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Humor Strategies in the Foreign Language Class
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Neff, Peter; Dewaele, Jean-Marc – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Humor can provide a multitude of benefits for language learners, including improvement of classroom atmosphere (Dewaele et al. 2018) and a reduction of anxiety (Tarone 2000). Moreover, the integration of humor into language lessons has been strongly endorsed by both students and instructors (Askildson 2005; Azizinezhad and Hashemi 2011). What is…
Descriptors: Humor, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Psychological Patterns
Investigating EFL Learners' Humorous Interactions with an Intelligent Personal Assistant
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Gonulal, Talip – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Intelligent personal assistants (IPAs), which are voice-activated agents enabling human--computer interaction, have recently been reported to be pedagogically useful agents in language learning. IPAs use various forms of humor to better communicate with users and to compensate for any performance limitations. In order to understand the IPAs' sense…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Identity Construction of International Students in Japan: L2 Japanese Speakers' Meta-Awareness of Their Positioning in Interaction
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Vera E. W. Hanaoka – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation examines how L2 Japanese speaker international students experience their subjectivity (Harre & Gillett, 1994), that is, how their language use and actions convey their thoughts and feelings, their sense of self, and how they relate to the world around them, in casual conversations with L1 Japanese speaker peers. In order to…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Pragmatics, Japanese, Second Language Learning
The Psychological Damages of Linguistic Racism and International Students in Australia
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Dovchin, Sender – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
Drawing on ethnographic interview data informed by international students in Australia, this study aims to expand the notion of 'linguistic racism' through two main traits -- 'ethnic accent bullying' and 'linguistic stereotyping.' 'Ethnic accent bullying' refers to bullying in the forms of 'laughing' and 'joking' towards ethnically and…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Student Attitudes, Racial Bias, Second Languages
Humorous Videos and Idiom Achievement: Some Pedagogical Considerations for EFL Learners
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Neissari, Malihe; Ashraf, Hamid; Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2017
Employing a quasi-experimental design, this study examined the efficacy of humorous idiom video clips on the achievement of Iranian undergraduate students studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Forty humorous video clips from the English Idiom Series called "The Teacher" from the BBC website were used to teach 120 idioms to 61…
Descriptors: Humor, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Studies in Teaching: 2003 Research Digest. Research Projects Presented at Annual Research Forum (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 10, 2003)
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McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2003
This document presents the proceedings of an annual educational research forum held at Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) on December 10, 2003. A table of contents and 31 research studies of high school teaching are included. The following studies are included: (1) No, Seriously: Humor Use by High School Social Studies Teachers…
Descriptors: War, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Teaching Methods