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Of course it is entirely up to you how you use the book but we suggest that you treat it like a swimming pool: dip into it occasionally and you’ll find it an enjoyable experience; stay in too long and it’s not so fun. The book is sequenced so that vocabulary learnt at one stage is used later in the book. Try to spend a few moments to learn the new vocabulary before moving on – it might help you with later jokes.
If you are fortunate enough to have people around you who know the language you are learning, try out the jokes on them. Did you get a response? Did they understand you? They will hopefully appreciate jokes a lot more than: My name is X. I am XX years old. Here is a table and there is a chair.
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If you have already read some of the jokes, you may have noticed that there are no jokes about Irish people or Polish people and definitely no racist jokes. Some jokes use a headmaster as the stupid man, not that they are inherently stupid, but because they have a role in combatting racism and perhaps by using them as the fall guy, they may think a little more about how they could tackle racism in their school. A long shot, but one, in our opinion, worth taking.
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An excellent way to improve your language skills is to listen to and read a text at the same time. Most epub readers can’t cope with audio files at the moment but that is likely to change in the future. Those of you lucky enough to have an iPad, Macbook or iPhone can enjoy the audio versions that are currently available. Click on the links of the relevant book.
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Some people think that the best way to learn a language is to get a big pile of grammar books and plough your way through them until you have it all under your belt before you can start speaking. We disagree. Telling jokes is a great way to start communicating in a foreign language. You are rewarded with laughter (or groans) each time you successfully tell a joke.
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