Publications
Publication details [#55178]
Forman, Ross. 2011. Humorous Language Play in a Thai EFL Classroom. Applied Linguistics 32 (5) : 541–565. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Oxford University Press
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study explores (linguistic and discursive) humorous language play, initiated by a bilingual EFL teacher in a Thai EFL university classroom. Benefits for student learning are recorded in affective, sociocultural and linguistic dimensions. The capacity of humor to ‘unsettle’ demands careful teacher handling.