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Bridging the Humor Barrier
Humor Competency Training in English Language Teaching
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2020
Summary
The language barrier is a familiar term, but what exactly is the humor barrier? Humor is a universal phenomenon, but the cultural variance in how humor is used can prove to be a major obstacle for English language learners hoping to communicate effectively in cross-cultural contexts. While a growing number of researchers have explored the importance of helping language learners better understand the humor of the target culture, in Bridging the Humor Barrier: Humor Competency Training in English Language Teaching, editors John Rucynski Jr. and Caleb Prichard bring together language teachers and researchers from a range of cultural and teaching contexts to tackle how to actually overcome the humor barrier. This book empirically examines humor competency training and presents related research bearing implications for humor training. Contributors address a wide range of genres of humor, providing fresh insights into helping language learners deepen their understanding and appreciation of the humor of the English-speaking world, including jokes, sarcasm, and satire. This book is an excellent resource for English language teachers looking to help their learners avoid the pitfalls and reap the benefits of humor in the target language.
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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-9200-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-9201-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
276
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Contents No access
Introduction No access
Part I HUMOR COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE THE CLASS No access
Chapter 1 Working Backward from Funny No access Pages 1 - 24
Chapter 2 Humor Competency No access Pages 25 - 48
Chapter 3 Feeling Inadequate No access Pages 49 - 76
Chapter 4 Humor-Integrated Language Learning (HILL) No access
Chapter 5 Junior High English Textbook Interactional Humor No access
Chapter 6 Reading Jokes in English No access
Chapter 7 Humor Competency Training for Sarcasm and Jocularity No access
Chapter 8 Theory, Content Knowledge, Input, and Output No access
Chapter 9 Using Diaries to Research and Develop Humor Competence in a Second Language No access
Chapter 10 Training English Language Learners to Recognize English Satirical News No access
