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This Is Why The Minions Are So Popular

Minions Are So Popular


“Ba-ba-ba, ba-banana...” I played a clip of the Minions covering the Beach Boys hit “Barbara Ann” and instructed my classroom of 4- and 5-year-olds to sing along. When I was teaching at an ESL center in Huế,

Vietnam, in the fall of 2015, the administrators encouraged us to start off lessons with English songs as a way to engage the students. A week before the lesson, my students were waving Minions moon lanterns at our school’s Mid-Autumn Festival celebration. And so I assumed that the Minions — these yellow, squishy enigmas that were ubiquitous in Vietnam — would be a safe bet to gain their attention and trust. I turned on the projector, pulled down the blinds, and took a seat.


“Ba-ba-ba, ba-banana...” Everyone started singing along. Good, I thought. My students were learning the word "banana." Mission accomplished. “Bababaanana potatoooo, tokati, potato, bachata, bababananna, bababanana…” Uh-oh. My students instantly started mimicking the Minions’ language. For the rest of class, they screamed “bachata” when I wanted them to recite the alphabet and “potato tokati” after I told them to sit down. In spite of their global popularity, it turns out that the Minions are, in fact, ESL kryptonite.






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