Jeremy Robinson Monterey Institute of International Studies

Background Use Jokes to: Motivate Students Teach Grammar Expand Vocabulary Teach Culture Current Project- “ Chistes auténticos de Perú ”

Background

Use Jokes to:

Motivate Students

Teach Grammar

Expand Vocabulary

Teach Culture

Current Project- “ Chistes auténticos de Perú ”

Many years of boring classes Interested in humor Experimentation with jokes and humor in: + Spanish Bridge Courses (Currently Teaching) + Aventuras en Video (Taught in Summer)

Many years of boring classes

Interested in humor

Experimentation with jokes and humor in:

+ Spanish Bridge Courses

(Currently Teaching)

+ Aventuras en Video

(Taught in Summer)

Scary at first but… … when learning is fun there is great potential for real learning to occur!

Scary at first but…

Le pregunta una mujer a su marido: Si un león me atacara a mí y a mi madre, ¿a quién salvarías primero? Pues, al león.

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En una escuela la profesora se dirige a un alumno: A ver Juanito, la frase "yo busco novio", ¿qué tiempo es? Tiempo perdido, señorita.

Why couldn't Cinderella be a good soccer player? She lost her shoe, she ran away from the ball, and her coach was a pumpkin.

Una madre da a luz a su bebé. Cuando está recuperada el doctor le dice: Su hijo está bien, pero le tuvimos que poner oxígeno. Y la madre responde: ¡Que pena, yo quería ponerle Francisco!

Cariño, tengo dos noticias, una buena y otra mala: he dejado las drogas, pero no sé dónde.

A: What do you call a deer with no eyes? B: No idea. (No Eye Deer.) A: What do you call a dead deer with no eyes? B: Still no idea.

What does the term “gringo” mean? Is it a positive, negative, or neutral term? Where did the word originate? How does a “Gringo” act?

What does the term “gringo” mean?

Is it a positive, negative, or neutral term?

Where did the word originate?

How does a “Gringo” act?