Mondays & Wednesdays
GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / BIWEEKLY 09-15-25
Level 2 | Online
Grand Débutant
biweekly
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.
$389.00
In stock
includes FREE digital course and exercise book
Additional Material for your Class
What's Included?
Niveau 2 – Course book
Digital Download (PDF)
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 Sep 15: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Wednesday Sep 17: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Monday Sep 22: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Wednesday Sep 24: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Monday Sep 29: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Wednesday Oct 01: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Monday Oct 06: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Wednesday Oct 08: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Monday Oct 13: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Wednesday Oct 15: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense