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Humor In The Foreign Language Classroom, Emily M. Walker Apr 2021

Humor In The Foreign Language Classroom, Emily M. Walker

Linguistics Senior Research Projects

Humor is a notoriously vague construct, often identified not by formal definition but by individual intuition (Bell, 2009). This makes it rather difficult to study or categorize concisely – indeed, analyzing humor or explaining a joke is often thought to remove the fundamental enjoyment from the experience. Despite the inherent hazards, this research seeks to provide further insight into the effects and potential applications of humor in the foreign language (FL) classroom, guided by the following research question: How does L1 humor, specifically when used as a pedagogical tool, influence students’ affective filters in a college-level elementary foreign language classroom? …


Review Of I Talk Like A River By Jordan Scott, Katie E. Gosman Jan 2021

Review Of I Talk Like A River By Jordan Scott, Katie E. Gosman

Library Intern Book Reviews

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