{"id":13596,"date":"2026-05-19T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=13596"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:02:35","slug":"a-bit-of-french-with-ac-podcast-ep-10-les-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-bit-of-french-with-ac-podcast-ep-10-les-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of French with A&amp;C Podcast Ep.10 : Les Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">French Conversation Podcast<\/h2>\n<p><em>In &#8220;A Bit of French with A&amp;C&#8221; podcast series, you&#8217;ll listen to Kwiziq superstars <a href=\"\/user\/23\">Aur\u00e9lie<\/a> and <a href=\"\/user\/320616\">C\u00e9line<\/a>&#8216;s light-hearted chats in French about fun (and random) topics. To help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons, and interesting links to go further! Bonne \u00e9coute !<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\ud83c\udfa7 Today&#8217;s podcast: &#8220;Les Exams&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s episode, A&amp;C (that&#8217;s us!) are diving into their own <strong>memories of exams<\/strong> that they took as students: from their studies, pre-exam stress to exam results, they share their funny anecdotes with you Kwizzers \ud83d\ude0a<br \/>\n<em>Bonne \u00e9coute !<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/05\/podcast-bit-of-french-10-les-exams-pic-500.jpg\" alt=\"avatars aurelie and celine preparing for exams\" width=\"500\" align=\"center\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-player audio-player--full audio-player--box kwiziq-wp-audio-override\" \n                  data-audio-config-id=\"kwiziq-wp-audio-player-1\"\n                  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Have a go at these exam-themed <strong>Kwiziq exercises<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/05\/avatar-celine-study-300.png\" alt=\"celine avatar studying with memo cards\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reading &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/learn\/reading\/l-oral-de-francais-en-premiere\">L&#8217;oral de fran\u00e7ais en Premi\u00e8re<\/a> (B1)<\/li>\n<li>Dict\u00e9e <em>(Premium subscribers only)<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/618\">Les matins d&#8217;examen<\/a> (A1)<\/li>\n<li>Writing Challenge <em>(Premium subscribers only)<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/30\">My plan for the day of my exam<\/a> (B2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Not Premium yet? 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