Skips Dec. 23 and 30
GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / MONDAY 11-25-24
Level 2 | NYC In-person
Grand Débutant
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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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
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Niveau 2 – Exercise Book
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Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2
$55.00Exercise 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
Monday Nov 25: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Monday Dec 02: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Monday Dec 09: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Monday Dec 16: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Monday Jan 06: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Monday Jan 13: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Monday Jan 20: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Monday Jan 27: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Monday Feb 03: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Monday Feb 10: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense