Newsletter: Comfort Food for the Season

Comfort Food for the Season

This week, we’re enjoying some delicious comfort food while waiting for les fêtes 🍲🥰

We know it, les Français adoooorent le fromage ! Therefore, it’s not surprising that when French people are asked what the most comforting dishes are, you find the deliciously cheesy raclette and tartiflette at the top of the list 🤤 On one hand, melted raclette cheese on top of charcuterie and potatoes, on the other, layers of succulent potatoes, reblochon cheese and lardons… That’s what I call true happiness! 😊

Alors, sans plus attendre, set your tables to enjoy all the mouthwatering French Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you! 🍴😝

Your Kwizmas Album Is Here! 🎄

Kwizbot listening to the album by the xmas tree

The holidays are perfect to slow down, recharge… and enjoy something joyful.

So we’ve created a festive soundtrack just for you: your [site.site_language_2_title] Kwizmas Album 2025! 🎄

This year’s album brings you 12 original festive tracks 🎶 paired with playful holiday-themed exercises to keep your [site.site_language_2_title] feeling fresh — no pressure, just gentle, feel-good practice. ✨

Enjoy the cosy playlist anytime on Spotify or YouTube. And when you’re up for a bit of learning, you can listen and try all the matching exercises directly on our site.

Unwrap Your Kwizmas Musical Gift 🎁

Qui est-ce ?- Episode 3

The Guessing Game Podcast

detectives aurelie and celine investigating a mysterious silhouette

For the third episode of our “Qui est-ce ?” podcast series, Kwiziq’s super detectives Céline and I will give you clues (en français bien sûr !) to guess a famous French woman with culinary skills. 🍳🧐

And this week, we’re introducing two new features to our “Qui est-ce ?” podcasts: a related Fill-in-the-Blank exercise AND a related grammar Notebook! 🤩

Alors, à vos calepins !

Qui est-ce ? – Episode 3

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

Bonne enquête à vous, les Kwizzers détectives !

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Christmas Meal Vocabulary – B1 Level

family around xmas table with typical french dishes

And finally, to truly make your mouths water, learn/refresh some typical French festive food with this delicious-sounding Christmas Meal 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:

J’adore le repas du Réveillon dans ma famille ! On commence par porter un toast à l’année écoulée en buvant du champagne, puis on savoure quelques petits fours, avant de s’attabler devant les classiques de Noël : le saumon fumé, les huîtres au citron et le foie gras pour ceux qui aiment. Vient ensuite la délicieuse dinde à la farce aux marrons, et bien sûr, après le magnifique plateau de fromages, c’est le moment de la sublime bûche de Noël. Rien que d’y penser, j’en ai l’eau à la bouche !

À vous de jouer !

Final days to enjoy your Advent calendar

Advent Calendar 2025

You still have a few festive [site.site_language_2_title] words waiting! ✨

Take a moment today to open your daily Advent word — a quick, fun way to keep your [site.site_language_2_title] sharp before the end-of-year break.

A tiny habit now makes January feel so much easier. 🚀

Last Hanukkah candles to light

Hanukkah menorah 2025

Celebrate the end of Hanukkah in [site.site_language_2_title]. 🕎

There are still a few candles left to “light” in your Hanukkah challenge.

Each nightly word takes just a moment and helps you finish the celebration — and your learning week — with something bright and meaningful.

Don’t miss the final nights of Hanukkah!

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 Comfort Food.

Here’s a little taster for free: Noël approche ! (level A1)

Not Premium yet? Now’s a great time to upgrade!
You’ll get these Weekend Workouts every week, plus unlimited kwizzes and multiple notebooks to help you stay organised and make progress faster.

Note: We send dictations and writing challenges by email, which you can opt into or out of. To check your email preferences, please follow this link and make sure there’s a check next to System Communications in order to receive exercises every week.

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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!