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Chandras, Jessica – Language and Education, 2022
In classrooms in India where the instructional language is to be English, speakers use reported speech in Indian regional languages for pedagogical purposes, renegotiating the roles and statuses among languages in the multilingual setting. Reported speech is a form of indirect speech used when a speaker quotes another in a way that they voice the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Anahit Ani Yeghyayan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Given the loss of heritage languages due to assimilation of the dominant English language in U.S. society within three generations of migration to the U.S. (Wiley & Valdes, 2000), it is of paramount importance to examine how we can maintain and enhance heritage languages. Humor is a pragmatic tool which one can utilize to increase…
Descriptors: Humor, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Heritage Education
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Solhi Andarab, Mehdi; Mutlu, Aynur Kesen – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019
Humor has often been seen as an important element in the learning process, facilitating both teaching and learning. Nevertheless, the utilization of humor in the educational setting has had its opponents. In recent years, many attempts have been made to conceptualize the various forms of humor implemented in the practice of education. Despite a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Humor, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Gach, Nataliia – Issues in Educational Research, 2020
This research focuses on revealing the role of culture of education in shaping students' and teachers' attitudes to the learning process, which is largely determined by the political and social context in which it takes place. This exploration of the cultural nature of autonomy of the Ukrainian university students majoring in translation from…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Political Influences
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Kilic, Yasin – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
Humor is the type of expression and writing representing the humorous aspect of life by adorning with jokes and wit. The main objective of humor is to criticize, ironize, and correct the flaws and hideousness in life. Humor develops the sensitivity, the empathizing ability and social facts' multidimensional perception of individuals. Humor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Humor, Teacher Surveys
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Vieira, Michael J.; Kelly, William J. – English Journal, 1981
Two high school English teachers disagree on the efficacy of making jokes about racial and cultural stereotypes. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Cultural Images, High Schools