Category: culture

• 8 amazing podcasts with free transcripts for A1-B2 Italian learners

  

  Bored of listening to other people learn? Zone out when natives speak too quickly? Here are 7 podcasts that will actually improve your Italian.

  Lucy

  May 11, 2023

  culture, Italian

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• Learn Portuguese with Brazilian humour: 3 Brazilian comedy acts you should know about

  

  Make a Brazilian laugh and you’ll have a friend for life!

  Lucy

  May 10, 2023

  culture, Portuguese

  are brazilians funny, brazilian humour, comedy, culture, humour, o jeitinho carioca, paul cabannes, porta dos fundos

• 5 timeless video channels for A1-C1 Spanish learners

  

  Videos are a great support as you build your listening skills, thanks to

  Lucy

  May 9, 2023

  culture, Spanish

  A1 Spanish, A2 Spanish, B1 Spanish, B2 Spanish, bbc mundo, best youtubers for learning spanish, C1 Spanish, culture, dreaming spanish, fred lammie, French, happy learning espanol, learning strategies, videos for learning spanish

• “Americans in Europe” films rated and what they say about us anglophones

  

  When we europhiles can’t take time off, films allow us to fantasise about rolling Tuscan hills and French; ever wondered why this trope is so enduring?

  Lucy

  May 8, 2023

  culture

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• 8 excellent podcasts with free transcripts for A1-B2 Portuguese learners

  

  Bored of listening to other people learn? Zone out when natives speak too quickly? Here are 8 podcasts that will actually improve your Portuguese.

  Lucy

  May 7, 2023

  culture, Portuguese

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• 9 superb podcasts with free transcripts for A1-B2 Spanish learners

  

  Bored of listening to other people learn? Zone out when natives speak too quickly? Here are 7 podcasts that will actually improve your Spanish.

  Lucy

  May 2, 2023

  culture, Spanish

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• 10 top podcasts with free transcripts for A1-B2 French learners

  

  Bored of listening to other people learn? Zone out when natives speak too quickly? Here are 8 podcasts that will actually improve your French.

  Lucy

  April 28, 2023

  culture, French

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• Try this easy Brazilian passion fruit caipirinha recipe to “matar saudades”

  

  Make the most delicious passion fruit caipirinhas with just 5 ingredients for that feeling of warm winds and samba rhythms.

  Lucy

  April 23, 2023

  culture, Portuguese

  brazil, brazilian cocktail, caipirinha, cocktail, culture, drinks, Portuguese, recipe

• Restaurant French: 10 key phrases you need to dine like a français/e

  

  We’ve all been there; you try speaking French to restaurant staff, only for them to reply in English. Persist with these 10 phrases to fight the rosbif rep!

  Lucy

  March 16, 2023

  culture, French

  A1 French, A2 French, B1 French, cuisine, culture, dining out, food, French, restaurant french, restaurants, vocabulary for eating out in france, vocabulary for french restaurants

• How to sound French by barely saying a word: 10 French sounds

  

  If you’re sick of English replies every time you speak French then these 10 sounds will buy you enough time to get in some genuine French practice.

  Lucy

  January 17, 2023

  culture, French

  A1 French, A2 French, culture, French, French expressions, french sounds, language tips, learning strategies, mitchell, modern family, paris, sounding french, tv