GRAND DÉBUTANT / LA / TUESDAY 01-31-24

Level 2 | LA In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Wednesday, Jan 31 - Wednesday, Apr 03
Time
7:30pm - 9:00pm PT
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Ghislain was born in Calais (North of France) and grew up on the French Riviera. He studied dance at the Conservatoire de Nice and then at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse in Paris. He moved to Los Angeles in 2017 to obtain a Master of Fine Arts at UCLA and joined Coucou in 2022. Ghislain is passionate about dance, music and painting. He's learning sign language to continue his work as a dance teacher for nonprofits advocating dance for all abilities.

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

Wednesday Jan 31: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Wednesday Feb 07: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Wednesday Feb 14: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Wednesday Feb 21: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Wednesday Feb 28: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Wednesday Mar 06: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Wednesday Mar 13: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Wednesday Mar 20: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Wednesday Mar 27: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Wednesday Apr 03: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense