Beating Speaking Anxiety: 6. I’m scared I won’t get the joke
2/23/202611 min
Have you ever been in a group of friends and everyone laughs, but you didn’t understand the joke?
In this episode of our new series, Georgie and Hanan talk about understanding humour and making people laugh when speaking English.
With Peruvian performer Pepa Duarte.
WATCH – Find Georgie’s videos with tips to improve your speaking here https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating\_speaking\_anxiety/humour-video
TRANSCRIPT – Read along with this podcast and learn useful vocabulary https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating\_speaking\_anxiety/humour-podcast
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First 90 secondsPepa Duarte· Guest0:00
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Speaker 10:03
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Speaker 20:34
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Georgie· Host1:04
[Instrumental news music] You're listening to the Learning English Conversations podcast from BBC Learning English. We'll have another episode of The English We Speak soon, but today we're continuing with our special series, Beating Speaking Anxiety, a podcast to help you fight your fears of speaking English. This episode is called I'm Scared I Won't Get the Joke.
Hanan· Host1:27
Do you understand these jokes?