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GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / SATURDAY 10-05-24
Level 2 | Online
Grand Débutant
This class will be taught mainly in English, with French being introduced gradually via simple conversation prompts.
$389.00 + $29 coursebook
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Required Course Books.
Niveau 2 – Course book
The course book is required to take this class (a digital version will also be available via your Student Portal). It contains all lesson content as well as homework. Required Coursebooks will be automatically added to your cart when registering.
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Additional Material
for your Class
Niveau 2 – Exercise Book
From $29.00Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2
$55.00Exercise books are highly recommended for personal study and contain additional practice materials, as well as answer keys for all exercises. Flashcards are a fun and effective way to memorize 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
Saturday Oct 05: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Saturday Oct 12: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Saturday Oct 19: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense
Saturday Oct 26: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”
Saturday Nov 02: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Saturday Nov 09: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Saturday Nov 16: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Saturday Nov 23: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Saturday Dec 07: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Saturday Dec 14: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense