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GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / FRIDAY 05-09-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant

Date
Friday, May 09 - Friday, Jul 18
Time
10:00am - 11:30am ET
Duration
10 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

Location

Skips Fourth of July Weekend (July 4, 2025)

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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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

Friday May 09: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Friday May 16: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Friday May 23: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Friday May 30: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Friday Jun 06: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Friday Jun 13: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Friday Jun 20: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Friday Jun 27: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Friday Jul 11: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Friday Jul 18: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense