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Online Signature Classes are getting a major price drop to $299! Check out the 2026 schedule here!

Online Signature Classes are getting a major price drop to $299! Check out the 2026 schedule here!

Levels 6 & 7 are now Conversation Labs – the experience remains the same, just with more flexibility! Check the schedule HERE

Levels 6 & 7 are now Conversation Labs – the experience remains the same, just with more flexibility! Check the schedule HERE

GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / MONDAY 07-13-26

Level 2 | NYC In-person

Grand Débutant signature class

ON SALE $489


Date
Monday, Jul 13 - Monday, Sep 21
Time
6:00pm - 7:25pm ET
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Jérémy is a French-Italian actor, producer, writer, and teacher from Toulouse, France. He moved to Los Angeles in 2021, where he continued his career and found his life partner, and to NYC in 2025. A holder of an MFA in Acting (2022), BA in English World Studies, and BA in Cinema, Jérémy has taught French, Acting, and English in various colleges in France and England. He joined Coucou in 2023. Passionate about good food, drinks, and dark humor, Jérémy enjoys debates, politics, and 20th Century History. His favorite film is Marcel Pagnol’s “Marius,” and he’s a Star Wars enthusiast. In leisure, he plays video games or relaxes with friends over an apéro.

#Art Lover #Foodie #Playful #Supportive

Location

*skips September 7 due to Labor Day

This class will be taught mainly in English, with French being introduced gradually via simple conversation prompts.

Have any questions? Read the FAQ or see our T&C's

Original price was: $489.00.Current price is: $415.00.

In stock

includes FREE digital course and exercise book



Additional Material for your Class


What's Included?


Niveau 2 –  Course book – Digital Download (PDF)

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)

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 Jul 13: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Monday Jul 20: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Monday Jul 27: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Monday Aug 03: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Monday Aug 10: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Monday Aug 17: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Monday Aug 24: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Monday Aug 31: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Monday Sep 14: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Monday Sep 21: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense