GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / MONDAY 01-08-24

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant

Date
Monday, Jan 08 - Monday, Mar 11
Time
11:00am - 12:30pm 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.

Location
Online

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

$389.00 + $25 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 (we will also be sending a digital version free of charge along with the Zoom link the day before your class starts). It contains all lesson content as well as homework. Required Coursebooks will be automatically added to your cart when registering.

Group classes and workshops fill up fast, make sure you sign up in advance so you don't miss out on your first choice!
Please note that our classes are only open to adults.

You'll receive a Zoom link to join the class the day before class starts.

Additional Material
for your Class


Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

Niveau 2 – Exercise Book

From $29.00
Flashcards – Vocab Pack 1

Flashcards – Vocab Pack 1

$44.00

Exercise books are optional and contain additional practice materials, as well as answer keys for all exercises. Flashcards are a fun and super effective way to learn 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

Monday Jan 08: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Monday Jan 15: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Monday Jan 22: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Monday Jan 29: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Monday Feb 05: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Monday Feb 12: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Monday Feb 19: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Monday Feb 26: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Monday Mar 04: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Monday Mar 11: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense