MIND YOUR LANGUAGE

This study text is about how immigrants in the UK learn English in 1977. It is performed in a funny way and my students can identify with them. You can read more about it just here and look at a video clip, too.

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE

Mind Your Language is a British sitcom.It comes from 1977.These are some of the main characters¹:.

Jeremy Brown is a language teacher.He teaches English to immigrants from India, France, China, and other countries.

Dolores Courtney is the arrogant principal² of the school.She hates the male gender, because she thinks women are better than men.

Student Chung Su-Lee is a Chinese communist³ woman.She is a secretary at the Chinese Embassy.She has problems with saying „R“ and „L“.She also has argument⁴ with Taro Nagazumi, her Japanese spolužák.⁵

Another student, Danielle Favre, is a beautiful French au-pair girl and all the men in the class like her.She likes Mr Brown and is žárlit⁶ when an attractive Swedish blondýna⁷, Ingrid Svenson, join the class.

Video:
http://bit.ly/2tcPvP6
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Vocabulary: ¹postava|²ředitelka| ³komunista| ⁴hádka| ⁵spolužák| ⁶žárlit| ⁷blondýna
Language notes: mind your language=pozor na jazyk|sitcom=situační komedie (z anglického situation comedy)|some of=někteří (z)|language teacher=učitel jazyka|male gender=mužské
pohlaví|au-pair girl=dívka au-pair (pomocnice v domácnosti)|join the class=přidat se ke třídě
Sources: imdb.com|en.wikipedia.com|guardian.com.