Lesson Title: 

Bitter Coffee #3: The King's Illness

This is an excerpt from an episode of the Iranian historical comedy series قهوه تلخ (Bitter coffee). The series uses satire to portray court life during the last years of the Zand dynasty. In the video, the king is pretending to be ill.

Language: 

  • Persian

Topic: 

  • Culture/Society

ILR Level: 

  • 2+/3

ACTFL Proficiency: 

  • Superior, Advanced-High
  • This ACTFL rating is an approximation based on the ILR level

Modality: 

  • Video

Learning Objective: 

  • Maintenance & Improvement

Subject Area: 

  • Language

Material Type: 

  • Video Learning Object

Publication Year: 

2011

ObjectID: 

sv10pf04

Requires/Tested with: 

  • HTML 5 Logo
  • Javascript Logo
  • Responsive