{"id":12665,"date":"2025-11-27T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=12665"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:54:07","slug":"newsletter-no-place-like-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-no-place-like-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: No Place Like Home"},"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\">No Place Like Home<\/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 going home to enjoy the start of the holiday season, and we also wish all our American Kwizzers <em><strong>un\u00a0joyeux\u00a0Thanksgiving !<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\ud83e\udd17<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">It&#8217;s at times like these that we can sometimes feel a bit homesick&#8230; In French, we use the expression <em><strong>&#8220;avoir le mal du pays&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, as in <em>&#8220;Jane a le mal du pays quand elle ne peut pas \u00eatre chez elle pour Thanksgiving&#8221;<\/em>. It literally means &#8220;to ache at one&#8217;s country&#8221;, like your country is part of yourself. I find it quite poetic, don&#8217;t you think?\u00a0\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 24px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>Alors, sans plus attendre<\/em>, head indoors to enjoy all the\u00a0familiar and celebratory\u00a0French Kwiziq content we&#8217;ve selected for you!\u00a0\ud83e\udd67<\/p>\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\">A Bit of French with A&amp;C Ep.5:<br \/>\nNos Villes d&#8217;Origine<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin-bottom: 16px;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Conversation Podcast\u00a0&#8211; C1 Level<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-bit-of-french-with-ac-episode-5-nos-villes-d-origine\/\"><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\/podcast-bit-of-french-ac-nos-villes-d-origine-square-280.jpg\" alt=\"aurelie and celine looking at a map with St Herve chapel and Gallardon's tower behind them\" width=\"331\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Where do you come from? What makes that place special? In this week&#8217;s nostalgic episode of our podcast <em><strong>A Bit of French with A&amp;C<\/strong><\/em>, C\u00e9line and I talk about our respective <strong>French home towns<\/strong> <strong>Louargat<\/strong> and <strong>Gallardon<\/strong>, and what makes these places interesting (or not \ud83d\ude05).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">And to make these popular podcasts better than ever, this week, the practice section features <strong>2 new related fill-in-the-blank exercises\u00a0<\/strong>\ud83e\udd2f<br \/>\n<em>Bonne \u00e9coute \u00e0 tous\u00a0!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-bit-of-french-with-ac-episode-5-nos-villes-d-origine\/\">Nos Villes d&#8217;Origine (A Bit of French with A&amp;C podcast)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\"><em>Each new episode comes with related vocabulary, grammar ressources AND new exercises to help you improve your French!<\/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\">C\u00e9l\u00e9brations de Thanksgiving<\/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\/11\/reader-celebrations-de-thanksgiving-general-illus-280.jpg\" alt=\"thanksgiving's food with different countries' flags\" width=\"331\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-top: 16px\">Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving in the US or Autumn festivities in other countries, you&#8217;ll enjoy (re)discovering this interesting <strong>series of short interviews<\/strong> with some members of the Kwiziq team about this time of year&#8217;s celebrations &#8211;\u00a0now complete with <strong>audio<\/strong> \ud83e\udd73:<\/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\/celebrations-de-thanksgiving\">C\u00e9l\u00e9brations de Thanksgiving<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"margin-bottom: 32px;background-color: #f9fafb;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\">Festive Advent Calendar arrives soon!<\/h2>\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-winter.png\" alt=\"Advent Calendar 2025\" width=\"280\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\">Starting December 1st, enjoy a tiny daily moment to learn [site.site_language_2_title] with our <strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc\" href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/learn\/writing\/christmas-advent-calendar-french-quiz\">Interactive Christmas Advent Calendar.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\">One fun seasonal word or expression a day \u2014 quick, light, and perfect to keep your learning on track during the holiday rush.\u00a0\ud83c\udf81\ud83c\udf84<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 8px;margin-top: 16px\">Think of it as a 5-minute pause that still moves your [site.site_language_2_title] forward.\u00a0\u2728<\/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.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>Gratitude<\/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\/8\">My Neighborhood<\/a> (level A1)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px;color: #374151;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 16px\">Not Premium yet? 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