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Zusatztext "As our world is becoming more divided between the conservatives and the progressives! we need a tool to help us all see the common ground. Humor! language play! satire! sarcasm! irony! and parody all require people to see an issue from more than a single perspective. Bridging the Humor Barrior is a perfect tool for allowing advanced English learners around the world not only to develop sophisticated English language skills! but also to better understand cultural and political differences."--Don Nilsen! Arizona State University Informationen zum Autor John Rucynski Jr. is associate professor in the Center for Liberal Arts and Language Education at Okayama University. Caleb Prichard is associate professor in the Center for Liberal Arts and Language Education at Okayama University. Klappentext Humor competence in the target language is an overlooked tool for English language learners to communicate confidently and proficiently in English. In this innovative edited collection, language teachers and researchers from around the globe share their latest research on helping learners to overcome the humor barrier. Zusammenfassung Humor competence in the target language is an overlooked tool for English language learners to communicate confidently and proficiently in English. In this innovative edited collection, language teachers and researchers from around the globe share their latest research on helping learners to overcome the humor barrier. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction John Rucynski Jr. and Caleb Prichard Part 1: Humor Competence Development Outside the Class Chapter 1¿"Working Backwards from Funny: Preparing Language Learners to Use Humor in Intercultural Encounters" Anne Pomerantz Chapter 2¿"Humor Competency: The Role of Sociopragmatic Knowledge in Expressions of Humor in Intercultural Interactions" Jules Winchester Chapter 3¿"Feeling Inadequate: Lessons from Cross-Cultural Adaptation to Help Learners Get over Inadequacies in Humor Competency" Maria Ramirez de Arellano Part 2: Integrated Humor Instruction Chapter 4¿"Humor-Integrated Language Learning (HILL): Teaching with and about Humor" Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza Chapter 5¿"Junior High English Textbook Interactional Humor: Pragmatic Possibilities" Scott Gardner Chapter 6¿"Reading Jokes in English: How English Language Learners Appreciate and Comprehend Humor" Nadezda Pimenova Part 3: Explicit Humor Competency Training Chapter 7¿"Humor Competency Training for Sarcasm and Jocularity" Caleb Prichard and John Rucynski Jr. Chapter 8¿"Theory, Content Knowledge, Input, Output: Elements in the Teaching and Learning of Humor Competence" Richard Hodson Chapter 9¿"Using Diaries to Research and Develop Humor Competence in a Second Language" Maria Petkova Chapter 10¿"Training English Language Learners to Recognize English Satirical News" John Rucynski Jr. and Caleb Prichard...
