Humor: What Can It Do for Tertiary Students?

Autor/in	Celik, Mehmet
Titel	Humor: What Can It Do for Tertiary Students?
Quelle	In: Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 27 (2004), S.59-66 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1300-5340
Schlagwörter	Humor; Learning Processes; Suggestopedia; English (Second Language); College Students; Student Motivation; Teaching Methods; Postsecondary Education; Classroom Environment; Humanistic Education; Affective Behavior; Questionnaires; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Anxiety; Preservice Teacher Education; Student Teacher Attitudes; Language Teachers; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Humoristische Darstellung; Learning process; Lernprozess; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Collegestudent; Schulische Motivation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Humanistische Bildung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Fragebogen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Angst; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	Given the important role of the affective variables in the process of learning, this paper examines ways of overcoming negative effects (i.e. anxiety, boredom) of the contextual factors. Exemplifying the uses of humor through context-specific, purpose-driven jokes, it maintains that humor can be utilized to produce a resourceful, encouraging and creative lesson at upper-intermediate and advanced levels at tertiary institutions. Among other benefits noted are smiling, laughter, non-threatening atmosphere, and self-confidence. Attempts of creating a compassionate environment in the classroom find their roots in Humanistic Teaching, Affective Filter hypothesis and Suggestopedia. Using the self-reported views of tertiary students, gathered through a questionnaire, the study reveals the attitudes of learners towards humor, discusses the benefits of humor, and seeks significant differences between and among learners in terms of sex and year level. The paper concludes that humor forms a vital component in lesson planning. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10