GRAND DÉBUTANT / ONLINE / WEDNESDAY 11-19-25

Level 2 | Online

Grand Débutant

Date

Wednesday, Nov 19 - Wednesday, Feb 11

Time

1:00pm - 2:30pm ET

Duration

10 Weeks

Teacher

Luca

Luca was born in Paris to a French father and an Italian mother. He grew up between France and Italy before spending some years in London. He has an undergraduate degree in Italian literature from La Sorbonne and moved to NYC in 2018 to study Drama at The Juilliard School.

In addition to being an actor and writer, Luca is an avid fan of football (soccer) and music. He fell in love with salsa and Son Cubano after moving to the city. Luca speaks Spanish, French, Italian, and English. He loves learning about other cultures and has lived in and visited Central and South America. Luca considers himself Colombian and Mexican at heart and is a salsero in his free time.

#Creative #Film Nerd #Music Fan #Playful

Location

Online

Skips Thanksgiving Weekend (November 26, 2025) & the Holiday Break (December 24 & 31, 2025)

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

Wednesday Nov 19: Lesson 1
How to ask a question

Wednesday Dec 03: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense

Wednesday Dec 10: Lesson 3
“To take”, “to come”, “to hold” in the present tense

Wednesday Dec 17: Lesson 4
When to say “he/she is” vs. “it is”

Wednesday Jan 07: Lesson 5
How to say “some”

Wednesday Jan 14: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity

Wednesday Jan 21: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense

Wednesday Jan 28: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense

Wednesday Feb 04: Lesson 9
Negative expressions

Wednesday Feb 11: 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