Am I Allowed to Laugh? Students’ Perception Towards the Use of Humor in English Class

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201014.085How to use a DOI?

Keywords

humor, classroom instruction, teaching English as a foreign language

Abstract

Humor is a form of communication that tend to create amusement and trigger laughter. Research has proven that humor is beneficial for physical health, psychological well-being and social interaction. As a communication tool, humor benefits both the sender and receiver. It reduces anxiety, creates positive atmospheres, and breaks down barriers. In the classroom teaching context, humor can be used as one of the instructional tools which help students to engage in the teaching and learning process, especially in teaching English. There is no doubt that learning a foreign language can be very toilsome as it involves many processes. Students have to struggle with language anxiety such as apprehension, self – doubt, and frustration which eventually leads to stress and boredom. Therefore, teachers should consider the students’ mental state when delivering the material by choosing the appropriate form of classroom instruction. This study aims to investigate students’ perception of using humor as one of classroom instructional models in teaching English as a Foreign Language. It was conducted to 60 students of English Education Department, at Musamus University of Merauke. The result indicates that the use of humor in teaching English may have positive impacts as it creates a more relaxing environment for the students; and in addition, it also helps the students to have better retention of the material being taught.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Desy Eva Laila Rokhmah
AU  - Martha Betaubun
AU  - Casimirus Andy Fenanlampir
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/10/15
TI  - Am I Allowed to Laugh? Students’ Perception Towards the Use of Humor in English Class
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Sciences (ICSS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 397
EP  - 401
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201014.085
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