A Coffee Break with Mark

The one-page summaries

Every episode comes with a single sheet holding the whole idea. Free, and designed to be glanced at rather than read. Pick whichever one you need.

Before you study

The four things to do in the two minutes before you sit down: the ones that decide whether the session actually happens.

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Bring back a rusty language

The five-step reset for a language you thought you’d forgotten. Your rusty language isn’t gone, it’s just cold.

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Using AI the right way

How to make a translation app or an AI tutor a coach, not a crutch. It comes down to one habit.

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Getting past the plateau

Three ways to get moving again when intermediate feels flat and every week feels the same.

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You don’t need to lose your accent

What actually matters for being understood, and why even fluent speakers get thrown by an accent.

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Become a language learner

The tiny mindset shift that separates the people who keep going from the people who drift off.

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Ten minutes beats an hour

How to turn any spare moment into real progress, and why the big free hour lets you down.

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Know more than you can use?

How to close the gap between what’s in your head and what comes out of your mouth.

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The shadowing technique

Sound like you belong by copying the tune of a language, not chasing every word.

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Words English doesn’t have

Why the words you love are the words you keep, with five of my favourites to get you started.

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Where these come from

A Coffee Break with Mark is a short weekly chat about one thing you can use in your own language learning. Each sheet is the episode boiled down to a page.

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