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Main objectives of this material
- Develop advanced vocabulary for describing social class and status, including expressions such as cut glass, frightfully, distinguished, a plum, and to hide one's light under a bushel.
- Strengthen listening and speaking skills by analysing a 1986 BBC "That's Life!" report on spotting the upper class and discussing stereotypes, irony, and social identity.
- Learn and practise emphatic structures using inversion after negative adverbs and cleft sentences such as Never have I..., Little did he know..., and It is... that... to add weight and formality.
What students are going to cover
In this lesson, students will explore how the British upper class was believed to reveal itself through body language, accent, and movement, using a 1986 BBC "That's Life!" report as the central input. They will build advanced vocabulary related to social class, status, and speech, including cut glass, frightfully, and to hide one's light under a bushel, while strengthening their listening and speaking through comprehension and discussion tasks on stereotypes and irony. They will then practise emphatic grammar with inversion and cleft sentences. By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to describe social markers precisely, discuss class and identity with nuance, and produce formal, emphatic English in both speech and writing.
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