*skips two weeks due to annual closure between December 19 and January 4
GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / MONDAY 11-17-25
Level 2 | NYC In-person
Grand Débutant
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 Nov 17: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Monday Nov 24: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Monday Dec 01: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Monday Dec 08: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Monday Dec 15: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Monday Jan 05: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Monday Jan 12: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Monday Jan 19: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Monday Jan 26: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Monday Feb 02: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense