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GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / SATURDAY 05-10-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant

Date
Saturday, May 10 - Saturday, Jul 26
Time
3:00pm - 4:30pm 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

Skips Memorial Day Weekend (May 24, 2025) & Fourth of July Weekend (July 5, 2025)

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

$389.00 + $19 coursebook

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Niveau 2 –  Course book

Required Course Books.

Niveau 2 – Course book

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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



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

Saturday May 10: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

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

Saturday May 31: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Saturday Jun 07: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Saturday Jun 14: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Saturday Jun 21: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Saturday Jun 28: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Saturday Jul 12: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Saturday Jul 19: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Saturday Jul 26: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense