Incorporating humour into your classroom is a powerful way to create a positive, engaging, and low-stress learning environment. Laughter helps build rapport between teachers and students, encourages participation, and makes lessons more memorable. For language learners, humour can also aid comprehension by making new vocabulary and structures more accessible and enjoyable. When used thoughtfully, humour reduces anxiety, boosts motivation, and fosters a sense of community—key ingredients for effective learning. Whether through funny examples, light-hearted games, or playful language activities, bringing humour into your lessons can transform the classroom experience and support both academic and emotional growth.
Talking about Humour
somdn_product_pageThis ESL humour speaking activity is a fun and effective way to develop fluency and improve vocabulary when talking about humour, jokes, and laughter. It encourages students to express personal opinions, share funny experiences, and explore cultural differences in humour. In this engaging activity, students take turns choosing a question related to humour and asking another student in their group. The responding student must then answer the question and aim to speak for at least one minute. This ensures they get plenty of speaking practice and helps build confidence when talking about humour in English.
The questions are designed to spark laughter, storytelling, and meaningful discussion, making the classroom environment lively and interactive. This activity is ideal for small group work, breakout rooms during online lessons, or even one-on-one tutoring sessions.
This lesson comes with:
Teacher’s Copy – Includes detailed teacher’s notes and an answer key.
Student Version – Perfect for sharing via email for online lessons.
This is most suited to B2/C1 level students.
25 mins + (depending on follow-up activities).
Try this ESL humour speaking activity in class today!
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