Newsletter: Paris Fashion Week

Paris Fashion Week

This week, we’re putting on our most extravagant outfits to enjoy Paris Fashion Week 😎📸

Did you know that the first official Paris Fashion Week took place in 1973? The event was originally organised as a fundraiser to restore the Palace of Versailles, and opened with the game-changing Battle of Versailles Fashion Show. This “fight” saw five of the biggest French designers pitted against five unknown Americans, a perfect illustration of the Paris-New York fashion rivalry. I’ll let you find out by yourselves who “won” – the answer might surprise you! 😉🪡

Alors, sans plus attendre, flex your sens de la mode with the fabulous French Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you! 👗🤩

Qui est-ce ?- Episode 5

The Guessing Game Podcast

detectives aurelie and celine investigating a mysterious silhouette

For this trendy fifth 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 very famous French fashion designer. 🪡🧐

So put on your thinking cap and enjoy all the extra practise content related to the podcast, like our special Fill-in-the-Blank exercise AND grammar Notebook! 🤩

Qui est-ce ? – Episode 5

And to help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons, an exclusive Fill-in-the-Blank exercise and interesting links to other exercises to investigate further!

🎧 Want to listen to more of our podcasts? Check out all our episodes!

Alors, à vos calepins, les Kwizzers détectives !

French Building Blocks

Adjective Agreement – A1-A2-B1 Levels

catwalk with emerald and navy outfits

Now it’s time to enjoy a beautiful fashion show while practising the agreement of French adjectives:

Des murmures frémissants traversent la salle obscure alors que s’élancent les premières silhouettes sur le podium illuminé. Les mannequins, statuesques et majestueuses, présentent une collection printanière à la fois audacieuse et vaporeuse. La foule admire les vestes bleu marine qui contrastent avec des robes émeraude aux reflets changeants. Certaines créations arborent des manches bouffantes et de délicates broderies, tandis que d’autres dévoilent des textures imaginatives dans des tons originaux et surprenants. Ce défilé apporte un doux vent novateur, tout en témoignant d’un savoir-faire exceptionnel.

To learn more and/or refresh your memory on this topic, here’s a personalised Notebook, full of related Kwiziq lessons, to test yourself against!

Premium users can add this to their saved notebooks. Find out more about our awesome Notebooks feature.

Take me to your leader!

February Leaderboard Top 3

leaderboard kwizbot with trophy

Finally, let’s shine our spotlights on last month’s 3 Kwizzer champions!Bravo to our February Leaderboard Top 3: Elizabeth C, Carolyn H and Christine S!

Hip Hip Hip Hourra pour nos trois Kwizzers exceptionnelles ! 🙌

Spotlight & Updates

Smarter, Clearer Writing Challenge Feedback ✍️💡
You chose – we listened!

New marking on Writing challenges

After reviewing the results from our correction screen experiment, the outcome was clear: the new version was overwhelmingly preferred by our learners 🎉

Thanks to your feedback and participation, we’ll be rolling out the new correction screen across the site for everyone over the next week or so.

We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who took the time to test, compare, and share their preferences. Your input genuinely shapes how Kwiziq evolves – and helps us build a learning experience that works better for you. 🤗

Thank you for being part of it, and happy kwizzing!

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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 Buying Clothes.

Here’s a little taster for free: Weekend in Lyon (level A2)

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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!