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GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / THURSDAY 05-29-25

Level 2 | NYC In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Thursday, May 29 - Thursday, Jul 31
Time
7:30pm - 9:00pm ET
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Houda was born and raised in Belgium, then lived in Rwanda and Senegal before moving to New York seven years ago. In her early days in NYC, she worked for a shoe designer, splitting her time between the city and Italy.

She’s currently finishing her studies as an herbalist. Houda loves cooking, sharing an aperitif with friends, singing when no one can hear her, drinking natural wine, and reading.

#Art Lover #Creative #Foodie #Supportive

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
for your Class


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 May 29: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Thursday Jun 05: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Thursday Jun 12: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Thursday Jun 19: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Thursday Jun 26: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Thursday Jul 03: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Thursday Jul 10: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Thursday Jul 17: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Thursday Jul 24: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Thursday Jul 31: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense

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