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GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / MONDAY 09-22-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant


Date
Monday, Sep 22 - Monday, Nov 24
Time
10:00pm - 11:30pm ET
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Born and raised in Brive, in southwestern France, Keveen quickly relocated to Paris to pursue his passion for music. After teaching French and English in Peru, he settled in LA in 2011 and joined Coucou in 2020. He works as a language and music tutor and is also a touring musician and a fixture on the LA music scene, playing in several local bands.

#Bookworm #Calm & Collected #Creative #History Buff #Music Fan

Location

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

Have any questions? Read the FAQ or see our T&C's

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 – Printed Book

Niveau 2 – Exercise Book
Upgrade to Printed Book

$39.00
Niveau 2 –  Course book – Printed Book

Niveau 2 – Course book
Upgrade to Printed Book

$29.00
Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2

$55.00

What's Included?


Niveau 2 –  Course book – Digital Download (PDF)

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)

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 22: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Monday Sep 29: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Monday Oct 06: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Monday Oct 13: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Monday Oct 20: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Monday Oct 27: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Monday Nov 03: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Monday Nov 10: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Monday Nov 17: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Monday Nov 24: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense