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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

In today's mini-lesson, Francesca takes us behind the scenes of the Italian rientro a scuola, the return to school. You’ll discover useful vocabulary and cultural insights that will help you feel more confident talking about school life in Italian.📚 

By the end of this episode, you'll feel ready to step into any Italian classroom! 

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Back to school in Italy | A Coffee Break with Francesca

We're back with a new episode, bringing you a little espresso lesson in between main seasons of Coffee Break Italian.

In this mini-lesson, join Francesca as she shares her travel tips for visiting Sicilia and its vibrant capital, Palermo. From curiosities about the island to the delicious local gastronomy, she shares useful Italian words and phrases. You'll be inspired to add Trinacria, as Sicily is also referred to, to your travel list. 🏛️🍋

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Francesca's top travel tips for Sicily & Palermo | A Coffee Break with Francesca

In this espresso episode, join Mark as he shares practical tips to help you make the most of the little moments in your day and turn them into powerful opportunities for language learning! 💪 Discover how his recent trip to Slovenia taught him how his small interactions can help you build confidence and momentum in your learning.

You’ll also get a taste of exclusive resources from the Coffee Break Club, our on-demand video library. The Coffee Break Club features over 1700 video lessons in French, Italian, German and Spanish, which you can access wherever you are, on our app and web platform, so that you always have a video lesson ready to accompany any time of your day.

✅ From 1st-15th September 2025, we're offering a special discount on subscriptions to the Coffee Break Club. You can get 15% off a monthly subscription or 25% off a yearly subscription. Just visit coffeebreakcourses.com/club to get your discount.

Finally, sign up to our newsletter to receive regular free mini-lessons straight to your inbox here. 📩

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How to maximise your language learning every day | A Coffee Break with Mark

Join Carolina from the Coffee Break Italian team for a coffee break, in which you'll have the chance to practise and improve your Italian under just 10 minutes.

In this episode, Carolina explains when to use tu and when to use Lei, the informal and formal ways of saying ‘you’ in Italian. You'll learn how to choose the right level of formality depending on the context, and how to avoid common cultural missteps. 🗣️👋

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When to use 'tu' & 'Lei' in Italian | A Coffee Break with Carolina

Here at Coffee Break Italian, we're currently enjoying working on our next podcast series for you, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this mini espresso lesson with Carolina.☕

In this episode, she shares some of her top travel tips for exploring a beautiful Italian destination: Castelluccio di Norcia. You’ll not only discover what makes this place so special, but you’ll also pick up useful Italian words and phrases along the way! ✈️🌅

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Carolina's travel tips for this enchanting Italian destination | A Coffee Break with Carolina

Join Michela from the Coffee Break Italian team for a coffee break, in which you'll have the chance to practise and improve your Italian over just 10 minutes.

In this episode, she will take a closer look at how to say half in Italian, specifically the difference between metà and mezzo. While both words can be translated the same, they’re used in different contexts.➗

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'Metà' vs. 'mezzo' - How to say "half" in Italian | A Coffee Break with Michela

Join Francesca from the Coffee Break Italian team for an espresso-style episode, in which you'll have the chance to practise and improve your Italian.

In this episode, she shares six fun Italian idioms – all based on food! Francesca explains the meaning behind expressions like parla come mangi and filare liscio come l’olio, and how to use them naturally in conversation. 🍅🫘

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6 fun Italian idioms about food & how to use them | A Coffee Break with Francesca

Join Mark, the founder of Coffee Break Languages, for a coffee break, in which you'll hear tips and ideas to boost your language-learning journey in just a few minutes.

In this episode, Mark shares five tips to make any trip your language classroom, even if travelling is not an option for you just now. So, if you're planning a trip to an Italian-speaking destination or want to get some tips for immersing yourself in the language even when you're at home, this episode is perfect for you.✈️🌍🗣️

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5 tips to turn any trip into your language classroom | A Coffee Break with Mark

In these short, espresso-style episodes, we help you improve your Italian a little bit each time. 💪

Today, we're joined by Carolina from the Coffee Break Italian team, and we’re exploring the difference between the verbs sapere and conoscere, both of which mean 'to know', but in very different ways! By the end of this mini-lesson, you’ll have the knowledge (and the confidence!) to know when to use the right verb in everyday conversations. 🙌

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‘Sapere’ vs. ‘conoscere’ - 2 verbs meaning "to know" | A Coffee Break with Carolina

Here at Coffee Break Italian, we're currently enjoying working on our next podcast series for you, but in the meantime, we hope you enjoy this mini espresso lesson with Francesca. 

In this episode, we're taking a closer look at the incredibly useful preposition da. It may be small, but it plays a big role in Italian and can have a range of meanings depending on the context. You’ll learn how to use it: 

➡️ in time expressions

➡️ to express purpose

➡️ to tell which city you are from

➡️ to talk about being at or going to someone's place or shop

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Carolina's travel tips for this enchanting Italian destination | A Coffee Break with Carolina

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