Review: Shively, Rachel (2018). Learning and using conversational humor in a second language during study abroad. Berlin, Germany: de Gruyter.
This book review focuses on the monographic volume, Learning and using conversational humor in a second language during study abroad, written by Rachel Shively (Illinois State University) and published in 2018 by de Gruyter. The book offers a thorough ethnographic study of L2 Spanish students'...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019-08-01
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| Series: | EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages |
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| Online Access: | https://e-journall.org/index.php/ejall/article/view/vol6-issue1-2019-2376905x-10-194/2340 |
| Summary: | This book review focuses on the monographic volume, Learning and using conversational humor in a second language during study abroad, written by Rachel Shively (Illinois State University) and published in 2018 by de Gruyter. The book offers a thorough ethnographic study of L2 Spanish students' use and appropriation of conversational humor and humorous strategies during a semester abroad in Toledo, Spain. Shively also discusses the pedagogical implications of her study and provides practical examples of how humor can be introduced in the L2 classroom. |
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| ISSN: | 2376-905X |