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GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / SATURDAY 01-18-25

Level 2 | NYC In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Saturday, Jan 18 - Saturday, Mar 22
Time
11:00am - 12:30pm ET
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Mohamed Taguine is a communications strategist with the ACLU and a graduate from Sciences Po Paris. Originally from the northeast of France with roots in Morocco and Algeria, he moved to NYC 8 years ago to work for the United Nations and the independent media Democracy Now!. Passionate about soccer, he plays on the weekends and is also an avid listener of the French rap group PNL.

#Calm & Collected #Film Nerd #History Buff #Supportive

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
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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

Saturday Jan 18: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Saturday Jan 25: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

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

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

Saturday Feb 15: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Saturday Feb 22: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Saturday Mar 01: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Saturday Mar 08: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Saturday Mar 15: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Saturday Mar 22: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense

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