Recent Episodes
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Clue #4 (italiano) | The Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2024
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Clue #3 (italiano) | The Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2024
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Clue #2 (italiano) | The Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2024
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Clue #1 (italiano) | The Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2024
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Announcing the Great Coffee Break Treasure Hunt 2024
Oct 29, 2024 – 1:30 -
Commonly misused Italian words - Panini, lasagna, bruschetta and more | CBI Show 2.10
Jul 30, 2024 – 20:00 -
Un amico vecchio o un vecchio amico? - Understanding Italian adjective placement | CBI Show 2.09
Jul 23, 2024 – 13:05 -
Un and un' - When do you use the apostrophe? | CBI Show 2.08
Jul 16, 2024 – 16:05 -
Mastering the negative imperative in Italian | CBI Show 2.07
Jul 9, 2024 – 13:40 -
How to give commands, instructions and suggestions - The imperative in Italian | CBI Show 2.06
Jul 2, 2024 – 20:07 -
The power of 'fare' - Essential everyday expressions with 'fare' | CBI Show 2.05
Jun 25, 2024 – 19:55 -
A guide to irregular plurals in Italian | CBI Show 2.04
Jun 18, 2024 – 20:19 -
How do you pronounce the letters C and G in Italian? | CBI Show 2.03
Jun 11, 2024 – 18:28 -
When to use 'di' and 'da' - Italian prepositions | CBI Show 2.02
Jun 4, 2024 – 13:41 -
How to say 'I like' in Italian - 'mi piace' or 'mi piacciono'? | CBI Show 2.01
May 28, 2024 – 14:56 -
Introducing Season 2 of the Coffee Break Italian Show
May 21, 2024 – 1:13 -
Tips to remember the gender of nouns | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.10
Dec 19, 2023 – 16:26 -
How to apologise, excuse yourself and ask for permission in Italian | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.09
Dec 12, 2023 – 10:45 -
How to pronounce 'gli' | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.08
Dec 5, 2023 – 14:18 -
A guide to definite articles in Italian | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.07
Nov 28, 2023 – 14:24 -
Practising 'avere' expressions - Part 2 | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.06
Nov 21, 2023 – 12:28 -
Useful expressions with 'avere' - Part 1 | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.05
Nov 14, 2023 – 10:10 -
‘Potere’, ‘sapere’, ‘riuscire’ - How to translate ‘can’ | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.04
Nov 7, 2023 – 12:40 -
‘In’ or ‘a’? - Italian prepositions | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.03
Oct 31, 2023 – 12:16 -
Tips for pronouncing double consonants | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.02
Oct 24, 2023 – 16:23 -
‘Tu’ and ‘Lei’ - How to navigate informal and formal Italian | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.01
Oct 17, 2023 – 14:00 -
Introducing the Coffee Break Italian Show
Oct 10, 2023 – 2:13 -
CBI Mag 2.10 | Corsa alla Spada e Palio di Camerino: un tuffo nel passato
Sep 1, 2022 – 29:25 -
CBI Mag 2.09 | La Serenata: una dedica musicale
Aug 18, 2022 – 25:09 -
CBI Mag 2.08 | I Monti Azzurri – I Sibillini
Aug 4, 2022 – 28:25 -
CBI Mag 2.07 | Dante: il padre della lingua italiana
Jul 21, 2022 – 29:53 -
CBI Mag 2.06 | Pandoro o Panettone? Questo è il dilemma!
Jul 7, 2022 – 33:10 -
CBI Mag 2.05 | Tempio del Valadier: un tempio scavato nella roccia
Jun 23, 2022 – 24:25 -
CBI Mag 2.04 | Samantha Cristoforetti: un’italiana alla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale
Jun 9, 2022 – 26:37 -
CBI Mag 2.03 | La Festa del Primo Maggio
May 26, 2022 – 31:09 -
CBI Mag 2.02 | Castelluccio di Norcia: la perla dell’Umbria
May 12, 2022 – 25:30 -
CBI Mag 2.01 | Italo Svevo: uno scrittore dalla doppia identità
Apr 28, 2022 – 24:22 -
Coffee Break Italian News - 4th April 2022
Apr 4, 2022 – 8:40 -
Introducing Coffee Break Italian Season 3
Oct 21, 2021 – 9:04 -
CBI Travel Diaries 2.10 | Grazie di tutto, Trentino-Alto Adige!
