Laughing Matters: ELLs’ Comprehension and Perceptions of Humor

Gönülal, Talip

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“…Aside from that, humor increases student enthusiasm and makes them more active in class. Besides that, students pay more attention to the learning process (Gönülal, 2018). Besides that, by having fun in class, students feel that class is not boring and are not under pressure (Wagner & Urios, 2011).…”

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The Effect Using Local Jokes Strategies To Improve Students’s Speaking Ability In Secondary Level

Maftukha,

Ma'rifah

2023

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This paper aims to examine and compare the effects of word-play-based local humor strategies. In learning the speaking skills of EFL students at SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Gresik at the secondary level, in this study, 26 EFL students in classes VII A and VII B at an institution in the city of Gresik, East Java, were asked to become a research group, and they were divided randomly into two groups, namely the group experiments using pun-based local jokes and the control group using cooperative learning strategies based on TGT (Team Games Tournament). Each group contains 13 students. Prior to treatment, all participants took a pre-test, which aimed to ensure the homogeneity of these participants. The treatment for experimental participants, namely local jokes, was then started and continued with post-test speaking with material according to the syllabus. Data were then collected and analyzed through the paired samples T-test and independent samples T-test by comparing the results of the study groups before and after being given treatment and comparing the learning outcomes after being given treatment between groups, and the results then revealed that for students who were given more effective treatment, their scores were significantly higher than those of those who did not use conventional methods. The results of the control class students, who were not given any influence, were then lower than those of the experimental group. Thus, it can be concluded that there are significant differences between the experimental group and the control group in terms of how they are affected by the treatment.

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The Effect Using Local Jokes Strategies To Improve Students’s Speaking Ability In Secondary Level

Maftukha,

Ma'rifah

2023

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“…Humor also functions to avoid teacher-students' gap in learning. Beside the learners' attentiveness is increased (Gönülal, 2018). There are various ways of creating humor such as joke, funny stories, humorous comments, and language play.…”

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The Power of Local Language Terms in Creating Humor in English Language Teaching

2021

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Abstract. Humor is regarded as an important aspect in English language teaching (ELT). Therefore, English teachers are expected to create humors in their teaching. Creating humor in ELT, however, is still regarded hard for Many English language teachers. Humor is related to personal capability. Although humor has been widely explored, there is still scarcity on investigating it from local language terms. Therefore, this study came to investigate how humor can be presented in the classroom through local language terms. This was a descriptive qualitative study carried out at Pharmacology Institute of Makassar. The subjects of this study were students at the first semester that had different local languages. The data were collected through classroom observation and in-depth interview. This current study reveals that local language terms have significant power to present humor in ELT. Humor that created from local language input has emotional impact on cheerful learning in the classroom. The local language terms have power to trigger emotional engagement and enthusiasm in learning English. In addition, they function to reduce the complexity and anxiety in learning English as foreign language. Keywords: Local Language Terms, Humor, Emotional Engagement, Cheerful Learning.

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Investigating EFL learners’ humorous interactions with an intelligent personal assistant

Gönülal

2021

Interactive Learning Environments

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Laughing Matters: ELLs’ Comprehension and Perceptions of Humor

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The Effect Using Local Jokes Strategies To Improve Students’s Speaking Ability In Secondary Level

The Effect Using Local Jokes Strategies To Improve Students’s Speaking Ability In Secondary Level

The Power of Local Language Terms in Creating Humor in English Language Teaching

Investigating EFL learners’ humorous interactions with an intelligent personal assistant

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