JTBC‘s ‘Studying Language Before It’s Too Late - Shala Shala’ visits viewers every Saturday evening.

‘Studying Language Before It‘s Too Late - Shala Shala’ (abbreviated as ‘Shala Shala’) will air every Saturday evening at 7:10 PM starting March 1. ‘Shala Shala’ is a program that captures the tumultuous English study abroad journey of actors Sung Dong-il, Kim Kwang-gyu, Um Ki-joon, Jang Hyuk, and Shin Seung-hwan, with an ‘average age of 52.8 years old.’The actors, who gathered with the big dream of ‘Free Talking’, encountered difficulties from the beginning as they traveled from the airport to Cambridge without any help from the production crew. Due to their somewhat lacking English skills and communication errors with the citizens, they were stuck on the London Underground for over 3 hours. After many twists and turns, they arrived safely, but once they started the real class, they couldn’t hide their bewilderment at the terrifying ‘Public Speaking Test’ and the indiscriminate English barrage. Nevertheless, they did not give up and devoted themselves to studying towards their dream of ‘Free Talking’, and caught everyone‘s attention by making local friends despite the age and language barriers.


The unexpected English mistakes of these people, who were sincere in their love for English, also brought out big laughter. Shin Seung-hwan and Jang Hyuk confidently answered ‘Housekeeper’ when asked about their wives’ jobs, which was different from their original intention of ‘Housewife’, while Kim Kwang-gyu was mistaken for a ‘Goose Dad’ when he incorrectly said, “The kids are in Busan”. In addition, Kim Kwang-gyu continued to mispronounce the expression ‘Coke’, which was an expression that they had been told to be careful about in class, and offered a cola to his neighbor. Jang Hyuk quickly fixed it after seeing this, causing the set to burst into laughter.

Meanwhile, the 4th episode of ‘Shala Shala’, which will air on March 1st, will show the 5 actors leaving the classroom and going out on the street to conduct a survey. Based on what they learned in class, they ask British citizens ‘what they know about Korea’. During this process, they continue to struggle due to continuous communication errors. Above all, Kim Gwang-gyu misunderstood the citizen‘s answer of ‘Samsung’ as ‘Ginseng’, and Sung Dong-il showed a disappointed reaction to the citizen who talked about domestic content such as ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Memories of Murder’ and said that he did not know anything about Korea, showing the high wall of real-life English conversation.

Hong Se-young, Donga.com Reporter projecthong@donga.com

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