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Coffee Break Languages

With Coffee Break Italian you can learn Italian where and when it suits you. In Season 1, you'll join teacher Mark, learner Katie and native speaker Francesca in our 15-minute lessons, and build your confidence in the language, learning Italian from scratch. Take your learning further with Season 2 in which Mark and Francesca are joined by learner Isla.
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Coffee Break Italian

Join Mark and Francesca for this special episode of Coffee Break Italian where we're talking about something a bit different.

We receive emails and messages all the time asking us "where should I start?", so we thought we'd answer that in this episode. We share details about how Coffee Break Italian first started and all of the resources we have released since then.

We hope you enjoy hearing about the history of Coffee Break, with a few secrets revealed along the way!

Click here to access our secret link mentioned in the episode.

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Coffee Break Italian - All You Need To Know

Join Francesca from the Coffee Break Italian team for a coffee break and get ready to improve your Italian over just 10 minutes.

In this little espresso lesson, Francesca explores one of Italy’s favourite pastimes: giocare a carte, playing cards! You’ll also pick up useful phrases like fare le carte (to shuffle the cards), un mazzo (a deck), and even a fun memory trick, come quando fuori piove, to help you remember the order of the suits. ♣️♥️♦️♠️ 

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All the words you need for a card game in Italian | A Coffee Break with Francesca

We're back with a special bonus episode of the Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt! Join us for a detailed explanation of this year's Treasure Hunt clues. Sit back, relax and enjoy listening to this episode on your next coffee break. ☕️
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Bonus Episode: Clues Explained - La fantastica Caccia al Tresoro

We have reached the last clue of our virtual treasure hunt - La fantastica Caccia al Tesoro di Coffee Break 2025 - which will lead us to the final location! Test your Italian and detective skills as we reveal everything you need to know to determine the last destination. Remember to submit your entry form listing the location from each episode to be in with a chance of winning a prize.

Click here to locate the entry form and for further details about the competition.

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Clue #4 (italiano) | The Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2025

It's time for the third clue of La fantastica Caccia al Tesoro di Coffee Break 2025, our virtual treasure hunt across Europe! Using the interesting facts we provide, and your language skills, can you work out where checkpoint number three is? In case you missed it - everyone who correctly identifies the four mystery locations will win a free month's subscription to the Coffee Break Club, as well as being entered into a prize draw to win lifetime access to our entire collection of Italian courses!

Don't miss out on this exciting adventure - click here for more details.

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Clue #3 (italiano) | The Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2025

We're back with the next episode of La fantastica Caccia al Tesoro di Coffee Break 2025, our virtual treasure hunt across Europe! Join us as we reveal clue number two which takes us one step closer to our final location. As we continue through this mini series we'll discover further clues to help you solve the mystery. Remember, you could be in with a chance of winning some great prizes!

For further details about how you can take part in the treasure hunt and enter the competition, click here.

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Clue #2 (italiano) | The Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2025

Welcome to the first episode of La fantastica Caccia al Tesoro di Coffee Break 2025, our virtual treasure hunt across Europe! Join us in this first episode as we reveal the initial clue. As you continue through this mini series you’ll discover further clues, solve the mystery and practise your Italian.

For further details about how you can take part, click here.

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Clue #1 (italiano) | The Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2025

New mini-series! 

Starting on Monday 20th October, join Mark and the Coffee Break Italian Team for a virtual treasure hunt across Europe, in which we'll discover clues, solve the mystery and practise our Italian.

But this is not just a language lesson – it's a competition! By taking part you could win some amazing prizes to help you take your Italian to the next level. For everything you need to know about this mini series and how to take part in the competition, click here.

We hope you enjoy la fantastica Caccia al Tesoro di Coffee Break 2025!

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Announcing the Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2025

Ready to learn new idioms in Italian? In this mini espresso lesson, Michela explores some Italian idioms inspired by animals, gli animali. 🐾 

Just like in English, animals in Italian are used to describe traits, habits, and everyday situations. You’ll learn how to say things like:

lento come una lumaca • 🐌
sano come un pesce • 🐟 
cavallo di battaglia • 🎶
andare a letto con le galline • 🌙🐓 

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Non solo ‘in bocca al lupo’ - 8 Italian animal idioms | A Coffee Break with Michela

We're back with a new episode, bringing you a little espresso lesson in between the main seasons of Coffee Break Italian. Today, Francesca explores two essential Italian verbs that often cause confusion: imparare (to learn) and insegnare (to teach). 👩‍🎓 👨‍🏫

While they may look similar, they have opposite meanings and different structures. By the end of the episode, you’ll know exactly when to use imparare and when to use insegnare and feel confident putting both into practice.

🎯 You can receive regular free mini-lessons straight to your inbox by signing up for our Coffee Break Italian newsletter. Just go to coffeebreaklanguages.kit.com/newsletter 

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'insegnare' & 'imparare' - What's the difference? | A Coffee Break with Francesca

Conversations at the bar typically revolve around work, even during coffee breaks. However, tonight, with the arrival of three men carrying their laptops and big plans, something unusual could be about to happen… Join Francesca and Mark for this exciting Chapter of Scenes from the Coffee Break Italian Café! 

Click here to access the premium course of Scenes, which includes access to lesson notes, vocabulary lists, exercises, quizzes (and much more!) to check your understanding.

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CBI Scenes 1.07 | Un caffè fortunato

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