Radio Lingua Founder and CEO introduces the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine, Coffee Break French and Spanish iBooks, our new On Location Languages blog series, changes and improvements to the website and a new Coffee Break language in this special launch video.

This week Sophie joins us from Le Marais where she is talking about the French institution that is le goûter – the late afternoon snack. She discusses a number of items of vocabulary including être accro à quelque chose, meaning “to be addicted to something”, and she also talks about some French delicacies in the form of Millefeuille and Madeleines. Find out more about Le Marais on Wikipedia. iTunes link | RSS feed

Sophie is back with this episode which she recorded a few weeks ago in Paris. This week she looks at the expression se méfier de quelque chose, meaning “to be wary about something” and also faire gaffe, meaning “to watch out”. For the cultural section she’s in the Jardin des Plantes, the main botanical garden in Paris. There’s more info on Wikipedia about Le Jardin des Plantes. iTunes link | RSS feed

In this Christmas edition of On Location French, Sophie talks about some of the festive vocabulary she’s picked up while preparing for the holiday season. iTunes link | RSS feed

In this week’s episode Sophie looks at “verlan”, a type of French slang which is very common in many parts of France. It involves reversing the order of syllables within words and can be confusing for learners. In the cultural section Sophie introduces us to the area around Rue Cler in Paris. For more information about Verlan, you can view an article in Wikipedia in English or French. iTunes link | RSS feed

Welcome to this festive edition of Radio Lingua News. In this update we’ll be telling you about the fantastic milestone we reached this week, and explaining how you can save 25% on our premium memberships until the end of the year. 100 million downloads Early on Friday morning we clocked up our 100 millionth download. Over the past five years learners from around the world have downloaded our free language lessons and we’re delighted to have reached this amazing milestone. We’d like to...

This week Sophie has been finding out about abbreviations used in French, including what MDR in a text message means. In the cultural spot for this week she has been visiting the Musée de l’Orangerie in the Jardin des Tuileries to view a very famous Monet painting. iTunes link | RSS feed

In this latest episode of On Location French Sophie has had some interesting traffic-related experiences and she tells us about the language she’s picked up as a result. Expressions include en cours, les heures de pointe, and griller un feu rouge. She also talks about her recent walking tour around the 5ème arrondissement. iTunes link | RSS feed

Sophie recorded this most recent episode at the weekend in the run-up to Hallowe’en. She introduces the phrase avoir la trouille, meaning “to be scared”, and also lets slip her love of all things Harry Potter – en français, bien sûr! In her cultural input she tells us about her recent trip on a bateau mouche along the Seine. iTunes link | RSS feed

This week Sophie talks about the expression arriver à faire quelque chose, meaning “to succeed in doing something”. She provides examples in the positive and negative. She also talks about a recent visit to the Pompidou Centre. iTunes link | RSS feed