Video Lesson

The British class system

approach the topic of class in the UK we have a structure of social classes which look like this starting at lower class and ending at upper class but today I want to know what...

Course: Big questions in societySection: Social class in the UKSubtitles: en

Download the app

Get more from this video in the app.

Open this lesson in Sublex to translate subtitles, save new words, and track your progress.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Learn English in the Sublex app with subtitles, saved words, and lesson progress.

English subtitles

Read the lesson transcript

35 subtitle cues

1:17

and I want to

1:17

approach the topic of class in the UK we

1:21

have a structure of social classes which

1:23

look like this starting at lower class

1:25

and ending at upper class but today I

1:28

want to know what the people of Brighton

1:29

think think about this scale I want to

1:32

know which social class the people of

1:33

Brighton think they categorize

1:35

themselves into I want to know what

1:37

categories can Define you and if just

1:39

your state of mind can affect your

1:40

social status I want to hear about the

1:43

stigmas attached to the upper and lower

1:44

classes and if the class system is a

1:47

relevant or helpful structure before we

1:49

get started please don't forget to

1:51

subscribe to easy English to be notified

1:53

for each and every new video that we

1:54

publish let's go do you know what class

1:58

you are in the UK

2:00

working class yeah okay uh working class

2:05

working class yes definely working

2:09

class lower middle class probably

2:11

traditionally working class in terms of

2:13

my background definitely working class

2:16

lower middle lower middle lower lower

2:18

middle I'll say I was born into the

2:20

working class uh I'd say I'm lower

2:23

middle class in I'm working class I

2:26

would um place myself in the middle

2:28

class how about you

2:30

middle class why would you say that you

2:32

are working class so I still work 50

2:34

hours a week

Keep exploring

Other sections in Big questions in society

More to learn

Try another course.

Download the app

Keep learning in the app.

Keep your words, lessons, and progress in one place with Sublex.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Learn English in the Sublex app with subtitles, saved words, and lesson progress.