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Zabidin, Nursyafiqah Binti – English Language Teaching, 2015
Successful language acquisition requires extensive word knowledge. However, learners are reportedly unable to increase their word knowledge due to insufficient meaningful input in the language classrooms. This paper intended to present another tool to encourage learners' vocabulary development. It examined the effect(s) of using short narrative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Humor, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Gruner, Charles R. – 1974
In order to test the hypothesis that dogmatism is related to the understanding and appreciation of editorial satires, 116 University of Georgia speech students read and reacted to three editorial satires (two by Art Hoppe and one by Art Buchwald) arranged in booklets in three different orders. Students were asked to choose from a list of five…
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Content Analysis, Dogmatism