English Humour

Get the joke

Learners who understand English fine but keep missing the joke.

24 lessons

1. 1What Makes Things Funny? The Three TheoriesFree preview
2. 2The Incongruity Theory in ActionPro
3. 3Timing, Delivery and the Mechanics of the Funny MomentPro
4. 4The Science of Funny: Unit 1 ReviewPro
5. 5Irony: Saying One Thing and Meaning AnotherPro
6. 6Sarcasm: Irony With an EdgePro
7. 7Dramatic Irony and Situational Irony in EnglishPro
8. 8Irony and Sarcasm: Unit 2 ReviewPro
9. 9Understatement: The English Art of Saying LessPro
10. 10Dry Wit: Humour Without a SignalPro
11. 11Deadpan: The Extreme FormPro
12. 12Understatement and Dry Wit: Unit 3 ReviewPro
13. 13Puns: The Lowest and Highest Form of WitPro
14. 14Wordplay Beyond PunsPro
15. 15Joke Structure: The Architecture of the English JokePro
16. 16Wordplay and Linguistic Humour: Unit 4 ReviewPro
17. 17Self-Deprecation: Making Yourself the JokePro
18. 18Dark Humour: Finding Comedy in DifficultyPro
19. 19Absurdist Humour: When Logic Leaves the RoomPro
20. 20Self-Deprecation and Dark Humour: Unit 5 ReviewPro
21. 21Timing, Delivery and PerformancePro
22. 22Reading the Room: Context and AudiencePro
23. 23Being Funny in English: The Practical FrameworkPro
24. 24English Humour: The Grand FinalePro