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Online Signature Classes are getting a major price drop to $299! Check out the 2026 schedule here!

Online Signature Classes are getting a major price drop to $299! Check out the 2026 schedule here!

GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONL / SUNDAY 01-18-26

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant Signature Class


Date
Sunday, Jan 18 - Sunday, Mar 22
Time
4:00pm - 5:30pm ET
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Aurélien was born in Le Chesnay, near Versailles, and raised in Montpellier, south of France. After completing his degree in filmmaking (production and direction) in Minneapolis, he moved to LA in 2020 by way of Boston, Paris and New York. Aurélien joined Coucou in 2019 and is passionate about cinema, sports and loves traveling. He’s a talented basketball player and margarita maker!

#Film Nerd #Foodie #Playful #Supportive

Location

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

Have any questions? Read the FAQ or see our T&C's

Your Zoom link will be available on your Student Portal the day before class starts.

$299.00

In stock

includes FREE digital course and exercise book



Additional Material for your Class


What's Included?


Niveau 2 –  Course book – Digital Download (PDF)

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)

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

Sunday Jan 18: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Sunday Jan 25: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Sunday Feb 01: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Sunday Feb 08: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Sunday Feb 15: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Sunday Feb 22: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Sunday Mar 01: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Sunday Mar 08: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Sunday Mar 15: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Sunday Mar 22: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense