Newsletter: Story Time! 📚

Story Time!

¿Qué tal? This week, we are diving into the world of literature with new ways to practice your Spanish. Episode two of our ¿Quién será? podcast gives you fresh clues about a legendary Latin American writer and it is up to you to guess who it is!

You can try a fill-in-the-gaps exercise about a group of friends who really enjoy the book A Hundred Years of Solitude. Also, explore a sweet reader about a couple touring quirky bookshops in Spain and open our interactive Advent calendar to keep your vocabulary sharp all month long.

Let’s jump in! 🤸‍♂️

Spotlight & Updates

Important: Scheduled Maintenance 🛠️

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We’ll be performing an important system upgrade on Wednesday, 10 December, from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM CETsee your local time here.

During this time, Kwiziq will be temporarily unavailable while we make improvements to ensure the site runs faster, more smoothly, and is ready for future updates.

There’s nothing you need to do — your data and progress will be completely safe, and you’ll be able to pick up right where you left off once we’re back online!

Thank you for your understanding and patience while we make Kwiziq even better! 💙

Real Spanish, Real voices 🎧

¿Quién será? Ep.2 Writer celebrity

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In this new episode of our ¿Quién será? podcast series, Silvia and Inma introduce a figure from the Hispanic literary world for you to guess. Pay close attention to the clues, then scroll down to the comments section to tell us who you think it is!

¿Quién será? Ep. 2 Writer celebrity 🎧

Want to hear more podcasts?

Click the link below to explore other topics, and feel free to share your suggestions for future episodes. We’d love to hear from you!

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Read along with us

 Bilingual text with audio

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Visiting special libraries can be a great reason to travel and explore what different places offer in this area. Here is a simple bilingual reading and listening exercise about a couple who do exactly that.

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Remember we have lots of free reading activities.

Mind the Gap “___”

Cien años de soledad – Irregular Preterite

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Have you ever read this great novel by Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian author? It is probably his most famous work. Here is a fill-in-the-blanks activity about a group of friends who decide to get together to talk about the book. Use it to practice irregular forms in the preterite.

A2  Cien años de soledad

Don’t stop there! Keep going with more fill-in-the-blanks activities.

Your [site.site_language_2_title] Advent Calendar is here!

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Your daily festive [site.site_language_2_title] boost starts today 🎄

Each day, you get one fun, festive [site.site_language_2_title] expression you can learn in under 30 seconds — a tiny win to keep your brain active and your momentum going, even in the busiest month of the year.

If you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, we’ve added special seasonal alternatives for you too ☀️🎅

Start today — your future fluent self will thank you!

Take me to your leader

November Leaderboard Top 3

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Muchas felicidades to our top Kwizers S F, Deangelo V and Vincent Z on the November Spanish Leaderboard!

You’re doing great! 🎉

Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!

Special treat for Premium subscribers

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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 Books.

Here’s a writing challenge for our free users: My name is Lola (level A1)

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.

Note: We send dictations and writing challenges by email, which you can opt into or out of. To check your email preferences, please click on your communication preferences and make sure there’s a check next to System Communications in order to receive exercises every week.

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¡Nos vemos la próxima semana! 👋

Author info

Inma Sánchez

After working in the travel industry for ten years in Seville, Inma moved to the UK to give a little twist to her life. Since then she's been teaching Spanish as a foreign language to adults for over 15 years in different settings, private lessons, secondary schools and online. Inma is a coffee lover and also loves exploring new places with her family in beautiful Warwickshire, where she lives.