| Humor and Learning
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| | fur coat and pants.
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| Humor is important in learning a
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| | OK, the dog has a fur coat but it doesn't
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| language. Not only does it enable the
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| | have fur trousers. In this case "pants" o
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| student to learn new vocabulary in
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| | the way dogs breathe rapidly and noisily.
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| context but it also is a motivating
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| | Those were puns. Now for a few jokes.
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| force. When a student understands a joke
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| | Jokes
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| she begins to feel like she is in the
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| | Three Police Jokes
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| world of the new language. Puns are
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| | First Joke:
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| especially valuable because they stress
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| | A police officer stops a woman for
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| meaning. We'll give a few jokes and puns
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| | speeding and asks her very nicely if he
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| as examples and hoope that they will move
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| | could see her license.
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| other teachers to use this powerful
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| | She replies in a huff, "I wish you guys
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| resource.
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| | would get your act together. Just
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| Puns
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| | yesterday you take away my license and
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| Laughing? Well, maybe not. Puns usually
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| | then today you expect me to show it to
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| make people groan. They say that for a
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| | you!"
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| pun to be good, it has to be really bad.
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| | Vocabulary and Expresssions:
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| As a matter of fact, they are called
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| | "in a huff": annoyed
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| "groaners". A pun is a little word game,
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| | "get your act together": get organized
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| playing with language. Most puns use a
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| | Second Joke: While driving along the back
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| word that has two meanings, or use two
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| | roads of a small town, two truckers came
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| words that sound almost the same.
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| | to an overpass with a sign that read
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| Here are some puns. Use your knowledge of
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| | CLEARANCE 11'3".
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| English, and your dictionary if
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| | They got out and measured their rig,
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| necessary, to explain the pun.
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| | which was 12'4".
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| Example: Why is an empty purse always the
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| | "What do you think?" one asked the other.
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| same? Because there is never any change
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| | The driver looked around carefully, then
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| in it. In this pun, the word "change" has
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| | shifted into first. "Not a cop in sight.
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| two meanings: 1. coins and small bills,
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| | Let's take a chance!"
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| 2. alteration.
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| | Vocabulary and Expresssions:
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| 1. Do you know why it's easy for a hunter
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| | "overpass": viaduct
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| to find a leopard? Because a leopard is
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| | "rig": here truck. Any specialized tool
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| always spotted.
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| | or mechanical arrangement.
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| "to spot", verb: to see, to identify.
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| | "clearance": room to pass, or "clear".
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| "spotted", adjective: with spots.
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| | "Clearance" is the noun of the verb "to
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| 2. When gambling became legal in the
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| | clear" which means (among other meanings)
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| city, everyone agreed that the city was
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| | de: "go through without touching"
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| now a bettor place.
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| | 11' 3" is the abbreviation of 11 feet 3
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| What we hear could be either of two words
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| | inches;
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| that sound the same: "better", adjective,
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| | 12' 4" is the abbreviation of 12 feet 4
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| "an improvement", therefore "an improved
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| | inches.
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| place". "bettor", noun, "gambler",
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| | Third Joke:
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| "someone who bets", therefore entonces "a
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| | Recently, a distraught wife went to the
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| place for gamblers".
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| | local police station, along with her
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| 3. The principal called the young
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| | next-door neighbor, to report that her
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| cross-eyed teacher into his office. "I'm
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| | husband was missing. The policeman asked
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| sorry to say, Ms. Jones, we're going to
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| | for a description of the missing man.
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| have to let you go." "But why, sir? I
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| | The wife said, "He is 35 years old, 6
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| thought I was doing a good job." "It's
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| | foot 2, has dark eyes, dark wavy hair, an
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| simple," said the principal, "you can't
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| | athletic build, weighs 185 pounds, is
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| control your pupils.".
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| | soft-spoken, and is good to the
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| Of course, the word "pupil" could refer
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| | children."
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| to a student or to the middle of the iris
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| | The next-door neighbor protested, "Your
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| of the eye..
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| | husband is 54 years old, 5 foot 6,
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| 4. My friend Sam had decided his kitchen
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| | chubby, weighs 275 pounds, is bald, has a
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| needed painting, and instead of hiring a
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| | big mouth, and is mean to your children."
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| professional, he decided to do it
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| | The wife replied, "Yes, but who wants HIM
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| himself. In the afternoon, I went over to
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| | back?"
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| his house to see if he needed some help.
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| | Vocabulary and Expresssions:
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| When I arrived, I found Sam working hard
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| | Hubby: popularform of "husband",
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| painting the kitchen walls. But instead
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| | spousedistraught: stressed, very
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| of wearing old clothes, he was wearing a
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| | worried.chubby: slightly fatmean: In this
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| leather jacket and a ski parka. I asked
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| | context, strict, severe, even a little
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| him why he was dressed that way on such a
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| | cruelbald: no hairnext-door neighbor: the
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| hot day. He brought me the paint bucket
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| | person who lives in the house to one side
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| and told me to read the instructions. I
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| | of yours
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| did. It said, "For best results, put on
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| | 6 foot 4: six feet and 4 inches
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| two coats."
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| | How to keep on Learning by Laughing?
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| The pun is the word "coat" either another
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| | You can enter "esl puns" or "esl joke" in
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| layer or paint or an article of clothing.
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| | Google to find many sites that share our
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| 5. The previous pun about the extra
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| | belief that puns and jokes are good ways
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| "coat" reminds me of the dog that has a
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| | to help learners of English.
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