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Humor in the teaching of writing: A microethnographic approach

Author(s) -

Christian F. Hempelmann

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

euroamerican journal of applied linguistics and languages

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2376-905X

DOI - 10.21283/2376905x.5.72

Subject(s) - focus (optics) , writing process , process (computing) , linguistics , second language writing , emphasis (telecommunications) , computer science , professional writing , psychology , mathematics education , pedagogy , second language , philosophy , programming language , physics , optics , telecommunications

EN This paper presents the content of a critical thinking and writing course, along with similar courses derived from it, designed around the topic of humor and culminating in a microethnographic investigation of humor in students’ lives. The aims of the paper are threefold: to offer a general rationale for using humor in the writing classroom; to illustrate different types of potentials and dangers of such an approach; and to suggest extensions of the findings to the second-language writing classroom. The paper offers texts, writing prompts, and activities for instructors teaching classes that focus on the writing process in a first or second language.

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