{"id":494,"date":"2012-09-25T14:59:50","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T14:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=494"},"modified":"2013-08-19T11:58:50","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T11:58:50","slug":"how-to-learn-spanish-with-a-smile-on-your-face-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/how-to-learn-spanish-with-a-smile-on-your-face-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Learn Spanish with a Smile on Your Face (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Step 2 \u2013 Know the Sense of Humour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone here in South America seems to know that the British have a weird sense of humour. If you try to directly translate jokes you already know in English then you probably won\u2019t make many people laugh. The best place to start working out the local sense of humour is during your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/spanish\/\">Spanish classes<\/a>. Here you can ask your teacher to tell you some jokes and see if you can get a taste for the kind of thing which makes the locals laugh. If you can then go to a comedy night or watch some funny movies then you will be well on the way to working out how you need to adapt your own sense of humour. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3 \u2013 Keep on Practising<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is really difficult to tell jokes in a second language and when you can do it then it has to be considered as a good sign that you are progressing. At first you will need to take things easily and go for short, simple gags, I think. No matter how many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/spanish\/\">Spanish courses<\/a> you have been on you can\u2019t expect to tell great jokes right away. There are lots of simple Spanish jokes to be found online and by learning a few of these you can get started without having to think up your own punch lines as you go.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_w_b1xlG4WMM\/S4hF0TnZLMI\/AAAAAAAABBM\/EcYW1KfWrus\/s1600\/Chiste3.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step 2 \u2013 Know the Sense of Humour Everyone here in South America seems to know that the British have a weird sense of humour. If you try to directly translate jokes you already know in English then you probably won\u2019t make many people laugh. 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