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GRAND DÉBUTANT / LA / THURSDAY 07-24-25

Level 2 | LA In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Thursday, Jul 24 - Thursday, Sep 25
Time
7:30pm - 9:00pm PT
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Born and raised in Brive, in southwestern France, Keveen quickly relocated to Paris to pursue his passion for music. After teaching French and English in Peru, he settled in LA in 2011 and joined Coucou in 2020. He works as a language and music tutor and is also a touring musician and a fixture on the LA music scene, playing in several local bands.

#Bookworm #Calm & Collected #Creative #History Buff #Music Fan

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

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Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

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Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

$55.00



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 Jul 24: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Thursday Jul 31: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Thursday Aug 07: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Thursday Aug 14: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Thursday Aug 21: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Thursday Aug 28: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Thursday Sep 04: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Thursday Sep 11: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Thursday Sep 18: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Thursday Sep 25: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense