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GRAND DÉBUTANT / LA / TUESDAY 09-17-24

Level 2 | LA In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Tuesday, Sep 17 - Tuesday, Nov 19
Time
6:00pm - 7:30pm 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

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
for your Class


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

Tuesday Sep 17: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Tuesday Sep 24: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Tuesday Oct 01: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Tuesday Oct 08: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Tuesday Oct 15: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Tuesday Oct 22: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Tuesday Oct 29: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Tuesday Nov 05: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Tuesday Nov 12: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Tuesday Nov 19: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense