The Deployment of Humor by Teacher in EFL Classroom

Debby Rizky; Rahmad Husein; Mahmud Layan Hutasuhut

doi:10.24036/jbs.v12i3.129393

The Deployment of Humor by Teacher in EFL Classroom

Debby Rizky, Rahmad Husein, Mahmud Layan Hutasuhut

Abstract

This study investigated the deployment of humor by English teacher in classroom. The study adapted the qualitative descriptive method. 6 meetings of English subject classroom was observed and recorded. The data of this study were the utterances which contained of humor deployed by English teacher. The analysis categorizes teacher humor into appropriate and inappropriate forms. Appropriate humor, which constitutes 99.7% of the total instances, is further divided into Related Humor (53.6%), Humor Unrelated to the Class Material (40.9%), Self-Disparaging Humor (4.2%), and unintentional or unplanned humor (1%). Inappropriate humor, making up only 0.3%, includes disparaging humor targeting others. The findings highlight that related humor is the majority of humor deployed by the English teacher, aligning with pedagogical goals, while inappropriate humor is minimally present. These results suggest that humor in the classroom is predominantly used as a positive pedagogical tool, contributing to an engaging and supportive learning environment. Future research suggested to investigated the influence of humor deployed by English teacher towards students’ learning outcomes.

Keywords

Humor in Classroom, Appropriate Humor, Teaceher Humor

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