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Using rude jokes as a context for teaching.
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biffinbridge



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:43 am    Post subject: Using rude jokes as a context for teaching. Reply with quote
In the past few months,stranded in the Libyan desert,I've dsigned loads of communcative activities,which I'm going to use in Poland.One of the lessons is a joke about the size of a woman's mammaries and is basically a dialogue beween a man and his wife,which they have to turn into reported speech. Now the joke's really funny but I'm a bit hesitant about the subject matter despite the fact that Poles love rude jokes and the task is a good one.To do or not to do?....umm....what do you lot think?
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'll use some off-color jokes with one-on-one classes, only after I've gotten to know the student well enough to know that he wouldn't be put off. I say 'he' because such a joke would be inappropriate in front of female students, culturally speaking, in Mexico.
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dmb



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mt students tell me rude jokes Shocked But I have been teaching them for a while. As Guy says, know your students first.

Biff, I've heard some of your jokes so I wouldn't advise it Wink
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You ever hear the one about the blind man and the naked nuns? I tried that in a small business class once. There's nothing better to kill a joke than to have to explain it.
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ls650



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Guy Courchesne wrote:
I'll use some off-color jokes with one-on-one classes, only after I've gotten to know the student well enough to know that he wouldn't be put off.
I agree.

I've found that once I get to know the students, they tend to be the ones who take something I've said that's perfectly innocent, and pervert it into something more.
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Guy Courchesne



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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they tend to be the ones who take something I've said that's perfectly innocent, and pervert it into something more


I get that too, but mostly from Q. Roo teachers...
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Glenski



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Look at it this way. Would you use rude jokes in your home country to teach a subject? Probably not, even if you felt the people in that area "love" them.
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ls650



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Glenski wrote:
Would you use rude jokes in your home country to teach a subject?

Sure I would. If I had taught the students for a period of time and knew they would appreciate the joke, I wouldn't hesitate.
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Glenski



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe I should have stated that a little differently. The OP's situation is NOT knowing his students that intimately.

Would you use rude jokes as a new teacher? Not a very sensitive way to test the waters.
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rogan



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Somebody will always complain and then your PC correct manager will use the complaint against you.

Why provide ammunition to the opposition ?
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Chris_Crossley



Joined: 26 Jun 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 12:43 pm    Post subject: Manager = opposition. No laughing matter! Reply with quote
rogan wrote:
Somebody will always complain and then your PC correct manager will use the complaint against you. Why provide ammunition to the opposition?


Your own manager is your opposition?

That just about sums up TEFL for many people, including myself based on past personal experience, and that truly does make it a joke. Sad
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