<p>Have you ever been in a group of friends and everyone laughs, but you didn’t understand the joke?</p><p>In this episode of our new series, Georgie and Hanan talk about understanding humour and making people laugh when speaking English.</p><p>With Peruvian performer Pepa Duarte.</p><p>WATCH – Find Georgie’s videos with tips to improve your speaking here https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_speaking_anxiety/humour-video</p><p>TRANSCRIPT – Read along with this podcast and learn useful vocabulary https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/beating_speaking_anxiety/humour-podcast</p><p>NEWSLETTER – Sign up to our email newsletter to hear about our latest lessons and programmes https://www.bbc.co.uk/send/u178220599</p>