{"id":12524,"date":"2025-11-06T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=12524"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:54:08","slug":"newsletter-remembering-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-remembering-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: Remembering the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"max-width: 600px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;background-color: #ffffff;border-radius: 0px;overflow: hidden\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"width: 100%\">\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"align-items: center;justify-content: center;margin: 16px\">\n<h1 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 24px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;text-align: center\">Remembering the Past<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">This week, we&#8217;re observing <strong>Remembrance Day<\/strong> by\u00a0commemorating the past.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Did you know that in France, November 11 is a public holiday? 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&#8211; Episode 2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>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!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>Bonne enqu\u00eate \u00e0 vous, les Kwizzers d\u00e9tectives\u00a0!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #e6f4fb;border-radius: 8px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #585859;text-align: left;padding: 1em\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;margin-bottom: 4px;text-align: center\">Strophes pour se souvenir,<br \/>\npo\u00e8me de Louis Aragon<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Reading and Listening practice &#8211; B2 Level<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/10\/reader-strophes-pour-se-souvenir-aragon-280x280-1.jpg\" alt=\"Massak Manouchian and the infamous Red poster\" width=\"280\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Let&#8217;s commemorate fallen heroes of the French Resistance with this powerful poem by <strong>Aragon<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/learn\/reading\/strophes-pour-se-souvenir-poeme-de-louis-aragon\">Strophes pour se souvenir, po\u00e8me de Louis Aragon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #e6f4fb;border-radius: 8px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #585859;text-align: left;padding: 1em\">\n<h1 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;margin-bottom: 4px;text-align: center\">Take me to your leader!<\/h1>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">October Leaderboard Top 3<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/11\/nl-kwizbot-trophy-leaderboard-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"leaderboard kwizbot with trophy\" width=\"280\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\">Speaking about the past, let&#8217;s celebrate last month&#8217;s best Kwizzers. Hurray for\u00a0our <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/leaderboard\"><strong>October Leaderboard Top 3<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Ryan H, Elizabeth C<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Kristi W<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>Vive les champions\u00a0!<\/em>\u00a0\ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #fff5eb;border-radius: 8px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;color: #585859;text-align: left;padding: 1em\">\n<h2 style=\"line-height: 1;margin: 0;font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #262626;margin-bottom: 4px;text-align: center\">Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Special treat for Premium subscribers<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2024\/04\/email-ww-fr-3-300x300.png\" alt=\"French writing challenges and dictees\" width=\"331\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\"><strong>Friday is Weekend Workout day<\/strong> \u2013 a special treat just for our <strong>Premium subscribers<\/strong>, with fresh <strong>dictations and writing challenges<\/strong> to boost your <strong>listening and writing skills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\">This week&#8217;s theme is <strong>Old Habits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\">Here&#8217;s a little taster for free: <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/7\">Pompidou Center<\/a> (level C1)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\">Not Premium yet? Now&#8217;s a great time to <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"\/pricing\"><strong>upgrade<\/strong><\/a>!<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll get these Weekend Workouts every week, plus unlimited kwizzes and multiple notebooks to help you stay organised and make progress faster.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"MailerInlineButtonCTA\" style=\"background-color: #ff6a00;color: #ffffff;font-weight: bold;border-radius: 14px \/ 50%;font-size: 16px;text-align: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;line-height: 100%;text-decoration: none;max-width: 100%;padding: 12px 24px 12px 24px;margin-top: 4px\" href=\"\/pricing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Upgrade to Premium<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 20px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\"><em> <strong>Note:<\/strong> We send dictations and writing challenges by email, which you can opt into or out of. To check your email preferences, please <a href=\"\/communications-preferences\">follow this link<\/a> and make sure there&#8217;s a check next to System Communications in order to receive exercises every week.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">\ud83d\udcec Want to receive this newsletter in your inbox? Go to <a href=\"\/communications-preferences\">email preferences<\/a> and make sure you have <strong>Language tips and tricks newsletter<\/strong> turned on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">And for more memorable French content, remember to check out our <strong>social media<\/strong> &#8211; <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KwiziqFrench\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kwiziqfrench\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kwiziqofficial\">Tiktok<\/a> &#8211; for more awesome content!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 24px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>Bonne semaine \u00e0 tous et \u00e0 jeudi prochain !<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"text-align: left;margin-bottom: 24px\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: auto;margin-left: 0;margin-right: auto;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"\/img\/signatures\/aurelie-email-signature.png\" alt=\"Aur\u00e9lie Drouard signature\" width=\"130\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 18px;font-weight: bold;color: #1f2937;margin-top: 8px;line-height: 24px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Aur\u00e9lie Drouard<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #4b5563;line-height: 24px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Head of French<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div id=\"kwiz-app\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-url=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/api\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Test your French against the CEFR standard\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-url=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-remembering-the-past\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-title=\"Newsletter: Remembering the Past\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-questionspercomp=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-token=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-template=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-kwizkey=\"sorter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remembering the Past This week, we&#8217;re observing Remembrance Day by\u00a0commemorating the past. 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