GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / FRIDAY 10-24-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant

Date

Friday, Oct 24 - Friday, Jan 16

Time

1:00pm - 2:30pm ET

Duration

10 Weeks

Teacher

Claire

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

Online

Skips Thanksgiving Break (November 28, 2025) & the Holiday Break (December 26, 2025 & January 2, 2026)

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 24: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Friday Oct 31: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Friday Nov 07: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Friday Nov 14: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Friday Nov 21: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Friday Dec 05: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Friday Dec 12: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Friday Dec 19: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Friday Jan 09: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Friday Jan 16: 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