GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / SUNDAY 09-21-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant

Date

Sunday, Sep 21 - Sunday, Nov 23

Time

5:00pm - 6:30pm ET

Duration

10 Weeks

Teacher

Aurélien

Aurélien was born in Le Chesnay, near Versailles, and raised in Montpellier, south of France. After completing his degree in filmmaking (production and direction) in Minneapolis, he moved to LA in 2020 by way of Boston, Paris and New York. Aurélien joined Coucou in 2019 and is passionate about cinema, sports and loves traveling. He’s a talented basket player and margarita maker!

#Film Nerd #Foodie #Playful #Supportive

Location

Online

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

Sunday Sep 21: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Sunday Sep 28: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Sunday Oct 05: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Sunday Oct 12: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Sunday Oct 19: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Sunday Oct 26: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Sunday Nov 02: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Sunday Nov 09: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Sunday Nov 16: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Sunday Nov 23: 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