee Break Spanish

Coffee Break Spanish - All You Need To Know

38 min
Nov 17, 20255 months ago
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Summary

Coffee Break Spanish hosts Marc and Pablo provide a comprehensive overview of their language learning platform's course structure, spanning from absolute beginner (A1) to advanced (C1) levels. The episode details their 19-year journey of developing progressive Spanish courses, supplementary materials, and specialized content like travel diaries, cultural magazines, and interactive video lessons designed to help learners move beyond phrase memorization to genuine language comprehension and practical communication skills.

Insights
  • Language learning platforms succeed by addressing the 'plateau effect' where learners feel stuck after initial progress—Coffee Break Spanish solves this by offering diverse content paths (stories, grammar, listening, dictations) at intermediate levels rather than linear progression
  • Cultural immersion and context-based learning significantly boost learner motivation and retention—integrating travel narratives, regional Spanish variations, and cultural content creates emotional engagement beyond vocabulary acquisition
  • Practical, real-world language use (ordering coffee, introducing yourself, travel scenarios) in early courses builds confidence and immediate applicability, increasing learner persistence and satisfaction
  • Transparency about language varieties (Castilian vs. Latin American Spanish, regional accents) from beginner levels normalizes linguistic diversity and reduces learner anxiety about 'correct' Spanish
  • Multi-format content delivery (podcasts, video, books, interactive exercises, daily streaks) accommodates different learning styles and lifestyle constraints, enabling consistent daily practice through mobile-first design
Trends
Gamification through streak tracking and daily reminders driving sustained engagement in language learning platformsShift from linear course progression to modular, choice-based learning paths accommodating diverse learner goals and preferencesIntegration of authentic native speaker content and real-world interviews over scripted dialogues for intermediate-to-advanced learnersCultural content as core curriculum component rather than supplementary material to increase learner motivation and real-world applicabilityHybrid learning models combining audio (podcasts), video, physical books, and digital platforms to serve multiple consumption contextsNarrative-driven language instruction (soap operas, travel stories, novels) improving retention through emotional engagement and contextTransparent framework communication (CEFR levels A1-C2) helping learners self-assess and set realistic progression expectationsSubscription-based video platforms (Coffee Break TV) offering unlimited content access with daily recommendations reducing choice paralysis
Topics
Language Learning Course Structure and Progression (A1-C2 CEFR Framework)Beginner Spanish Fundamentals (Travel, Food, Social Introductions)Grammar Consolidation and Intermediate Language PlateausCultural Integration in Language CurriculumAuthentic Native Speaker Content and Regional Spanish VariationsNarrative-Based Language Instruction (Soap Operas, Travel Diaries)Multi-Format Content Delivery (Podcasts, Video, Books, Interactive)Gamification and Streak-Based Learning EngagementPractical Language Application and Real-World ScenariosAdvanced Spanish Through Novel ReadingVideo Lesson Series and Grammar ExplanationDaily Email Recommendations and Personalized Learning PathsTranslation Challenges and Practical Speaking ExercisesSubscription-Based Learning PlatformsLanguage Learning Motivation and Retention Strategies
Companies
Coffee Break Languages
Primary subject; language learning platform offering courses from A1-C1 levels across Spanish, French, Italian, Germa...
RadioLingua Network
Production company behind Coffee Break Spanish podcast and language learning content distribution.
Workday
ERP software sponsor mentioned in pre-roll advertisement for business process management.
Citroën
Automotive sponsor featured in mid-roll advertisement for C3 Air Cross SUV model.
People
Marc
Co-host of Coffee Break Spanish; founder who created the podcast in 2006 and leads course development strategy.
Pablo
Co-host of Coffee Break Spanish; involved in course creation, video lessons, and Scenes from the Coffee Break Spanish...
Cara
Original inspiration for Coffee Break Spanish Level 1 course; colleague's daughter who wanted practical Spanish for h...
Isabel
Narrator and character in Scenes from the Coffee Break Spanish Cafe course; runs the fictional coffee shop setting.
Alba
Conversation partner in Level 3 course; conducts fully Spanish-language dialogues with learners.
Ana Vela
Author of the novel used in Penultimate Will (advanced C1 course) about family inheritance drama.
Rory
Character featured in Level 4 course; protagonist in treasure hunt story set on Mallorca island.
Garmin
Co-presenter with Marc in Level 4 course; guides learners through advanced Spanish content.
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Could AI help you do more of what you love? Workday is the next Gen ERP powered by AI that actually knows your business. We help you handle the half-dose so you can focus on the can't wait to do. It's a new workday. My classroom isn't just a classroom. It's a launch pad. A runway, a place where ideas fly on the back of paper planes. Sure, there are other ways to get students to speak up, but this is mine. All it takes is a bit of creativity and soon they're all joining in. It gives me a lot of joy to see one of my ideas working in the moment and the class learning something new together. That's when you know a lesson is really taking up. Every lesson shapes a life. Start shaping yours with the minimum starting salary in London of £37,800. Search, get into teaching. Hola, Evie, bienvenidos a Coffee Bricks Panif. Just say Marc. Y yo soy Pablo. And today we have a special episode for you of Coffee Bricks Panif. So Pablo, as you well know, one of the most common questions that we get asked here at Coffee Bricks is where do I start? Which level is right for me? Pardon the impetra? Yes, and it's a very valid question, because when you're letting a language, sometimes the amount of materials can be a little bit overwhelming, but it's completely normal. Absolutely normal. And the good thing is that within this episode we're going to explain everything that you need to know. All of the courses and the resources that we have available and we'll explain exactly where you should start. Now, if you're watching the video version, then we will include time codes in the description so you can click forward and jump forward to that particular level if that's what you're interested in, but then you'll miss some of the stories. Vivienne Sweeney, I know. So Marc, talking about stories, I was thinking, because I've been working here for a bit. But Corremi found wrong. You started this CoffeeVirée Spanish podcast in 2006. Yeah, it was our first podcast. It was the days before, really, most people were doing podcasts. But we wanted to... First of all, I kind of got a weird of podcasting and what the opportunities that podcasting offered because I was working on an education project. And I thought, you know, this would be fantastic for language learning. And it so happened that a colleague's daughter wanted to learn Spanish cara, most of her learners will recognize cara's name. So Cara wanted to learn Spanish. She wanted to be able to use Spanish on holidays to Spain and other Spanish-speaking places. And she wanted to be able to communicate with people but not just learn a series of phrases. And so I thought, yeah, why don't we use this whole concept of podcasting to create a series of lessons and then produce additional materials that went along with those lessons to help people understand how to use Spanish, even at a basic level. So it's very practical. All of the season one stuff, the level one stuff is... I love the origins because for me, when I'm learning a language, I look at, you know, basic things that want to be able to use from that language when I am in a country where they speak the language. Of course. So things like travel, things like getting about the town, ordering coffees, very important things. Very important food and coffee, the most important thing is to be able to use it. It's done in the aquarium. And also introducing yourself and kind of all that sort of social chat. So all of that is featured in level one. And if our listeners aren't at that stage yet, then that's the perfect level for you. But the crucial thing is, and this is something that Karra really wanted, she didn't want to just learn a series of phrases, she wanted to understand how the language works. So of course, that's something that we really focus on. We try to ensure that you can manipulate the language and create your own sentences based on what you know that we... Exactly. Because once you understand how the language works, you can try yourself and start building longer sentences and be able to communicate with people and it's all well, that little spark or enjoy of learning a language comes, then you think. Absolutely. And I think it's the spark you said, the spark of... You suddenly realize that what you've said, you've never actually seen in your course, or your podcast, or your textbook, or whatever. You've made that sentence up yourself, and kiss one of somebody's understood. So fulfilling as an actor. Absolutely, absolutely. So that was back in 2006, as you said, and you're still here. I don't know if I want to answer that. Well, I was 12 at the time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So yeah, we started with level one, and then it made sense to continue on from there. So we did a level two course, which took things further. It went a little more into the grammar and we started going into more detail with the grammar. Consolidation would be the word, the word, no? So, and we also looked at different types of grammar, in a sense, expanding out from making simple sentences. In the present tense, to then looking at past tencies, and things like the difference between the predator and the imperfect, and all these kind of grammar topics that learners typically find that bit more challenging. So this is level two now. And we have a level two course. We have a level one course, and both of those courses feature additional materials. You know, you might be listening to the podcast, and thinking, I wonder how these words are written down, or can I get some practice in these with exercises, or vocabulary, or lesson notes. And all of that is in our course within the Coffee Break Academy. So with our level one and level two courses, that kind of takes you to an A2B1 level. Same. And then, the learners are, if you're listeners, are familiar with the European Framework of Reference for Language Learning. So that goes from A1 to A2 for beginners and upper beginners, then B1, which would be a kind of lower-end. Lower-end intermediate. Then B2, upper-end intermediate. And then C1, which is, you're really getting advanced. And C2 is, yeah, that's the dream. Proficiency. I'm saying it's the dream. That's maybe wrong, because it's not necessarily the dream. Maybe some people just want to be able to communicate in those practical situations. And that might be an A1 or an A2 level. If that's what you need, then perfect. Perfect, or so. So, yeah, we have courses that go right up to C1 level. But we'll tell you a bit about that later. The important thing is that we have courses for everybody, for every level, I think. We do, yeah. And I think it also is all progressive. And you can follow through level one, then we've got to level two. One of the difficult things, and I think this is something that our learners very often comment. One of the difficult things is when you get to a certain point in any language, and to begin with, you feel as if you're moving forward all the time, because you're learning new phrases, new words, new concepts, and how words combine. And you get to a certain point, and you can't keep going forward and that's the blood of a, I like to call it. So you get to get that plateau, where you can't go forward in the same way, and you need to go wider. I always think of it like a narrow path through a forest, and you're walking through this forest path, and the trees are very deep and dark, and both sides, and you're working your way through this path, and you're making progress, but then you get to this wide open, middle kind of thing. And there's lots of different paths that you can go down, and I love that phase in learning a language, because everything that you learn is new, and you can go so far, and you know, you might never think you would need to know how to change a tire in Spanish, but doing a lesson, changing a tire in Spanish, might come in useful, something. You never know, you never know. I love the metaphor that you're using, because I think it basically highlights that phase, and you're so right there, yeah. And we have like everything when you're at that point, so that you can whatever path you end up taking, you're going to learn something, and that's the important thing. Yeah, I think that's something more recently that we've really focused on, in coffee break, because for a long time, we worked through level one, then level two, then level three and four, again, we'll go back through level three and four later, and we really wanted to try to make sure, as you said, that we've got something for everyone, and some people like stories, some people like grammar, some people like working through listening content, some people like dictations and so on. And over the years, we've tried to add little courses, sort of smaller courses at different levels, but all within that sort of intermediate level, that will help learners take a little step forward and make progress every day, every time they pick up their phone or listen to a podcast or read a lesson in so on. So we've got a few courses, I know that you've been involved in some of these. I have indeed, but let's talk first about, I would say one of my favorite courses, but you know what I'm going to say, you look surprised. Well, I thought your favorite course was Seedons to be honest. Which is it, but we'll talk about that later, but I also really love travel diaries, because you get to experience the language in context and you feel like you're traveling. And it's, I think it's such a great product. We came up with travel diaries at a time when, let's face it, the world was not able to travel, and everyone was desperate to be practicing their language, but wasn't able to, so yeah, 2020-21, you know, that kind of time. And the idea was that we were following a journey with a group of people, and we did this in all our languages, but basically in Spanish, season one was following a couple who were on their honeymoon in the north of Spain, beautiful places along the north coast of Spain. And then the second season of travel diaries was a group of Spaniards traveling in South America. South America. And so I think they went down through Peru, and then into Bolivia. Bolivia, say, Los Chile, somebody else. In fact, very similar to a journey that our colleague gave a dead last year, as far as the better. So the travel diaries is a great course. It's really good for people who want to build on their reading skills, their listening skills, and again, do that whole cultural thing, because there's so much culture in each episode of that. Learning context. Absolutely, absolutely. So we've got two seasons. Each season has a ten lessons, and there are various materials that are associated with them as well. So that's the travel diaries. One of the other courses I really like is the magazine. Ah, see. The magazine is again linked to culture. And I always can feel that learning a language without being interested in the culture is that better, like, a cup of coffee without a cake or a biscuit? Totalment. You need the culture there to help give you context for the language. And anyone who's interested in the language is probably interested in visiting places where the language is spoken, and therefore they're rich in culture. And it's also, I feel like it's a motivation as well to kind of boost your wanting to learn, you know, more consistently. Yeah. Me particularly when I'm, you know, learning a new language, I always try to have that motivation. And I think the magazine and the travel diaries are just perfect for it. So the magazine, again, each episode focuses in a different aspect of culture. And we're talking about culture across this Spanish-speaking world. We have texts that summarize elements of that culture and talk about different, I mean, I'm different famous people, food, traditions, even there's an episode of it, dance, there's music, there's a little bit of everything there in the magazine. And we also use that as an opportunity to go into more detail with the grammar. And again, it's that whole middle area, that whole intermediate area, every little bit helps, and every little bit of language that you can be exposed to will help you move forward, will help you learn some new phrases, will help you. Most importantly, I think, consolidate what you already know, because the more times you see something, the more times it goes in and you think, right, I definitely know that phrase now. Exactly. And also imagine that they've done level two, where they have seen the grammar, all the grammar. Now it's the great opportunity to see all that at play. And it's, I think, it's the perfect element and complement to at this stage. Yeah. So we've got two seasons of the magazine, two seasons of travel days. And we've also got two seasons of scenes from the Coffee Break Spanish Cafe. I love that we're coming to this. Because it's a very, very, I'm feeling very proud of scenes, because I've been very involved in it. Of course. But it's quite a lot of time. It's basically related to what we're saying, it's like language in context. But it feels like it's said in a coffee, somewhere in Spain. Yeah. And we get to know the regulars that attend, the coffee that is run by our narrator Isabel. And through her eyes, we get to, you know, get to know their lives, the gossip, the drama. No, it's cotilla, it's cotilla. Yeah, so I think it's basically, when we are doing it, it feels like I could totally see myself in that bar cafe. Yeah. So I think it's really, really good, because I think if our learners take this court, they're going to definitely experience this. And I think it's great. I don't know that I meant the C. I think one of the things I love about the scenes is that we've got a text that's not particularly long, it's been like 200 words or something like that. And each text is a chapter in the story, we get to see as you said the the regulars, but new people that come into the cafe. And little slices of life as how things happen and so much culture, we were recording an episode earlier today and we were basically at a children's birthday party. And then we had what was the other episode about? It was about the fan at the fanfare. And we were comparing how to call the rides in English and in Spanish. And I love this cultural exchanges of things. And then we went upstairs and talked to the rest of the team to see who knew the different words, the different names for the different fanfare rides. So scenes, as we said, we've got two seasons of scenes. And it's the same characters that continue on within the second season, but again, new characters, like a soap opera and as well. And with scenes, we have a whole range of additional materials. So there are the lesson notes that are of a capability list, exercises and then the spotlight videos tells us about the spot. Because obviously I could be commenting on the language with you all day long, but obviously we need to keep them relatively short. So then we have the opportunity to expand on those grammar points that we've not had the time to go through in our spotlight videos. Perfect. That's easy. So as scenes, just at this level, if you've done level one and you've done level two, then we've got three main courses at this level that you could also consider. So that's scenes, who we've just spoken about in the magazine and the travel diaries. So there's something else that we need to talk about at this level, isn't there? Coffee Break TV. So Coffee Break TV is our special platform where we have a huge range of individual lessons that will help you take one step forward every day. Two steps or three steps, depending on how much time you've got. And all of the lessons are organized into like five minute lessons, 10 minute lessons, 50 minute lessons and so on in different styles. So we've got loads of different series and styles of video lessons and not conflict. And it's unbelievably the amount of content that there is there. Like that's it. There's literally something for everyone, something to keep you busy all the time. And at the same time, we will help you know what to learn because we send out a daily email with a suggestion in it so that if you're thinking, oh, there's too much, you know, I'm overwhelmed with too much choice, but obviously you can choose whatever lesson you want, but we also make some suggestions to you so you can work through the types of lessons. It tells a bit some of the types of lessons that we have in Coffee Break TV. So we have from translation challenges, also comprehension challenges. And then we have our series, I'm a big fan of World Talk and Learn. So this is where Mark goes somewhere and then he spots little signs in advertisements or signs on the street. And then you spot a particular grammar point that you think can be juicy from a grammar point of view. You see grammar point, like that. So then we go back to the studio and myself or my colleagues explain and elaborate on that particular sign or phrase that you found. Exactly. It's something that I think is so important that when you get the opportunity to be in a country where the language you're learning is spoken, I remember taking groups of young people on, on a lake when I used to work in education, working with secondary schools and so on. We used to do lots of trips to various places when the young people were going on. And it was the word an immersion visit to France or Spain or whatever. And I remember walking along with the groups through the town, they would be looking at the phones and I'd say, look around you. Look around you. Spot these signs. What does that mean? Can you see some junk to them? I imagine it. That's exactly how I was imagining in Georgia. Mark somewhere in a city just like looking for this of junk to be in any sign. Exactly like that. And so I think that we've tried to take that whole concept and put it into a series. And that's what token learning on Coffee Break TV. We also have a whole range of other types of videos. We've got the verb lab videos. We're focusing the verbs and how to conjugate them and then use them in different examples. We have a step by step. One of my favorite is Quentin or some book. It's a step by step. It's a bit different, a little bit different, because it's more audio than video. But this is thought to be listened when you are on a walk or doing house chores or whenever you have time, you can also listen to it, driving to work. And the idea is that it's more interactive. So you will be taking part in it just so that you build your confidence in Spanish as well. Yeah, so practical way of practicing your Spanish as you go about your daily life. So a whole range of videos on the Coffee Break TV platform. And it's slightly different from our courses. In the sense that Coffee Break TV has a subscription. So you subscribe to it. You can subscribe for a month. You can subscribe for a year. And you get access to all of the videos at once for that language. We also have an oil language's subscriptions available in French, Italian, German, Spanish, and listen to English. But you can choose just a Spanish subscription and then that way you get access to all of that. You get your daily reminder. And you can also keep your streak. So important, very important. So many of our learners love keeping this true. They do. And we've now got, we started the sort of daily lesson idea in January of 2025. And it's now what, November 2025. And we've got many, many learners who have got a 250 day plus streak. So committed our Coffee Breakers. Absolutely. So that's Coffee Break TV. And it has content for upper beginners, intermediate learners. And also a few pieces of content, a bit of content for upper intermediate learners, too. There's something really for everyone there in Coffee Break TV. So a little recap, I think. We've commented on level one. Level one is for absolute beginners. You may have never studied a word of Spanish before. Or maybe you did that many, many years ago. But you want a refresher. Level one will equip you with the kind of language you need for a trip to a Spanish speaking area. Then level two takes it further on. And then you're at that intermediate level when you've got this range of different courses that we offer. And those courses were travel dining. So Mayaris, Magasin, Sins, E. And Coffee Break TV. So Coffee Break TV, the subscription. And all of these others are courses, individual courses within the academy. Pablo, there's one thing that we've not mentioned. But we should have mentioned this earlier in our discussions. Another question that we very often get is about do you teach Spanish or Latin American Spanish or some other kind of Spanish? Will I be understood if I learn from Coffee Break Spanish? The answer is no matter what type of Spanish you are taught, you are going to be understood everywhere in the Spanish speaking world. Absolutely. I bumped into, I was, I was in London a couple of weeks ago. And the waiter in the restaurant I was in was from Argentina. I love the accent. I saw lovely accent, really. And he started talking to me. I was like, oh, I think I recognize the show. So he was like, Mishamo. Mishamo. And so I'm thinking, oh, I think you're from Argentina. And he said, yes, I am from Argentina. So with a great conversation. And of course, he understood me perfectly well, even though my Spanish is kind of Salaman Spanish. But he understood me perfectly well. And I understood him, obviously. So when you're learning, I think there is this misconception about the types of Spanish. First of all, people talk about Latin American Spanish. Latin American Spanish. So it exists there. No. You've got a Finnish, well in Spanish. But then if you go down further, you've got Northern Venezuelan Spanish, Southern Venezuelan's, each country will have their own varieties of Spanish and their own words from time to time, their own accent and pronunciation. But ultimately, what we try to do in all of our courses is mention where there's a particular word, for example, even in the very early episodes of Coffee Break Spanish level one, we talk about the fact that when we say cut in Spain, we might be talking about Garo in Mexico, for example. Oh, now, don't be in a set of things. Perfect. So that is a very important thing to say that from the very beginning, we do try to ensure that we cover different types of Spanish. And then we really lean into that as things get more developed when we've got magazine episodes about particular aspects of an Argentinian author and so on. And particularly as we move on through the seasons. And this leads to Mark 2, level 3, because at this point, after completing level 2 and maybe other of the courses, you're at that stage that you are OK with the foundation. So Spanish, so you are prepared to take the next steps. In the exception. It's a little more advanced. Yes, because in these courses, you have the conversation with Alba in every lesson and they're fully in Spanish. Yes, completely in Spanish. In the first part. And then we have an intermediate. An intermediate that is very interesting. And then we have a little bit of explanation in English. So it's that idea of what's Spanish to begin with and then an intermediate. And that's always a little bit of fun tongue twister or a joke or something like that. If you can tell a joke in a foreign language and make people laugh, then you know that you're achieving a certain level. And then in the second section, we go through things in detail. We give explanations of all of the interesting aspects of the language there. Yeah, it's a little more. I thought you were going to forget. But it's my favorite part. I'm not going to live. We mentioned the scenes as a little bit like a soap opera. But in level 3, we've got a soap opera. It's a gal. Verano, Espanol, and Spaniel. A big fan of it. I find it hilarious. And it's such a great fan way of letting Spanish. So the thing I love about this is that it's in the episodes of Verano, Espanol come every fifth lesson in the course. So you've got lessons 1, 2, 3, and 4, then an episode of Verano, Espanol. Then lessons 6, 7, 8, 9, and then another Verano, Espanol. But let's see that in the course of lessons 1, 2, 3, and 4, we've maybe mentioned some nice irregular future tensis or perhaps a complex subjunctive or something like that. Well, wouldn't you know what just happens to surface again in the lesson 5, which is a bit of an answer by now? So it's a great way of consolidating it, but in a completely different context. And Verano, Espanol is like a radio play. I don't know what you would call it, no ideas. It's basically an audio play where you're listening to different voices and there's a nice story, a little bit of intrigue, a little bit of romance. There is intrigue. But it's fun. It's fun. And of course, with a whole range of additional materials, in the course version of Level 3 that will help you make faster progress and get into the language more deeply. And now forget the video lessons. Of course, Pablo, you were involved in the video lessons, right? I was. So very important, the video lessons for Level 3, where you see the words and phrases on screen with everything explained. Where? So much easier to follow. Clarelo. Clarelo. So that is Level 3. Now, at this stage, we are probably solid B1, maybe even into B2 in certain aspects. Yeah, I would say so. Of course, it's difficult. When it comes to talking about the European framework of reference and these levels, it's difficult to say that if you do Level 3, then you will be at B2. Because that may be in your listening or in your reading, but maybe in your speaking or your writing, you might not be necessarily at that level. So what we try to do is explain that these courses will equip you with the knowledge to be at that level in certain areas. But you'll be working around that level rather than you will have a level 2 or a level, and you will have a B2, or whatever, if you do this level. And to be honest, I see other courses out there and say, you will be B2 when you complete this course. It's impossible, because you would need to be between all aspects of the language before you can say, yeah, I'm B2 or B1 or whatever. OK, what about after Level 3? What would be the next step that you would recommend? Probably a Marta, I would say. A Marta? So a Marta is I love a Marta. I'm even gondar, la verdad. A Marta, the funny story about a Marta, because in Marta came about, because we were in Spain, filming, and our source in Malaga, in NERJA, Villana, and all this area that I love. And we were there to film our course for the biggest, for the high five. So we were filming high five down there, and we had some extra days after all, but we actually managed to get the filming of that finished a little early. So we had some extra days, and we still were going to be around in Malaga and that area. So I thought, we need to make... Megdem, what's the way we're going to do it there? So we came up with the idea of basically interviewing people who live and work, and perhaps even are on vacation there. And we basically made a course around that. And it's a fantastic course, because it's full of interesting aspects. And we were going back to film another section of the high five course, so we added more content to that. And then that became the full high five, sorry, the full Marta course. So it's a lovely course with... I don't know, you feel the warmth. Yeah, yeah. And so you get the experience that you're there, talking to people, or like getting to see different people, and the way to speak, the accent, the backgrounds. And while the conversations and the dialogues that we include in the course, while they are explained, and you've got a transcript of everything in the course and so on. But they are... They're authentic speed. Let's just say that. You're listening to real conversations with real native speakers. And you are getting all of that experience within the course in Marta. In Marta, concofew to Spanish. I really, really like one of my favorites, I think. And very fun memories of lots of the interviews that we did for that course. That's fun. So that's in Marta. And then level four. Level four. Yeah, so tell us a bit level four. So level four is... is a course that follows the story of Rorya. Do you remember Rory? I remember Rorya. I played Rory in that course, yeah? And obviously level four, we are taking things further. So this is like... I would say... Be too, if, I would say. Pushing it to see what... Pushing it to see one, I would say. Yeah. So we're following a story, as Pablo said, about kind of... A treasure. A treasure. Some countries are off the island of Mallorca in the Balearics in Spain. And it's presented by myself and Garmin. Garmin, see. But then in each episode we listen to either a conversation or a phone call or perhaps a diary entry. There's lots of different types. There's even like journalistic PCs. Because within the course of the 40 lessons, we cover lots of different types of texts to give you experience of all of those different types of... Would you like to say a bad level? Absolutely. And so we hear that element. Then we go through everything in detail and explain all of the context. But we speak a lot in Spanish, almost all of the time. Yes, all the time, practically. When we explain something in English, which is very important, that the customers understand perfectly. They don't know what they're doing, but... But a lot of Spanish. Majoritarianly in Spanish, yes. I would say. So yeah, that's level four. And again, obviously the course version has all of the notes. In fact, it's got a full transcript because so much of it is in Spanish, so a full transcript. And then also all the additional materials, which will help you. And we've got... This is where we really come into to play with translation challenges. So in our bonus materials, we have a translation challenge where the listener has to come up on the spot with a phrase based on something that has been covered in the episode. So yeah, so this is a really advanced level where it'd be too to see one level with level four. And if that's your level and you've not yet done level four, it's a brilliant course. I would definitely suggest that. I have a little bit more advanced, right? The penultimate will be done. The penultimate will be done. So just to explain, the phrase in Spanish... The ultimate will untie is your last will and testament. But the penultimate will untie would be the second last when will untie testament. So it's a little plain words. But this is a very advanced course. So we are very firmly in C1 here. And with the courses all based around a novel. And the novel is something that, well, our colleague Ana Vela is written. Yes. And then tell us a little bit about what it is about. Well, it is about a family. And obviously it's a novel. So there's a little drama. I don't want to say fights, but... Problems, family problems. And it turns into an inheritance. There are also some very interesting stories. These are all related to family circle. It's very interesting. I don't want to say much. We don't want to give away this, but basically this is a family story. There's something to do with inheritance, as you said. And it's basically an opportunity to... In a sense, get the experience of reading a novel, the kind of novel that you pick off the shelf. But with all of the support that coffee break is famous for. So we have in-depth episodes where we're discussing the... all of the language included in all of the adiomatic expressions, the complex grammar and all that sort of thing. We also have the tadeerling weestika, where we go into some of those phrases and see them in other contexts. And we take the opportunity to develop that much further and go into that in greater detail. And so there's all sorts of additional materials there. And of course, we have a book version of the course. But you can... I always prefer to have the... I like the smell of paper first. So yeah, you can work through the book, the book's available online. And you can work through the book while listening to the course. And it's again, a really great opportunity to take your advanced Spanish on further. In the same way that you would if you picked up a Gertia Marquette book or whatever, because you're reading a story, you're getting engaged in the story, and you're understanding what you're reading. But you've got all the support, that's in this, the support that we provide within the course. So that's our whole range from absolute beginners up to an advanced level. Now we've just been talking with books with Laverne, Multima, Laverne, which has a book version. But we also have another Spanish book that our learners may be very interested in, particularly if you're at slightly lower level, around that intermediate, A2B1 level. We want to see. And that's our 50 coffee breaks, but the Spanish coffee break series. So it's basically a book with activities, organized in activities that will take you five, ten, or fifteen minutes. And it's the great opportunity to put everything into practice. But with a physical thing. With a physical book. There is an e-book version of it as well, but the physical book in fact, here we've got a 50 Spanish coffee break. And it's brilliant because it has lines in it so you can rate your answers in the book itself. And there's lots of different types of activities, which will help you practice your grammar, increase your vocabulary, learn some idioms. And again, that whole cultural aspect thing. And there are also answers, so you know whether you've got things wrong. So that's the 50 Spanish coffee breaks, which you will find in all good bookshops, or online. And hundreds, literally hundreds of five star reviews on our 50 coffee break series. So you can definitely have a look for them there. We know Pablo. Tanta, scossa, no? That's what we've been doing. For the past 19 years. We should mention that if you have a look in the description of this video, you will see a secret link. And at that secret link, there are some very interesting pieces of information there. Because basically there might be a little bit of a discount on all of the things that you've heard. Today full details will be at the link, but it's definitely worth checking out the link. In the description of this podcast episode or this video, because you'll find everything that you need to know there. Who doesn't love this guy? What's his name, Agatha? I've just enjoyed reading it. We hope that this has been useful to you as a learner of Spanish and as a listener or a viewer. 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