*Skips 4th of July and Labor Day weekends
GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / SATURDAY 06-21-25
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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Niveau 2 – Course book
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Niveau 2 – Exercise Book
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Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2
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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 Jun 21: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Saturday Jun 28: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Saturday Jul 12: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Saturday Jul 19: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Saturday Jul 26: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Saturday Aug 02: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Saturday Aug 09: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Saturday Aug 16: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Saturday Aug 23: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Saturday Sep 06: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense