GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / MONDAY 02-09-26
Level 2 | NYC In-person
Grand Débutant
Signature Class
What's Included?
Niveau 2 – Course book
Digital Download (PDF)
The Grand Débutant Course Book includes grammar lessons, exercises, activities and essential vocabulary, complete with colorful illustrations to help further your understanding of basic French.
Niveau 2 – Exercise Book
Digital Download (PDF)
Designed for self-study, the Grand Débutant Exercise Book is perfect for extra practice and reviews in-between lessons. It contains 111 pages of exercises and bonus tips to give your French that extra oomph.
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
Monday Feb 09: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Monday Feb 16: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Monday Feb 23: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Monday Mar 02: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Monday Mar 09: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Monday Mar 16: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Monday Mar 23: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Monday Mar 30: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Monday Apr 06: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Monday Apr 13: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense