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đ Explain the Joke đ
Why do English speakers laugh at jokes that leave learners puzzled? In this engaging book, ESL teacher Sean TomĂĄs Fleming unpacks the hidden layers of English humorâpuns, double meanings, and idioms that often slip past non-native speakers. Drawing on years of classroom experience, he transforms the question his students often askââTeacher, why are they laughing?ââinto a journey of discovery.
With clarity and wit, Fleming shows how understanding humor is more than entertainment; itâs a key to cultural fluency and deeper language mastery. By the end, readers wonât just recognize the jokeâtheyâll laugh along, confident in their grasp of Englishâs playful side.
Author: Sean TomĂĄs Fleming
Illtrator: Graham Ross
What Does the Author Say
Sean TomĂĄs Fleming has been an English teacher for more than 20 years. Since January 2013, he began to explain jokes to people who are new to English or unfamiliar with United States humor. His work also helps those who laugh at a joke but don't fully understand itâuntil itâs explained.
Through his teaching and coaching, Sean guides students in mastering the English languageâwriting, speaking, reading, and listeningâso that learners of all ages and abilities can create, express, and transform.
A graduate of the illustration program at Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada, Graham began his career as a book designer for the respected Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart in Toronto, Ontario. Graham moved back to his hometown of Ottawa, Canada to contemplate his next career move.
It was in Ottawa that Graham began his freelance illustration and graphic design career, a career that has resulted in illustrations for such publishers as Orca Book Publishers in Canada, Simon and Schuster in New York, and Meadowside Books, and Random House in the United Kingdom, as well as numerous Canadian government agencies and private design firms.
With 25 years of experience, Graham has the initiative, creativity, and drive necessary to face any challenges and to illustrate just about anything!
