Publication Title
EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages
Document Type
Article
Abstract/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.
Department
Literature and Languages
First Page
42
Last Page
55
DOI
10.21283/2376905X.5.72
Volume
3
Issue
2
ISSN
2376-905X
Date
12-31-2016
Citation Information
Hempelmann, Christian F., "Humor in the teaching of writing: A microethnographic approach" (2016). Faculty Publications. 37.
https://lair.etamu.edu/chssa-faculty-publications/37
