THE ROLE OF HUMOUR IN TEACHING ORAL SPEECH
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https://doi.org/10.46991/educ-21st-century.v2i4.10901Keywords:
humour, foreign language teaching, puns, puzzles and jokes, increasing motivation, teaching technique.Abstract
It is of utmost importance for English teachers to help students to enhance speaking
abilities. Humour has always been seen as enhancement to classroom teaching and
learning. Over time, the problem of humour caught the attention of many thinkers. In
language teaching, a teacher can easily see that the learners are often motivated greatly
when humour is used in classroom. Teachers' effective use of humor is generally viewed
as a positive factor in the classroom and it is often identified as a teaching technique for
developing a positive learning environment. In the present article the role of humour is
shown in promoting speaking through some elements of humour.
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