GRAND DÉBUTANT / LA / SUNDAY 01-14-24

Level 2 | LA In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Sunday, Jan 14 - Sunday, Mar 17
Time
12:30pm - 2:00pm PT
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Aurélien was born in Le Chesnay, near Versailles, and raised in Montpellier, south of France. After completing his degree in filmmaking (production and direction) in Minneapolis, he moved to LA in 2020 by way of Boston, Paris and New York. Aurélien joined Coucou in 2019 and is passionate about cinema, sports and loves traveling. He’s a talented basket player and margarita maker!

Location
LA In-person

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

$429.00 + $25 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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Please note that our classes are only open to adults.

Additional Material
for your Class


Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

From $29.00
Flashcards – Vocab Pack 1

Flashcards – Vocab Pack 1

$44.00

Exercise books are optional and contain additional practice materials, as well as answer keys for all exercises. Flashcards are a fun and super effective way to learn 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

Sunday Jan 14: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Sunday Jan 21: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Sunday Jan 28: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Sunday Feb 04: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Sunday Feb 11: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Sunday Feb 18: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Sunday Feb 25: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

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

Sunday Mar 10: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

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