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GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / SATURDAY 11-16-24
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
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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
Saturday Nov 16: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Saturday Nov 23: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Saturday Dec 07: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Saturday Dec 14: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Saturday Jan 11: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Saturday Jan 18: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Saturday Jan 25: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Saturday Feb 01: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Saturday Feb 08: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Saturday Feb 15: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense