*Skips Labor Day weekend
GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / SATURDAY 07-19-25
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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Required Course Books.
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 Jul 19: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Saturday Jul 26: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Saturday Aug 02: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Saturday Aug 09: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Saturday Aug 16: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Saturday Aug 23: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Saturday Sep 06: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Saturday Sep 13: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Saturday Sep 20: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Saturday Sep 27: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense