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Selleck, Denise Faith – 1991
This study examines the use of teacher and student humor in the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classroom. A summary and synthesis of previous research on theories of humor, humor and its use in society, and applications of humor revealed its importance as an object of study. An analysis of audiotaped transcripts of samples of ESL classes…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, English (Second Language), Humor, Language Research
