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Taking laughter seriously
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The article was published on 1982-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 475 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Laughter.read more
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The role of verbal humor in second language education
Ziyaeemehr,Ali +1 more
TL;DR: The authors investigated the functions of instructors' humorous verbalizations in academic classrooms at a university where English is used as a second language and found that using verbal humor in L2 classrooms offers opportunities to facilitate access to L2 linguistic and cultural knowledge resources that are embedded in humorous exchanges.
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How a Community of Practice Shapes a Modern Foreign Language Teacher’s Views of Herself as a Teacher over Time and Space: A Biographical Case Study
TL;DR: This paper examined the extent to which an MFL teacher's views of herself, her beliefs, knowledge, and understandings of the profession, are shaped by and filtered through communities of practice within or beyond MFL subject departments, and how these influences vary over time and across different settings.