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GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / BIWEEKLY 06-17-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant biweekly

Date
Tuesday, Jun 17 - Thursday, Jul 17
Time
1:00pm - 2:30pm ET
Duration
5 Weeks

Teacher

Claire was born and raised in Ville d'Avray, near Paris. She lived in New York City and Monterey, CA, and is currently based in Montreuil, France. She has a background in visual arts, design and writing, and has worked for Coucou since 2017. Besides teaching French, she is also a translator and is part of several literary communities in the US and Paris. She has a passion for all aspects of language, from etymology to poetry.

#Bookworm #Calm & Collected #Linguistics Expert #Supportive

Max. Size:
10

Location

Tuesdays & Thursdays

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

$389.00 + $19 coursebook

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Niveau 2 –  Course book

Required Course Books.

Niveau 2 – Course book

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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



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

Tuesday Jun 17: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Thursday Jun 19: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Tuesday Jun 24: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Thursday Jun 26: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Tuesday Jul 01: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Thursday Jul 03: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Tuesday Jul 08: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Thursday Jul 10: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Tuesday Jul 15: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Thursday Jul 17: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense