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PDF pending restorationOsborne, Nancy Seale – 1992
A brief questionnaire was sent to a random selection of 70 librarians in the State University of New York Librarians' Association Directory to determine the frequency of their use of humor at the reference desk and in the library instruction classroom, their perceptions of classroom humor, and their reasons for using humor in these situations.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Humor, Librarian Attitudes
Download full textShapiro, Dan; Varey, Kim – 1996
A study focused on investigating perceptions of sexist humor, specifically on how people perceive others' reactions to sexist humor. Subjects, 206 college men and women, rated communication competence and attraction of actors in vignettes depicting 2 different reactions to sexist humor. Results indicated that sex of both the joke teller and the…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Humor, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedKaye, Patricia – ELT Journal, 1988
Presents a quiz for use in the advanced English classroom that introduces language learners to a variety of amusing slang expressions and idioms. The learner is led to consider the possibility of a little-known rule in English: male=positive, female=negative, and is offered an opportunity for discussion and vocabulary building. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Humor
