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.

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.

• 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

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.

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.

• 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

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.

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.

• 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