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GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / TUESDAY 05-06-25

Level 2 | NYC In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Tuesday, May 06 - Tuesday, Jul 08
Time
4:00pm - 5:30pm ET
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Anicet was born in Gien, a small town in the South of Paris, and raised in the Loire Valley. Anicet came to the US in 2018 and joined Coucou a few months later. When it comes to language nerds, Anicet has the full package! In addition to a Master’s Degree in Classics, with a specialty in linguistics and language history, he is a trained professional singer. His career has taken him worldwide singing regularly in more than 6 languages.

#Energetic #History Buff #Linguistics Expert #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
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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

Tuesday May 06: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Tuesday May 13: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Tuesday May 20: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Tuesday May 27: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Tuesday Jun 03: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Tuesday Jun 10: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Tuesday Jun 17: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Tuesday Jun 24: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Tuesday Jul 01: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Tuesday Jul 08: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense

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