Try out our new Speaking Practice modules to enhance your conversation skills!

Try out our new Speaking Practice modules to enhance your conversation skills!

Group Class Bundle: 5 classes for the price of 4

Group Class Bundle: 5 classes for the price of 4

GRAND DÉBUTANT / LA / MONDAY 01-13-25

Level 2 | LA In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Monday, Jan 13 - Monday, Mar 17
Time
7:30pm - 9:00pm PT
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Olivier was born in Paris,  grew up in South America and the South of France. He is an actor, writer and photographer, mainly shooting artists and desert landscapes... as well as artists in deserted landscapes. He has coached musicians and actors to perform in French, and joined Coucou in September 2023. Olivier is also an animal rights activist.

#Calm & Collected #Film Nerd

Location

This class will be taught mainly in English, with French being introduced gradually via simple conversation prompts.

$429.00 + $29 coursebook

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Niveau 2 –  Course book

Required Course Books.

Niveau 2 – Course book

The course book is required to take this class. It contains all lesson content as well as homework. Required Coursebooks will be automatically added to your cart when registering.

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Additional Material
for your Class


Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

From $29.00
Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

$55.00

Exercise books are highly recommended for personal study and contain additional practice materials, as well as answer keys for all exercises. Flashcards are a fun and effective way to memorize French vocabulary.




You're Grand Débutant, if...

You can introduce yourself in French, talk about your job and hobbies – even if you sometimes have to rely on the kindness (and patience) of strangers to make yourself understood.

You can conjugate regular verbs in the present tense. You can also conjugate common irregular verbs, such as être, avoir, faire and aller.

You know how to get articles and adjectives to agree with their nouns (for the most part).

You know how to construct a basic sentence in French (subject, verb, object, etc).

THE CURRICULUM

Monday Jan 13: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Monday Jan 20: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Monday Jan 27: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Monday Feb 03: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Monday Feb 10: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Monday Feb 17: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Monday Feb 24: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Monday Mar 03: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Monday Mar 10: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Monday Mar 17: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense