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GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / BIWEEKLY 01-20-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant Biweekly

Date
Monday, Jan 20 - Wednesday, Feb 19
Time
11:30am - 1:00pm ET
Duration
5 Weeks

Teacher

Margot was born in Rambouillet, near Paris and grew up in Bordeaux. She received a B.A. in English Letters and Culture as well as an M.A. in American Culture. Margot split her time between Oklahoma and France from 2010 to 2016 when she officially moved stateside. She joined Coucou in 2022. In her spare time, Margot likes to ride and care for horses as well as hiking with her husband and their two dogs.

#Bookworm #Energetic #Music Fan #Supportive

Max. Size:
10

Location

Mondays & Wednesdays

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

$389.00 + $29 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 (a digital version will also be available via your Student Portal). 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.

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

Additional Material
for your Class


Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

From $29.00
Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

$55.00

Exercise books are highly recommended for personal study and contain additional practice materials, as well as answer keys for all exercises. Flashcards are a fun and effective way to memorize 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

Monday Jan 20: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Wednesday Jan 22: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Monday Jan 27: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Wednesday Jan 29: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Monday Feb 03: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Wednesday Feb 05: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Monday Feb 10: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Wednesday Feb 12: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Monday Feb 17: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Wednesday Feb 19: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense