tesl + humour
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Humour in the ESL/EFL
Classroom
•Without a sense of humor, everyday life could become pretty boring.
• Humour in the English classroom has more than just the ‘effect to induce laughter’.
Benefits of humor in TESL
*Affective Filter Hipothesis (Kraschen) implied that our pedagogical goals should not only include supplying comprehensible input, but also creating a situation that encourages a low filter.
•Increases Motivation and Self-confidence.•Creates a Positive Classroom Atmosphere. •It Bridges the Broad Gap Between Teachers and Students.
"What is learned with laughter is learned well"
Types of Humor in Teaching
Textual Stories, Jokes
Pictorial Cartoons, Comics
Action/Games Theatre, Video, Role play, Simulation, Contests
Verbal Puns, Word games, Acronyms
•Don't try too hard. •Do what fits your personality.•Don't use private humour .•Make humour an integral part of your class, rather than something special. •Be careful not to overuse it, it could lose its value and effect.•Using humour, like teaching, has to be well prepared.
Guidelines on using humor in TESL1. Smile/Be lighthearted.2. Be spontaneous/natural.3. Foster an informal climate/be conversational and loose.4. Begin class with a thought for the day, a poem, a short anecdote, or a humorous example.5. Use stories and experiences that emerge from the subject matter.
6. Relate things to the everyday life of students.7. Plan lectures/presentations in short segments with humor injected.8. Encourage a give-and-take climate between yourself and students.9. Ask students to supply you with some of their jokes, stories, or anecdotes, Share these.10. Tell a joke or two. Do outrageous things. Admit you're no good at it. Appear human.
If at first you don't succeed…skydiving is
not for you.
No, it was yesterdie
“Did I come here to die?”
Phonology
Morphology
Collie + Malamute
Commute, a dog that travels to work
Lexicon
A: “Waiter, do you serve crabs here?” asks a customer.B: “We serve everybody. Just have a seat at this table, sir.”
- Call me a taxi.
- OK, you're a taxi.
Crab: a cranky person or a marine crustacean.
Syntax
The dean announced that he is going to stop drinking
on campus. No kidding! Next thing
you know he’ll want us to stop drinking
too
• Give students silly topics to write about, eg:-“Why do I like being a German Shepard”-“A day in a pencil’s life”-“Things that you can do while you wait for the bell to ring”-“25 reasons that I consider there must be classes on Saturdays and Sundays”-“Grandma’s cooking book: How to cook a wolf”-“Snowhite writes a letter to the author complaining that the mirror is foggy”
Writing
Teacher, Stacy took my pencil and she won’t give it to me.
Discipline Official complainer application
Date………………….
Full Name………………..
Address………………….
City, state……………………….Zip code…………………
Phone number…………..Age…………….Grade…………..
Favourite subject……………………Favourite colour……….
Favourite book…………………………………………...
Name of father or tutor………………………………….
Name of mother………………………………………….
Name of teacher………………………………………….
References (name 3 people that know you)………………..
…………………………………………………………………..
Name of people related with the complain………………..
Complain………………………………………………….
Discipline
Problem’s grade of importance.
Mark the correspondent number according to the following scale:
(1) Insignificant (2) Mínimal (3) Regular (4) Big (5) Extraordinary
What kind of action would you suggest?
1. Appologise
2. Peer mediation
3. Talk with the teacher
4. Reunion with headmaster
5. Intervention of the highest authorities of school
6. Other:………………………………………………
Classroom decoration
-Bright colours- Hang funny posters or phrases- Create signs: - For Rent / - Drive thru / -Deliveries on the back / - No parking / - No barking / - Do not feed the animals, etc.
No
applicants
Leave a tip when you leave
Wild animals
????????
Who am I? I am a/an Chilean. I was born years
ago in . When my father first saw me, he said, “ !”
I am meters tall, have brown eyes, and a/an
complexion. My hobby is collecting . I always speak
, and I have made several motion pictures. I
am married to , the well-known Hollywood .
I have given away thousands of to charity. My most
prominent physical characteristics are my nose and my large
. Who am I?
Answer: I am
Adjective Number
Geographical Location Exclamation
Number Adjective
Adjective Plural noun
Adverb Adjective
Person in room NounPlural noun
Adjective
Noun
Another person in room