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Direct linkPomerantz, Anne; Bell, Nancy D. – Modern Language Journal, 2011
Analyses of second language (L2) classroom interaction often categorize joking and other humorous talk by students as disruptive, off-task behavior, thereby rendering it important only from a classroom management perspective. Studies of language play, however, have illustrated that such jocular talk not only allows students to construct a broader…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Humor, Second Language Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages)
