Newsletter: Summertime

Summertime

This week, we’re lounging in parks and gardens, getting our fill of vitamin D, enjoying refreshing drinks and ice cream, while saying with a smile on our faces: Bienvenue l’été  ! ⛱️

Did you know that the Eiffel Tower actually gets a few centimetres taller in the summer? This is due to the summer heat that makes the Dame de Fer‘s metal expand! 🤯

Alors, sans plus attendre, let’s put our sunglasses on to discover the sunny French Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you! 😎

Vive l’été !

Reading and Listening practice – A2 Level

beach

Summer’s here! Discover what makes this season so enjoyable in the bilingual text below:

Vive l’été !

Words Words Words

Beach Vocabulary – A1 Level

little boy on the beach

Can’t wait to use some French beach vocabulary on a well-deserved summer break? Refresh your knowledge by exploring our vocabulary list and its interactive Word Game 🍹

Another great way to remember new vocabulary is to write sentences using it in context. Here’s an example for you to get inspired:

“Petit Timoté adore jouer sur la plage. À l’abri du parasol, il construit un beau château de sable. Timoté remplit son seau de sable tout chaud avec sa jolie pelle bleue, et il ramasse des coquillages pour décorer son château. Vive le bord de mer !”

À vous de jouer !

Let’s fill in some blanks!

Beach Vocabulary – A1 Level

family portrait at the beach

Now you’ve mastered le vocabulaire de la plage, test yourself on a fun family beach day in this sunny fill-in-the-blank exercise:

Au bord de la mer

The Kwizzer Takes it All!

June Leaderboard Top 3

kwizbot holding a trophy

Let’s shine a light on the Leaderboard Top 3 for June! This month, we celebrate our three champions: Peter bElizabeth C and Vincent L!

Coup de projecteur sur nos trois champions !

Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!

Special treat for Premium subscribers

French writing challenges and dictees

Friday is Weekend Workout day – a special treat just for our Premium subscribers, with fresh dictations and writing challenges to boost your listening and writing skills.

This week’s theme is Summertime.

Here’s a little taster for free: Welcome to Bordeaux’s tourist office (level B2)

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Bonne semaine à tous et à jeudi prochain !

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Aurélie Drouard

Head of French

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Aurélie Drouard

Aurélie is our resident French Expert. She has created most of the wonderful content you see on the site and is usually the person answering your tricky help questions. She comes from a small village near Chartres in Central France, country of cereal fields and not much else. She left (in a hurry) to study English at the world-famous Sorbonne in Paris, before leaving France in 2007 to experience the “London lifestyle” - and never looked back! She's worked as a professional French teacher, translator and linguist in the UK since.  She loves to share her love of languages and is a self-professed cinema and literature geek!