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GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / THURSDAY 08-01-24

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant

ON SALE $389

Date
Thursday, Aug 01 - Friday, Oct 04
Time
9:30pm - 11:00pm ET
Duration
10 Weeks

Teacher

Ghislain was born in Calais (North of France) and grew up on the French Riviera. He studied dance at the Conservatoire de Nice and then at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse in Paris. He moved to Los Angeles in 2017 to obtain a Master of Fine Arts at UCLA and joined Coucou in 2022. Ghislain is passionate about dance, music and painting. He's learning sign language to continue his work as a dance teacher for nonprofits advocating dance for all abilities.

#Art Lover #Calm & Collected #Creative #Fashionista

Location

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

Original price was: $389.00.Current price is: $349.00. + $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 Aug 01: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Thursday Aug 08: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Thursday Aug 15: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Thursday Aug 22: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Thursday Aug 29: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Thursday Sep 05: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Thursday Sep 12: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Thursday Sep 19: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Thursday Sep 26: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

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

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