Newsletter: Remembering the Past

Remembering the Past

This week, we’re observing Remembrance Day by commemorating the past.

Did you know that in France, November 11 is a public holiday? Indeed, it commemorates the end of WWI on November 11 1918, as well as all who died for France. On that day, ceremonies take place in front of the war memorials in towns and there is a national ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, where the President of the Republic rekindles the flame of the Unknown Soldier. 🫡

Alors, sans plus attendre, fill your memories with all the unforgettable French Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you! 🍂

Qui est-ce ?- Episode 2

The Guessing Game Podcast

detectives aurelie and celine investigating a mysterious silhouette

For the second episode of our new podcast series, Kwiziq’s super detectives Céline and I will give you clues (en français bien sûr !) to guess a famous Francophone statesman. 🏛️🧐

Alors, à vos calepins !

Qui est-ce ? – Episode 2

And to help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons, and interesting links to investigate further!

Bonne enquête à vous, les Kwizzers détectives !

Strophes pour se souvenir,
poème de Louis Aragon

Reading and Listening practice – B2 Level

Massak Manouchian and the infamous Red poster

Let’s commemorate fallen heroes of the French Resistance with this powerful poem by Aragon:

Strophes pour se souvenir, poème de Louis Aragon

Take me to your leader!

October Leaderboard Top 3

leaderboard kwizbot with trophy

Speaking about the past, let’s celebrate last month’s best Kwizzers. Hurray for our October Leaderboard Top 3: Ryan H, Elizabeth C and Kristi W!

Vive les 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 Old Habits.

Here’s a little taster for free: Pompidou Center (level C1)

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You’ll get these Weekend Workouts every week, plus unlimited kwizzes and multiple notebooks to help you stay organised and make progress faster.

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Bonne semaine à tous et à jeudi prochain !

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Aurélie Drouard

Head of French

Author info

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!