Names of the fictional families in your foreign language textbooks at school?

[Lea]

We had a lovely French teacher called Madame Vehrle-Smith.

 

[quimcunx]

I can't remember any of my French teacher's names. I can barely remember any names at all.

 

[electrogirl]

I got sent out of a French class once for singing the Eternal hit 'Angel of Mine'.

 

[Sweet FA]

Die Familie Schaudi

These bastards.




Did anyone have a 'Language Lab'? Ecoutez et repetez. You were supposed to tape yourself ecoutezing and repetezing various phrases. The teacher was at the front and could listen in randomly. So began the game of 'Language Lab Roulette' which involved taping yourself saying 'fuck off Miss Hannah you big fat cunt' then frantically rewinding and erasing in case she listened in.

 

[sheothebudworths]

Hans und Lieselotte.

 

[toblerone3]

Die Familie Schaudi. Children Hans and Lieselotte. Dog called Lumpi.

I had the same book.

French was Longman's Audio Visual French 1973 featuring Jean Paul et Claudette and Monsiur Marsaud and his Madam.

 

[sheothebudworths]

Die Familie Schaudi. Children Hans and Lieselotte. Dog called Lumpi.

 

[toblerone3]

These bastards.




Did anyone have a 'Language Lab'? Ecoutez et repetez. You were supposed to tape yourself ecoutezing and repetezing various phrases. The teacher was at the front and could listen in randomly. So began the game of 'Language Lab Roulette' which involved taping yourself saying 'fuck off Miss Hannah you big fat cunt' then frantically rewinding and erasing in case she listened in.

Do Language Lab's still exist? Such a 1970s concept. "Ecoutez et repetez encore une fois"

 

[Fullyplumped]

Whwen I was at primary school in Glasgow in the sixties and early seventies, we had French lessons on closed circuit TV. They were conducted by a Madame Anne Slack, and there were puppets called Patapouf and Cliquot. There were no textbooks.

Now it all seems so bizarre that I almost doubt my memory. Has anyone else experienced Patapouf?

Edited to add - Madame Anne Slack definitely existed and was a pioneer in her field. the TV programmes were produced by Americans - I didn't realise that at the time.

 

[Fedayn]

These bastards.




Did anyone have a 'Language Lab'? Ecoutez et repetez. You were supposed to tape yourself ecoutezing and repetezing various phrases.

Yep room 33 next to the Modern Languages room.

 

[mauvais]

Fifi à Paris anyone?

The English ones were bad enough. If I ever track down Roger motherfucking Red Hat I'm going to fuck him up.

 

[mauvais]

I bet he votes Johnson.

 

[schnickschnack]

When I learnt English, we followed the fortunes of Mr and Mrs Scott and their kids Linda and Colin (plus Toby the dog and Tibby the cat) who lived in Birmingham. For years I thought everyone in England was called Linda and Colin. The textbook had a totally insane storyline - I remember one chapter was about the TV engineer coming round and having a heart attack (and our teacher going: 'repeat after me: he had a heart attack, a heart attack, a heart attack!)