GRAND DÉBUTANT / LA / THURSDAY 05-15-25
Level 2 | LA In-person
Grand Débutant
Culver City
This class will be taught mainly in English, with French being introduced gradually via simple conversation prompts.
$429.00 + $29 coursebook
In stock
Required Course Books.
Niveau 2 – Course book
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Additional Material
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Niveau 2 – Exercise Book
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Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2
$55.00Exercise 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 May 15: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Thursday May 22: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Thursday May 29: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Thursday Jun 05: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Thursday Jun 12: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Thursday Jun 19: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Thursday Jun 26: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Thursday Jul 03: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Thursday Jul 10: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Thursday Jul 17: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense