Humor in the teaching of writing: A microethnographic approach
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 rational...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-3edc5e8f508548869be4f5ff6c74c0d82023-09-22T22:06:10ZengE-JournALLEuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages2376-905X2016-12-01324255https://doi.org/10.21283/2376905X.5.72Humor in the teaching of writing: A microethnographic approachChristian F. Hempelmann0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9926-5006Texas A&M University-CommerceThis 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.https://e-journall.org/index.php/ejall/article/view/2376905x-5-72/2353humor in the classroomcollege compositionmicroethnographyfieldworkcritical thinking |
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