Try out our new Speaking Practice modules to enhance your conversation skills!

Try out our new Speaking Practice modules to enhance your conversation skills!

Group Class Bundle: 5 classes for the price of 4

Group Class Bundle: 5 classes for the price of 4

GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / THURSDAY 01-30-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant

Date
Thursday, Jan 30 - Thursday, Apr 03
Time
4:00pm - 5:30pm ET
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

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

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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Niveau 2 –  Course book

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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Please note that our classes are only open to adults.

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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

Exercise 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

Thursday Jan 30: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Thursday Feb 06: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Thursday Feb 13: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Thursday Feb 20: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Thursday Feb 27: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Thursday Mar 06: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Thursday Mar 13: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Thursday Mar 20: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Thursday Mar 27: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Thursday Apr 03: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense

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