Podcast
Coffee Break Swedish
Hosted by Coffee Break Languages · EN
Learn Swedish with teacher Hanna and her student Mark. Each lesson is like going for a coffee (or a fika!) with your friend who happens to speak Swedish and is helping you learn in a relaxed, enjoyable way.
Coffee Break Swedish is not a simple series of "listen and repeat" audio programmes: in each lesson Hanna explains how the language works, helping Mark - and you - to manipulate the language and use it in practical situations. As a learner Mark asks questions, and makes mistakes, so through Hanna's explanations, corrections and pronunciation tips you'll build your confidence and begin to understand and speak the language.
You'll also build your cultural knowledge with the help of our cultural correspondent Emma who shares information on Swedish culture in many of the lessons.
In the same time it takes you to sit down and enjoy a coffee in your favourite coffee shop, you can make progress with your Swedish. Our 15-20 minute lessons are perfect to keep you focused and let you develop your confidence in regular sessions.
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CBSw TD 1.10 | Sol och bad på Tylösand
Aug 31, 202300:20:10Tap to summarizeIn this final lesson of the Swedish Travel Diaries, we hear about how the family wrapped up their holiday on the Swedish west coast. We learn new vocabulary and new phrases, and have a look at the difference prepositions can make to the same verb.If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →CBSw TD 1.09 | En spännande dag i Halmstad
Aug 17, 202300:28:53Tap to summarizeIn the penultimate lesson of our Travel Diaries we follow Mattias and family further south along the Swedish west coast to the city of Halmstad. As the family runs into a minor crisis situation we take the opportunity to delve into lots of new phrases and grammar. We explore the difference between varsin, varsitt and varsina, and review definite and indefinite forms.If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →CBSw TD 1.08 | Vinga - kompositörens lilla ö
Aug 3, 202300:20:27Tap to summarizeEpisode 8 of our Swedish Travel Diaries is packed with lots of grammar and new vocabulary. We follow the family to the little island of Vinga where one of Sweden's most influential troubadours grew up. While we explore Vinga we also learn new phrases and expressions.If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →CBSw Travel Diaries 1.07 | Längs Göteborgs soliga gator
Jul 20, 202300:19:10Tap to summarizeFollowing our visit to the amusement park, Liseberg, in the last episode, we now get to hear more about what the family does in the city of Göteborg. We focus on the past and perfect tenses, encounter some new phrasal verbs, and look at familiar vocabulary in new contexts.If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →CBSw Travel Diaries 1.06 | Kläder efter väder på Liseberg
Jul 6, 202300:21:22Tap to summarizeIn this episode we follow the family to the amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg. During this rainy day we get the chance to practise the perfect tense and really put our understanding of phrasal verbs to the test.If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →CBSw Travel Diaries 1.05 | Småstaden Skärhamn
Jun 22, 202300:22:25Tap to summarizeIn this lesson we explore the small town Skärhamn on the Swedish west coast where we take the opportunity to delve into slightly more complex grammar. We look at how certain words can carry different meanings depending on the context and how other words can be used to subtly to convey different feelings. Of course, we also learn some new phrases and vocabulary along the way!If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →CBSw Travel Diaries 1.04 | Badplatsen Bleket
Jun 8, 202300:19:10Tap to summarizeWelcome to the next instalment of the Coffee Break Swedish Travel Diaries! Day four of the trip takes us to the swimming spot, Bleket. The weather is shifting, which causes the mood of some family members to shift too. As we dive into salty water, we learn new vocabulary and grammar, before rounding off the day with a nice meal in a setting most Swedes would look forward to all winter.If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →CBSw Travel Diaries 1.03 | Krabbfiske och bastubad på Klädesholmen
May 25, 202300:22:26Tap to summarizeIn this lesson, the family leaves Marstrand to travel to nearby island Klädesholmen. We get to hear stories about Mattias's childhood as he takes us up and down the streets lined by white wooden houses on this rocky island full of rose bushes, sunshine, and sailboats. We learn some new vocabulary and revise verb tenses along the way!If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →CBSw Travel Diaries 1.02 | En dag på Marstrandsön
May 11, 202300:30:31Tap to summarizeThe adventures of the family continue! In this episode we follow them as they take the ferry over to the island of Marstrandsön - an island full of sunshine, history, old fortresses, ghosts, and seagulls. This lesson builds on a lot of the grammar we are already familiar with and we encounter verbs in new tenses. We also see some new and useful constructions, and learn more about some of Sweden's most infamous criminals.If you’d like to access our support materials, including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes, then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →CBSw Travel Diaries 1.01 | Resan till Koön
Apr 27, 202300:28:53Tap to summarizeWelcome to the very first episode of the Coffee Break Swedish Travel Diaries! In Episode 1 we are introduced to a family of four as they drive down from the city of Uppsala to spend their summer holidays on the West Coast of Sweden. As we get to know them and follow their initial drive down to the coast we review some key grammar, including tenses and compound words, and are introduced to both new vocabulary and grammar points.If you’d like to access our support materials, including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes, then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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