GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / TUESDAY 12-12-23

Level 2 | NYC In-person

Grand Débutant

Date
Tuesday, Dec 12 - Tuesday, Feb 27
Time
10:00am - 11:30am ET
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Born in Paris and of Guinean and French descent, Djaka is a classically trained actress who started her career in theater and musical theater. Djaka is also a filmmaker and joined Coucou in 2021. Her passions include cinema, sushi, kindness, wine and sarcasm. Her special skill: Dancefloor Queen. Fun fact: Djaka was recently the face of badass fighter Halima in the video game “Call of Duty.”

Location
NYC In-person

This class will be taught mainly in English, with French being introduced gradually via simple conversation prompts.

$415.00 + $25 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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Please note that our classes are only open to adults.

Additional Material
for your Class


Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

From $29.00
Flashcards – Vocab Pack 1

Flashcards – Vocab Pack 1

$44.00

Exercise books are optional and contain additional practice materials, as well as answer keys for all exercises. Flashcards are a fun and super effective way to learn 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 Dec 12: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Tuesday Dec 19: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Tuesday Dec 26: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Tuesday Jan 02: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Tuesday Jan 09: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Tuesday Jan 16: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Tuesday Jan 23: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Tuesday Jan 30: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Tuesday Feb 06: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Tuesday Feb 13: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense