*skips May 23 and July 4 due to Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends
GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / SATURDAY 05-02-26
Level 2 | NYC In-person
Grand Débutant
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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
Saturday May 02: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Saturday May 09: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Saturday May 16: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Saturday May 30: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Saturday Jun 06: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Saturday Jun 13: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Saturday Jun 20: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Saturday Jun 27: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Saturday Jul 11: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Saturday Jul 18: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense