Joke-Telling as a Tool in ESL.

Trachtenberg, Susan

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Publication Date: 1979-Mar

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Joke-Telling as a Tool in ESL.

Trachtenberg, Susan

TESOL Quarterly, v13 n1 p89-99 Mar 1979

Suggests the use of jokes in the English as a second language class to promote oral fluency, awareness of sociolinguistic rules, and understanding of certain values in American culture. (CFM)

Descriptors: American Culture, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Education, English (Second Language), Humor, Language Fluency, Language Instruction, Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Teaching Guides, Teaching Methods, Values

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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