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1、HumorandEnglishLearningRecently,theapplicationofhumorinEnglishclassbecomesmoreandmorepopular.Itcancreateapositiveclassroommood,breakupthecommunicativebarrierbetweenteachersandstudentsandattractstudentstotakepartinclassroomactivities.Asenseofhumorhasbecomeoneofthec
2、haracteristicsofanexcellentteacher.Inthispart,theauthorfirstlygivesaintroductiontoAffectiveFilterHypothesis,theninquiresintorelevanttheoriesonmood.Theauthoralsoanalyzesthefunctionofhumorincreatingpositiveclassroommood.
TheEnglishwordhumorisderivedfromanancientLati
3、nword,whichmeansoneofcertainliquidsinthebody.AccordingtoOxfordAdvancedLearnersEnglishChineseDictionary,humormeans:(1)qualityofbeingamusingorcomic.(2)abilitytoappreciatethings,situationsorpeoplethatarecomic;abilitytobeamused.(3)personsstateofmind;mood;temper.(4)any
4、ofthefourliquids(blood,phlegm,choler,melancholy)inthebodythatwereoncethoughttodetermineapersonsmentalandphysicalqualities.Fromtheabovedefinition,weknowhumorhasabroadmeaning.Inthisthesis,theauthormainlyreferstoverbalhumor.Byverbalhumor,wemeanthehumorcreatedbythedif
5、ferentcomponentsoflanguage,includinghumorousessay,jocularsketch,joke,irony,sarcasm,wit,bonmot,epigramandpun.1.1AnIntroductiontoAffectiveFilterHypothesis
TheAffectiveFilterHypothesisisoneoffiveproposedhypothesesdevelopedbyStevenKrashen.Itisanexplanationoftherelatio
6、nshipbetweenaffectivefactorsandlanguagelearning.TheAffectiveFilterHypothesisisparticularlyappealingtoteachersbecauseitprovidesanexplanationtowhysomelearnerslearnandothersdonot.
TheAffectiveFilterHypothesisstatestherelationshipbetweenaffectivevariablesandtheprocess
7、ofsecondlanguagelearning.Affectivevariablesrelatedtosuccessinsecondlanguagelearningmaybeplacedintooneofthreecategories:(a)motivation,(b)self-confidence,and(c)anxiety.Krashenpointstotheimportanceofmotivation,self-confidenceandanxiety.Heholdsthatthesefactorsaremorei
8、nvolvedinconstructingtheacquiredsystemthaninlearning.Theyaremorestronglyrelatedtoachievementasmeasuredbycommunicativeteststhanbyformallanguagetests.Hewr
