Bridging the Humor Barrier

Humor Competency Training in English Language Teaching

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-02-18
Mått:160 x 233 x 22 mm
Vikt:585 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:300
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498592000

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John Rucynski Jr. is associate professor in the Center for Liberal Arts and Language Education at Okayama University.Caleb Prichard is associate professor in the Center for Liberal Arts and Language Education at Okayama University.

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Highly recommended not only for researchers and students working on language teaching, linguistics, pragmatics, and intercultural communication, but also for language teachers who could be inspired and motivated by the different approaches included therein.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionJohn Rucynski Jr. and Caleb PrichardPart 1: Humor Competence Development Outside the ClassChapter 1:“Working Backwards from Funny: Preparing Language Learners to Use Humor in Intercultural Encounters”Anne PomerantzChapter 2:“Humor Competency: The Role of Sociopragmatic Knowledge in Expressions of Humor in Intercultural Interactions”Jules WinchesterChapter 3:“Feeling Inadequate: Lessons from Cross-Cultural Adaptation to Help Learners Get over Inadequacies in Humor Competency”Maria Ramirez de ArellanoPart 2: Integrated Humor InstructionChapter 4:“Humor-Integrated Language Learning (HILL): Teaching with and about Humor”Mohammad Ali Heidari-ShahrezaChapter 5:“Junior High English Textbook Interactional Humor: Pragmatic Possibilities”Scott GardnerChapter 6:“Reading Jokes in English: How English Language Learners Appreciate and Comprehend Humor”Nadezda PimenovaPart 3: Explicit Humor Competency TrainingChapter 7:“Humor Competency Training for Sarcasm and Jocularity”Caleb Prichard and John Rucynski Jr.Chapter 8:“Theory, Content Knowledge, Input, Output: Elements in the Teaching and Learning of Humor Competence”Richard HodsonChapter 9:“Using Diaries to Research and Develop Humor Competence in a Second Language”Maria PetkovaChapter 10:“Training English Language Learners to Recognize English Satirical News”John Rucynski Jr. and Caleb Prichard