Spotlight & Updates

Smarter, Clearer Writing Challenge Feedback ✍️💡

We’ve improved how feedback works in our Writing Challenges to make it smarter, clearer, and easier to learn from. ✨

Your answers are now compared to the teacher example that’s closest to what you wrote, and the new cleaner layout makes it effortless to see where you can improve — so you can understand your mistakes faster and feel your progress more easily.

These updates are rolling out gradually — many learners already have them, and everyone will soon!

💬 We’d love your thoughts — take a look at the new feedback layout and tell us what you think!

A Bit of French with A&C Ep.4:
Les choses qui font peur

Conversation Podcast – C1 Level

What makes your skin crawl in real life or in stories? Do you know about the scary creatures that are le Baron Samedi, l’Ankou or la Bête du Gévaudan? Whether you’re a scaredy-cat or a horror lover, you’ll enjoy this week’s deliciously spooky episode of our podcast A Bit of French with A&C where Céline and Aurélie answer the above questions, and more! Joyeux Halloween à tous !

Les Choses qui font Peur (A Bit of French with A&C podcast)

Each new episode comes with related vocabulary and grammar ressources to help you improve your French!

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Halloween Vocabulary – A2 Level

Now that we’re in the mood for Halloween, let’s make sure we can share our scary stories with our French friends, thanks to this essential French Halloween vocabulary list and its interactive Word Game.

Another great way to remember new vocabulary is to write sentences using it in context.
Here’s a spine-chilling Halloween story for you to get inspired:

“C’était la nuit d’Halloween, et je me trouvais devant une maison hantée terrifiante. Soudain, les portes couvertes de toiles d’araignée se sont ouvertes et, à la lueur de la pleine lune, j’ai vu un squelette effrayant, avec une citrouille-lanterne à la main, sortir du manoir. Je me suis mis à courir à travers le cimetière devant la maison quand, tout à coup, j’ai trébuché sur une tombe et… je me suis réveillé. Ouf ! Ce n’était qu’un cauchemar !”

Bouh ! À vous de jouer !

Il y a un monstre sous mon lit !

Reading and Listening practice – B1 Level

And because it’s Halloween, here’s a final little treat in the shape of a cute little Halloween bedtime story in this boo-tiful bilingual article:

Il y a un monstre sous mon lit !

Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!

Special treat for Premium subscribers

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 Halloween.

Here’s a little taster for free: Le soir d’Halloween (level A2)

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.

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Aurélie Drouard

Head of French