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Özeke, Vildan; Akçapina, Gökhan – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
There are many computer games, learning environments, online tutoring systems or computerized tools which keeps the track of the user while learning or engaging in the activities. This paper presents results from an exploratory study and aims to group students regarding their behavior data while solving the Einstein's riddle. 45 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Puzzles, Educational Games, Humor, Foreign Countries
Resnik, Pia; Moskowitz, Sharona; Panicacci, Alex – Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2021
When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, the education sector soon faced the unprecedented challenge of moving courses online within no time. The rapid implementation of emergency remote teaching (ERT) led to students and teachers alike being thrown into an emotional terra incognita. This paper sets out to explore if foreign language (LX) grit,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Scores
Skalicky, Stephen; Berger, Cynthia M.; Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
A corpus of 313 freshman college essays was analyzed in order to better understand the forms and functions of humor in academic writing. Human ratings of humor and wordplay were statistically aggregated using Factor Analysis to provide an overall "Humor" component score for each essay in the corpus. In addition, the essays were also…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Academic Discourse, Humor, Writing (Composition)
Rafiee, Marzieh; Kassaian, Zohre; Dastjerdi, Hossein Vahid – English Language Teaching, 2010
Language learners need to feel secure and to be free of stress so they can focus on language tasks (Ellis, 1994). A language teacher should use different tools to encourage students and make them involved in learning process. Humor and song are effective tools, as they develop creativity and make the class environment an appropriate setting for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning