GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / SUNDAY 02-01-26
Level 2 | NYC In-person
Grand Débutant
Signature Class
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
Sunday Feb 01: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Sunday Feb 08: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Sunday Feb 15: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Sunday Feb 22: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Sunday Mar 01: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Sunday Mar 08: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Sunday Mar 15: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Sunday Mar 22: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Sunday Mar 29: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Sunday Apr 05: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense