*skips September 7 due to Labor Day weekend
GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONL / MONDAY 07-20-26
Level 2 | Online
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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Your Zoom link will be available on your Student Portal the day before class starts.
$299.00
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includes FREE digital course and exercise book
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
Monday Jul 20: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Monday Jul 27: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Monday Aug 03: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Monday Aug 10: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Monday Aug 17: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Monday Aug 24: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Monday Aug 31: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Monday Sep 14: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Monday Sep 21: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Monday Sep 28: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense