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GRAND DÉBUTANT / LA / THURSDAY 04-03-25

Level 2 | LA In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Thursday, Apr 03 - Thursday, Jun 05
Time
6:00pm - 7:30pm PT
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Cynthia was born and raised in Île-de-France, in the suburbs of Paris. After studying radio journalism, she became PR for a Parisian record label. She moved to LA in 2014 where she met Margaux, owner of Coucou LA, and decided to join the school then. Cynthia enjoys playing ping- pong and pool, singing karaoke, buying groceries at the market and unwinding with a good book.

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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
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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

Thursday Apr 03: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Thursday Apr 10: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Thursday Apr 17: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Thursday Apr 24: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Thursday May 01: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Thursday May 08: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Thursday May 15: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Thursday May 22: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Thursday May 29: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Thursday Jun 05: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense