Context and Humor in Teaching Language Functions
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| Title | Context and Humor in Teaching Language Functions |
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| Abstract | This study aims at investigating the effects of context and humor on learning language functions for male and female students of first grade of high school. The sample of the study consisted of 89 male and 90 female students who were randomly assigned to four experimental groups and two control groups. The control group followed their schoolbook; however, the experimental groups received additional reading texts through which language functions were taught. The experimental groups´ materials were of two kinds: context with humor (in which language functions were contextualized having traces of humor) and context without humor (in which language functions were just contextualized but without any humorous points). A pretest posttest control group design was chosen for this study. The data of the study were analyzed via a two-way ANOVA. The results showed that the experimental groups (male and female) for whom the language functions were taught in the form of context with humor outperformed the other groups. In addition, the results showed no difference between male and female participants´ performance. |
| Publisher | ACADEMY PUBLISHER |
| Date | 2012-06-01 |
| Source | Theory and Practice in Language Studies Vol 2, No 6 (2012) |
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