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- Treats the language classroom as a cultural context within which to examine the role of humour in the establishment and building of rapport
- Explores the agency that adult learners exercise in taking ownership of a target language
- Focuses on instrumental learners who operate in the international world of commercial and business transactions, where English is the lingua franca
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book investigates the importance of humour and play in the establishment of individual and group identities among adult language learners on an intensive business English course. The enclosed setting allows the emergent nature of community building and identity projection to be traced, foregrounding the important role of humorous play in these vital social processes. The book will be of interest to students and researchers of applied linguistics, second language acquisition and humour studies.
Reviews
“I believe that Hann has achieved his purpose to show readers how low-proficiency adult learners can use language to play despite their limitations. … Hann has made a valuable contribution in revealing deep insight into the meaning of laughter in the language classroom, and the ubiquitous ways in which play is present in the to-and-fro of healthy classroom communication.” (Phuong Anh Nguyen, alanz.org.nz, February 4, 2021)
Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
David Hann
About the author
David Hann is a Central Academic Staff Lecturer in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University, UK. His research focuses on the forms and social functions of humorous language play among non-native speakers of English in a language classroom setting.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spontaneous Play in the Language Classroom
Book Subtitle: Creating a Community
Authors: David Hann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26304-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26303-4Published: 29 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26306-5Published: 29 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-26304-1Published: 16 August 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 254
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: English, Language Education, Sociolinguistics, Self and Identity, Language Teaching