*skips September 6 due to Labor Day weekend
GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONL / SUNDAY 08-30-26
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
Sunday Aug 30: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Sunday Sep 13: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Sunday Sep 20: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Sunday Sep 27: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Sunday Oct 04: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Sunday Oct 11: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Sunday Oct 18: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Sunday Oct 25: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Sunday Nov 01: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Sunday Nov 08: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense