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Feb 2014
19m 26s

CBG 1:31 | Willkommen in Innsbruck!

COFFEE BREAK LANGUAGES
About this episode

Mark has travelled to Austria to put his German into practice with his cohost and native speaker Thomas. In this lesson Mark has just arrived at Innsbruck airport and he and Thomas discuss the kind of language he’ll need to take part in conversations during his trip. In this lesson you will:


  • learn to talk about what you’re looking forward to doing;
  • learn to talk about how long you’ve been learning German for;
  • test your understanding by listening to a conversation.


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