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Biweekly – meeting every Tuesday and Thursday
Small group – limited to 4 students
GRAND DÉBUTANT SG / NY / BIWEEKLY 02-11-25
Level 2 | NYC In-person
Grand Débutant
Small Group
This class will be taught mainly in English, with French being introduced gradually via simple conversation prompts.
$499.00 + $29 coursebook
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Required Course Books.
Niveau 2 – Course book
The course book is required to take this class. It contains all lesson content as well as homework. Required Coursebooks will be automatically added to your cart when registering.
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Additional Material
for your Class
Niveau 2 – Exercise Book
From $29.00
Flashcards – Vocab Pack 2
Original price was: $55.00.$44.00Current price is: $44.00.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
Tuesday Feb 11: Lesson 1
How to ask a question
Thursday Feb 13: Lesson 2
“Can”, “must”, “to want” and “to know” in the present tense
Tuesday Feb 18: 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”
Tuesday Feb 25: Lesson 5
How to say “some”
Thursday Feb 27: Lesson 6
Expressions of quantity
Tuesday Mar 04: Lesson 7
Irregular verbs patterns in the present tense
Thursday Mar 06: Lesson 8
Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense
Tuesday Mar 11: Lesson 9
Negative expressions
Thursday Mar 13: Lesson 10
Introduction to the “passé composé” - the main past tense