GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / SUNDAY 11-02-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant

Date

Sunday, Nov 02 - Sunday, Jan 25

Time

2:00pm - 3:30pm ET

Duration

10 Weeks

Teacher

Pia

Pia was born in the US and raised in the South of France. After obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Archeology and a Master’s in Management, she started working in the corporate world, but then decided to follow her true passions: acting and producing, two domains within which she now thrives. Pia joined Coucou in 2016. She also loves dance, theater, cinema, and travel.

#Art Lover #Calm & Collected #Supportive

Location

Online

Skips Thanksgiving Weekend (November 30, 2025) & the Holiday Break (December 28, 2025 & January 4, 2026)

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 Nov 02: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Sunday Nov 09: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Sunday Nov 16: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Sunday Nov 23: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Sunday Dec 07: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Sunday Dec 14: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Sunday Dec 21: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Sunday Jan 11: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Sunday Jan 18: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Sunday Jan 25: 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