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GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / THURSDAY 02-13-25

Level 2 | NYC In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Thursday, Feb 13 - Thursday, Apr 17
Time
5:45pm - 7:15pm ET
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Born and raised in Paris, Gaspard also lived in China and New Zealand. He had never set foot in New York City before moving there with his wife in late 2023, and has spent a lot of time discovering the city since then. He’s always on the lookout for nice places to eat and loves cooking. He works as a product designer and is a real tech nerd!

 

 

 

#Bookworm #Supportive #Tech-savvy

Location

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

Required Course Books.

Niveau 2 – Course book

The course book is required to take this class. It contains all lesson content as well as homework. Required Coursebooks will be automatically added to your cart when registering.

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Additional Material
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Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

From $29.00
Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

$55.00

Exercise 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

Thursday Feb 13: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Thursday Feb 20: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Thursday Feb 27: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Thursday Mar 06: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Thursday Mar 13: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Thursday Mar 20: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Thursday Mar 27: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Thursday Apr 03: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Thursday Apr 10: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Thursday Apr 17: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense

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