GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / FRIDAY 10-10-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant

Date

Friday, Oct 10 - Friday, Dec 19

Time

10:30am - 12:00pm ET

Duration

10 Weeks

Teacher

Pia

Pia was born in the US and raised in the South of France. After obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Archeology and a Master’s in Management, she started working in the corporate world, but then decided to follow her true passions: acting and producing, two domains within which she now thrives. Pia joined Coucou in 2016. She also loves dance, theater, cinema, and travel.

#Art Lover #Calm & Collected #Supportive

Location

Online

Skips Thanksgiving Weekend (November 28, 2025)

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

Niveau 2 – Exercise Book
Upgrade to Printed Book

$39.00

Niveau 2 – Course book
Upgrade to Printed Book

$29.00

Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

$55.00

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

Friday Oct 10: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Friday Oct 17: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

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

Friday Oct 31: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Friday Nov 07: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Friday Nov 14: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Friday Nov 21: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Friday Dec 05: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Friday Dec 12: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Friday Dec 19: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense

Additional Material for your Class

Niveau 2 – Exercise Book Upgrade to Printed Book

Niveau 2 – Course book Upgrade to Printed Book