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Coffee Break Languages

Learn French in coffee-break lessons from the Radio Lingua Network. In each lesson we'll focus on the language you need to know and before long you'll be making yourself understood with native French speakers. Season 1 lessons are for absolute beginners, and the courses increase in difficulty as the seasons progress. 

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Coffee Break French

Welcome back to Chez Nico - our charming French café, where the aroma of fresh coffee lingers, conversations flow, and life unfolds around every table. In this immersive series, we follow a compelling story set in a local café and help you build your language skills naturally through storytelling. 

Today the café is full of concern when one of the regulars faces a sudden worry. Dans ce sixième chapitre, Monique cherche désespérément son chien tandis que les amis du café s’organisent pour l’aider. Retrouveront-ils Milou à temps ?
There’s only one way to find out!

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Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 6: Où est passé Milou ?

Welcome back to Chez Nico - our charming French café, where the aroma of fresh coffee lingers, conversations flow, and life unfolds around every table. In this immersive series, we follow a compelling story set in a local café and help you build your language skills naturally through storytelling. 

There is a lot happening Chez Nico today, with exciting news and more customers than expected. Dans ce cinquième chapitre, Romain raconte comment s’est passé son entretien tandis qu’Aurore se prépare à travailler davantage au café. Les choses se bousculent mais Nico garde le sourire.

Want to take your learning further? Click here to access support materials and get more out of each chapter.

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Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 5: Entretiens, extras et poulets

Welcome back to Chez Nico - our charming French café, where the aroma of fresh coffee lingers, conversations flow, and life unfolds around every table. In this immersive series, you’ll follow a compelling story set in a local café and build your language skills naturally through storytelling. 

Even when the weather is grey, Chez Nico stays warm and welcoming.

Dans ce quatrième chapitre, les clients bravent la pluie et de nouvelles amitiés se créent autour de crêpes et de gaufres. Mais tout le monde n’est pas de bonne humeur…
Scenes Season 2, Chapter 4 is now available. Prenez votre café et profitez de la suite de l’histoire.

Want to take your learning further? Click here to access support materials and get more out of each chapter.

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Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 4: Un congé pluvieux

Welcome back to Chez Nico - our charming French café, where the aroma of fresh coffee lingers, conversations flow, and life unfolds around every table. In this immersive series, you’ll follow a compelling story set in a local café and build your language skills naturally through storytelling. 

Between special visitors and a very popular event, there is never a dull moment Chez Nico.

Dans ce troisième chapitre, le village se vide pour un spectacle aérien impressionnant. Pendant ce temps, Bastien et Tanguy finalisent les préparatifs pour leur grande journée.

Scenes Season 2 Chapter 3 is now available. Installez-vous confortablement et profitez de la suite de l’histoire.

Want to take your learning further? Click here to access support materials and get more out of each chapter.

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Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 3: Un spectacle de haut vol

Welcome back to Chez Nico - our charming French café, where the aroma of fresh coffee lingers, conversations flow, and life unfolds around every table. In this immersive series, we follow a compelling story set in a local café and help you build your language skills naturally through storytelling.

Some days are more emotional than others and today Nico lends an ear to a friend who is feeling down.

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​Dans ce deuxième chapitre, Ségolène se confie sur ce qui la préoccupe tandis que Jacques et Dominique doivent faire face à un gros problème. Comment tout cela va-t-il se terminer ?

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​There’s only one way to find out! Chapter 2 is now available. Prenez votre café et profitez de la suite de l’histoire.

Want to take your learning further? Click here to access support materials and get more out of each chapter.

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Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 2: Le mal du pays

Welcome back to Season 2 of Scenes from the Coffee Break French Café!

If you joined us in Season 1 then you will already be familiar with Chez Nico - our charming French café, where the aroma of fresh coffee lingers, conversations flow, and life unfolds around every table. In this immersive series, you’ll follow a compelling story set in a local café and build your language skills naturally through storytelling.

We're back with a second series, where life Chez Nico is full of surprises! In this first chapter, one of the regulars has some very good news to share. Find out more in Chapter 1! Installez-vous avec votre café et profitez de la suite de l’histoire. 

Want to take your learning further? Click here to access support materials and get more out of each chapter. Our 10-lesson premium course includes access to:

 • Chapter text
 • Audio discussion
 • Lesson notes / transcript featuring additional examples
 • Vocabulary lists
 • Exercises
 • Interactive quizzes to check your understanding
 • Downloadable files for offline use
 • Lifetime access to all lessons

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Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 1: Une nouvelle carrière

Join us for a new mini Coffee Break French lesson in between seasons as we dive into one of the most delicious parts of the festive season: the French Christmas Eve dinner! 🎄🍽️

In this episode, you’ll hear about some of the traditional dishes enjoyed at Max’s family table on le réveillon de Noël: from oysters and snails to turkey, red wine, cheese, and of course the classic chocolate Yule log. 🍷🧀🍫

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A French Christmas Eve dinner | A Coffee Break with Max

We’re back with another Coffee Break French espresso lesson, and this time we’re taking a stroll through one of the most atmospheric parts of the season: les marchés de Noël! 🎄

In this episode, you’ll discover what you’re likely to find at Christmas markets across France, from the smell of roasted chestnuts and mulled wine to sweet crêpes and waffles, and the cosy stalls selling wooden toys, winter hats, scarves and gloves. 

It’s the perfect episode for getting into the holiday spirit while improving your French.

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How Christmas markets look and feel in France | A Coffee Break with Max

We’re back with a new mini Coffee Break French lesson, and this time we're exploring a charming tradition that marks the start of the festive season in parts of Europe! 🎄✨

In this episode, you’ll learn all about what happens on le 6 décembre in the North and East of France, as well as in Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg. It’s a lovely cultural insight and a great opportunity to pick up festive French vocabulary along the way! 

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The tradition of Saint Nicolas | A Coffee Break with Max

Join Mark and Max for this special episode of Coffee Break French, 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 French first started back in 2007 - and all of the French 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!

The links mentioned at the end of this episode are listed below: 

Find out more about Coffee Break French hereAccess our full range of French courses on the Coffee Break AcademyLearn more about Coffee Break TV here

Please note that the secret link mentioned was part of our Black Friday 2025 promotion which has now ended. 

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Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 4: Un congé pluvieux

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