It's Monday! 'C'est' and days of the week
Learning outcomes
I can understand and identify the days of the week, when listening and reading.
I can read aloud and distinguish the sounds [eu] and [an/en].
It's Monday! 'C'est' and days of the week
Learning outcomes
I can understand and identify the days of the week, when listening and reading.
I can read aloud and distinguish the sounds [eu] and [an/en].
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Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- The sound-symbol correspondence [eu] sounds like the 'eu' in 'jeudi', Thursday.
- 'C'est' is part of the verb 'être' combined with 'ce' and means 'it is'; it is used to say what day of the week it is.
- Practising new language in a song can be an effective way to embed it in long term memory.
Keywords
Eu - pronounced as in 'jeudi'
C'est - from the verb être meaning it is
Intonation - the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
Common misconception
Days of the week start with a capital letter in French, as in English.
Days of the week start with a lowercase letter in French, unless at the start of a sentence.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
it's going OK
well
bad, badly
yes
no
goodbye
