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Coffee Break Spanish wins European Professional Podcast of the Year

Coffee Break Spanish was honoured this evening in a ceremony in Hamburg, Germany as European Professional Podcast of the Year, as part of the European Podcast Awards. Coffee Break Spanish host Mark Pentleton was in Hamburg to collect the award. In December Coffee Break Spanish was awarded UK Podcast of the Year in the Professional category and was put forward for the European award. We're delighted to receive this award and would like to thank all listeners who voted and the organisers of the European Podcast Awards.

Radio Lingua shortlisted for two Podcast Awards

We're delighted to announce that two Radio Lingua podcasts have been shortlisted in the 2008 Podcast Awards. Coffee Break French has been shortlisted in the Education category, and Coffee Break Spanish has been chosen as one of ten podcasts in the prestigious People's Choice category.

We're counting on your votes, so please support the show. You can vote once a day between October 23rd and November 6th. You can vote once a day in each category, meaning that you can vote for Coffee Break Spanish in the People's Choice category and Coffee Break French in the Education category - every day!

We're truly honoured to receive these nominations and we'd like to thank everyone who nominated the shows. We're joined by a number of very well-known podcasts in the shortlists and we'd like to pass our congratulations to Screencasts Online, Internet Business Mastery, Geek Brief TV, Grammar Girl and the Amateur Traveler among many others. [But please vote for us ;) ]

Radio Lingua in prestigious company on iTunes

The new series of One Minute Languages podcasts from Radio Lingua have been featured in prestigious company on iTunes UK and US. As a result, both One Minute French and One Minute Japanese have knocked Coffee Break Spanish off the top spot in Education (UK), and One Minute French is currently at #15 in the overall podcasts list. More information on the One Minute Languages series can be found on our website.

Great coverage for One Minute Catalan in El Punt

Following the launch of our new Catalan course, and Radio Lingua director Mark's own Catalan language challenge which culminated in lots of Catalan speaking on his recent trip to Barcelona, this article appeared in Sunday's El Punt. It's very similar to what appeared on the Vilaweb article. If you want to test your understanding of Catalan, download the pdf here.

One Minute Catalan is going very well - we're seeing good metrics, helped along by the One Minute Languages series being featured on iTunes in the UK and US!

One Minute Catalan makes the Catalan press

Last Friday saw the launch of six new languages in our One Minute Languages series, and Radio Lingua director Mark Pentleton was in Barcelona to launch One Minute Catalan as part of PodCamp Barcelona. The introduction of the world's first "learn Catalan" podcast has caught the interest of the Catalan press, and the popular digital news site, Vilaweb, has tonight featured an article about One Minute Catalan, outlining the background to the One Minute series. Si parles català, pots llegir l'article aquí. I si no, doncs hi ha un podcast que pots utilitzar per a aprendre'l! (If you speak Catalan you can read the article here, if not there's a very good podcast you can use to learn!

Coffee Break Spanish mentioned in the Herald

According to the author of an article in one of today's national newspapers, the secrets of learning a language as an adult are "an open mind ... and a glass of red wine"! We'd certainly agree with that, and suggest that perhaps a coffee isn't a bad idea either! Not least, as Coffee Break Spanish gets a mention as a recommended option for language-learning online. Read more on the Herald website.

The Power and Potential of Podcasting: Mark interviewed on "ICT in the MFL classroom" podcast

Radio Lingua Director, Mark Pentleton, was interviewed during PodcampUK by Joe Dale for his Integrating ICT into the MFL Classroom podcast. The interview outlined Mark's background and how he got into podcasting, and gives an insight into the model behind the Radio Lingua Network.

Listen below or download the mp3 file.