Apr 16, 2021 – 24:10 -
CBI Travel Diaries 2.09 | Tempesta sulla Marmolada
Apr 9, 2021 – 21:02 -
CBI Travel Diaries 2.08 | Il meritato riposo a Cortina d’Ampezzo
Apr 2, 2021 – 22:13 -
CBI Travel Diaries 2.07 | Un trekking intenso verso valle
Mar 26, 2021 – 23:16 -
CBI Travel Diaries 2.06 | Tre Cime di Lavaredo - Finalmente in vetta!
Mar 19, 2021 – 19:48 -
CBI Travel Diaries 2.05 | Un imprevisto al lago di Dobbiaco
Mar 12, 2021 – 29:56 -
CBI Travel Diaries 2.04 | Un villaggio da favola: Ortisei
Mar 5, 2021 – 25:28 -
CBI Travel Diaries 2.03 | Terza tappa: la fredda Bolzano
Feb 26, 2021 – 27:44 -
CBI Travel Diaries 2.02 | Il fantasma di Castel Thun
Feb 19, 2021 – 25:04 -
CBI Travel Diaries 2.01 | Madonna di Campiglio: finalmente in vacanza!
Feb 12, 2021 – 20:58 -
CBI To Go 2.10 | Qual è la tua città italiana preferita? - What is your favourite Italian city?
Dec 11, 2020 – 18:27
Recent Reviews
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Chell988Coffee Break ItalianIl podcast è buono. Ho imparato molto e ad ascoltare!
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gkkiygdgnhvvvCBI Show season 2I’m loving this series. Simple and important grammar points clearly explained. Grazie!!
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shortattnspanWonderfulUsing this podcast helped me be able to navigate Italy and has helped me reach an A2 level of understanding of Italian. Thank you Mark and Francesca for your well-planned lessons.
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Nater01230075Talks too fastPretty good but the man talks too fast.
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Zach #13Far better than DuolingoI’ve tried many tools for learning a language from apps to podcasts to books. This is one of the best. The focus on real world situations and grammar sets it apart from solutions like Duolingo, which spend hours training you on less useful phrases without giving you the grammar tools to own the language. I have more confidence with Italian after four months than people I know who have been using Duolingo for years. Each episode has a perfect mix of vocabulary, stories, grammar, with native speaker pronunciation and pauses so you can practice. Mark is relentless about translating every word that’s spoken, providing literal translations to help you master phrases, and pointing out the nitty gritty details that help you sound like a native. The hosts are personable, and it’s fantastic that Mark and Francesca are still producing new content so many years in. I can’t believe that this much top shelf material is available for free. It’s also great that you can play the podcasts in the background so you can get language learning in on the go, or as Francesca says “Turn your downtime into do time.”
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nastylistenerFrom an aspiring polyglotI love this podcast! The hosts are wonderful and very helpful. I recommend this podcast highly for language lovers and learners.
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MarinaMadThe Best Podcast for Learning a LanguageSimply the best podcast for learning any language. Really excellent!
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Jenn CovinaPerfect speed and repetitionStructured to bridge a wide level of skill and entertaining topics
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Sean R.W.HelpfulVery helpful for learning Italian, thank you
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OceanriVery GoodI use this as a compliment to other programs and books and very much like the approach and the repetition, use! The only thing is please stop mentioning Spanish and French in the episodes, I dont care about those languages and if you have studied them, I havent and same with many others, this is learn Italian!
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sculptureJLFProblematicFirst two seasons quite good but once season 3 starts it's basically impossible to learn anything it just back and forth without breaking down anything with so much h known vocabulary, I so bummed
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katsspearlSo useful!I listen while doing my nightly routine. Quick and lots of repetition to get it on your head. I wish we did more repetition of things we learn in the second half of the lessons but overall amazing!
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Jbdc4Coffee Break Italian is the best way to learnI have been trying to learn Italian for several years. My mother and Grandparents were born in Sicily and I am wanting to go there on vacation. I want to be able to communicate especially if I see any cousins. I have tried apps and classes this has helped me the best. I can replay episodes to help me remember. I love that they actual have Francesca that is from Italy that corrects the pronunciation. They also teach formal and informal grammar and actual sentences that we would use when traveling. I will recommend these podcasts to everyone that is trying to learn a language.
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Newsjunkie1369Best language learning podcastCoffee break Italian is easily one of the best language learning podcasts I’ve come across. I can not recommend it enough to anyone learning Italian.
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janey000000The Best!Fun easy sensible much better than anything I’ve tried to learn basic Italian for travel.
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OtsododoyxhxHelping me so much!I am in love with this podcast! CBI is helping me greatly with my learning of Italian. I signed up for the enhanced version so that I can access the notes and the bonus episodes and when I have time to sit and write, I take my own notes as well. Then when I am driving or working out or walking I listen to the podcast by itself. I love the format in that there is a teacher and a native speaker (who is also a teacher) and a student. The student makes the exact same mistakes I make, such as accidentally mixing in a Spanish word here and there, or not bouncing enough on the double consonants. She asks great questions. And the two teachers, both the native and non-native speaker, help so much with correct pronunciation. I spoke to some Italian speakers in person and they said my accent was very good; that I sounded much like a native speaker. Another thing I love about CBI is that they teach how people really speak and they answer questions I was wondering about myself, such as “when would you switch from saying buon giorno to buona sera, and does anyone really say buon pomeriggio?” They anticipate actual conversations and in one of my favorite lessons, language problems, for example, what to say if you don’t understand or if you would like the person you are speaking with to speak more slowly. They teach polite, formal ways of asking questions as well as informal ways; this is so important to me because I would never want to be inadvertently rude in another language! Finally, I think my favorite part of CBI is the kind and engaging nature of Mark, Francesca, and Katie. I just love them. Their love of the Italian language and their enthusiasm and encouragement make a real difference in how it “feels” to learn with this podcast. I am so grateful to them for creating CBI. Grazie💕
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T. FerdaWhat a great Italian learning app!These hosts are fantastic teachers. The pace they set over the seasons is well thought out. They enunciate so well without speaking too slow or fast, allowing listeners to grasp enough to make nice progress and learn. Love this app!
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Time Warner MinionGreat way to learn Italian in bite-sized piecesI’m learning Italian using an app (Speakly) at the same time. It uses more of an immersion approach which is great, but it doesn’t give you as much context as Coffee Break Italian. CBI doesn’t bang you over the head with grammar, but it gives you enough to recognize patterns and know what to use when. CBI also focuses on situations and scenarios, telling you not just how to ask questions but what to expect as answers. It’s the perfect complement to an app like Duolingo or Speakly.
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ScottCal435Amazing Teachers!I have been learning Italian for a few months now and Coffee Break Italian has quickly become the best source of knowledge I have found! The hosts are incredible at teaching the intricacies of the language while making it fun and interesting. They also share a wealth of information as they explain the rules of the language and put it to practice in real life situations. I can’t wait to continue my Italian journey with this podcast! Anthony
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aventure123Marco needs to goI love the concept & Francesca ma Marco needs to go. His accent is BEYOND distracting especially in SEASON 3 ,“where we’ll help you SOUND more Italian .” Just get him to shut up & the podcast would be “fantastico”
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Tapster0224So great!Love this podcast! I’m learning Italian on my own and this podcast makes it easy! The explanations are wonderful- I enjoy the entire thing. The pace is perfect and the lessons are useful- it’s perfect! Grazie! ❤️
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MelystrædenVery helpfulThis series makes a great complement to Duolingo lessons. Grazie!
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NjbniedeTanti aguri!!Grazie Molto per me emparando l’italiano. This is so fantastic. On episode 10 season 1 and I feel like I can have a decent conversation already. With many months to come I’m excited to learn more before me vacanza en Italia!
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This sucks0909Awesome!Grazie mille a tutti! Thank you for such a great podcast and great lessons. I love being able to learn on my own time and at my own pace. Having the ability to review older episodes and use it to test myself, have been great resources. Keep up the great work!
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SkipperlangeToo much laughingI tried listening but the constant laughing was distracting and interrupted the flow of the lesson. Very amateurish. No thanks.
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LaurelRV9Benissimo!Io sto imparando italiano and I’m loving. I found your podcast browsing around. Grazie mille for such excellent work.
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bowlingchik124👏👏👏👏👏Buenísimo
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KHT68Fantastic language learning podcastMark and Francesca, the two instructors, are excellent teachers and absolutely delightful to listen to, you immediately become addicted which is the best way to learn a language. I absolutely love this podcast and highly recommend it.
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dbogol1Great podcastI didn’t buy the whole package which would probably be helpful, but I have been listening on my own and taking notes and I think this podcast is a wonderful way to assist in learning Italian. It is not easy and requires a lot of work, but this podcast is great.
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jayaymeyeGreat podcast for learning and listening to ItalianI am not new to Italian, but I’m mostly self-taught. This podcast has been great for learning and filling in gaps that I’ve missed. I really appreciate the explanation and overall practice. Highly recommended!!
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imSicilianOKCoffee Break ItalianThis Podcast is very fun. My favorite is the Travel Diaries. I bought the $35 Season 6 on their site and really enjoyed having the printed manuscript of the spoken podcast. I’ve learned so much with them. It really helped with my studies at the university.
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Chrisl212Great podcastJust right for learning.
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NPH DesignThis show is a MUST for all Italian Students!I’m thrilled a friend recommended this wonderful podcast to me! I moved to Italy recently and I’m finding this show to be an invaluable resource! I will certainly be promoting this show on my own podcast, “I’m Moving to Italy!” 🇮🇹 Ciao Ciao Ciao! - Nathan Heinrich
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rawrquelGreatEasy, love
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WaterpologregI we were goingWee we are I
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Foodie Social Workergrazie mille!It's been a lifelong dream to delve into Italian lessons...ironically, it took a pandemic to give me the extra time--am so enjoying the process (went to the very beginning)--thank you for a thoughtfully-created and accessible podcast--it all helps to keep our global community connected--God bless!
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Mafer266099))&Amazing!Coffee Break Italian has been a really useful and helpful source for learning italian. It is really fun, organize, clear and you can understand everything. Amazing I recommend it 100%
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Gb10696Intermediate learnerI finished the duolingo Italian course and was looking for a new way to supplement my Italian studies - Coffee Break Italian is helpful even as a review! Each episode I either learn something new or get valuable practice speaking questions out loud and forming new sentences. So glad I found this podcast!! Thank you!!
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Amber.2012Must use!This podcast is awesome! The lessons are small enough that you don’t feel overwhelmed but have enough content that you feel like you can actually say something or ask something in Italian! Loving it all so far!
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victoya91Best Italian podcastAmazing show! Please make the next season on intermediate grammar!
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MD.caThanks so much!I love Mark’s english accent and the way he teaches, translates, explains! Thanks so much
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downinkeAmazing show. Incredible team. Super fun!The soap opera is what brought me here. I hope there is a part 2!! Oh I had to adjust my review because now I love the Magazine! One request- when reviewing the “article” leave un po secondo for us to repeat after the italian before revealing the English. It’s great practice but a lot of pausing on my end. Your the best!! I’ve been learning for 4 months and I’m so happy to have found this fun, entertaining show! Grazie Mille!
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Patrinka TBest online ItalianI can’t recommend this podcast enough. I’ve done Babbel, online group classes, and an online tutor. Marc and Francesca are master teachers. They have organized the lessons in such a thoughtful and clear manner. Plus, they mix it up to keep the episodes fun and engaging. Marc has a fabulous ability to breakdown complexities and deliver it with grace and humor. LOVE IT! Thank you for all the great work!
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Paisana GinaCan you ask?Please ask Italians what drives them, what motivates them in their life? Thank you, Gina
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HermbaggerPerfect amount of new each time !I am really enjoying learning Italian with coffee break Italian. It is interesting - lessons are well organized and explained. Thank you!
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chelswillia33So goodThis podcast is so good for helping you learn Italian! They go through all of the information thoroughly and explain why it is that way. I listen whenever I can! Thanks Mark, Francesca, and Katie!
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AzitalySo fun and professional. Real life conversationCiao ragazzi! Mark, Francesca and Katie. This is so fun, structured and professional. You guys make it so fun and easy to learn. Seite bravi. Grazie mille. Azi
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JboshVery helpful and enjoyableI’ve listened to 70 episodes so far and am still constantly impressed with Mark and Francesca’s thoughtful and skillful teaching methods and their appreciation for and mastery of the language (Francesca is a native speaker). They clearly take their jobs seriously but their approach is very loose, cheerful and supportive. Of all my methods of learning (online course, YouTube videos, tutor...), it’s this podcast that has helped the most.
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nzare aThank youHi i am negin ,from Iran It so good write the important point , Thank s a lot 🍀
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Guille1998auchGrazie mille ragazziHey! Questo podcast mi ha aiutato a imparare più il mio italiano
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