GRAND DÉBUTANT / NY / WEDNESDAY 01-21-26
Level 2 | NYC In-person
Grand Débutant
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This class will be taught mainly in English, with French being introduced gradually via simple conversation prompts.
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$489.00
includes FREE digital course and exercise book
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Additional Material for your 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
Wednesday Jan 21: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Wednesday Jan 28: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Wednesday Feb 04: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Wednesday Feb 11: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Wednesday Feb 18: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Wednesday Feb 25: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Wednesday Mar 04: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Wednesday Mar 11: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Wednesday Mar 18: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Wednesday Mar 25: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense