Humour in the pre-sessional classroom: Don't make me laugh

Quyen Phuc Tran*, Peter Watkins

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Although humour has been the subject of study in various disciplines, including education, virtually no research, as far as we are aware, has investigated the effects of teacher-initiated humour in English for academic purposes (EAP). This paper reports on some research done as part of a PhD program, in which we explored the types of humour used and their effects, as well as teachers’ and students’ beliefs about humour in the EAP context.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIATEFL 2021: Virtual Conference Selections
EditorsDeborah Bullock
Place of PublicationCanterbury
PublisherInternational Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Chapter6
Pages85-87
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-912588-39-8
ISBN (Print)978-1-912588-38-1
Publication statusPublished - 11 Apr 2022
EventIATEFL 2021 - , United Kingdom
Duration: 19 Jun 202121 Jun 2021

Publication series

NameIATEFL Conference Selections
PublisherInternational Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

Conference

ConferenceIATEFL 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
Period19/06/2121/06/21

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  • IATEFL 2021

    Quyen Tran (Presented paper) & Peter Watkins (Presented paper)

    19 Jun 2021

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