Humor and teaching of Portuguese as a Foreign Language in a multicultural environment

Although humor is rarely present in classrooms, there are several studies that confirm its benefits in the public and private spheres, demonstrating that this is an important resource that facilitates learning (PINA, 2014). Considering the difficulty of mastering humor in a foreign language, this pa...

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Autor: Martins, Susana Maria Duarte
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP)
Repositorio:Revista EntreLínguas (Online)
Idioma:portugués
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15452
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/entrelinguas/article/view/15452
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Humor as a pedagogical tool
humor and language teaching
shared culture
language and culture
Portuguese as a non-native language
Humor como herramienta pedagógica
humor y enseñanza de idiomas
cultura compartida
lengua y cultura
Portugués lengua no materna
Humor como ferramenta pedagógica
humor e ensino de línguas
cultura partilhada
língua e cultura
Português língua não materna
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Sumario:Although humor is rarely present in classrooms, there are several studies that confirm its benefits in the public and private spheres, demonstrating that this is an important resource that facilitates learning (PINA, 2014). Considering the difficulty of mastering humor in a foreign language, this paper addresses strategies designed to provide university students at the advanced level (C1) of Portuguese as a foreign language with autonomy in understanding humor, through exposure to a variety of oral and written texts with a strong multimodal component. The work carried out in a multicultural context allowed not only the appropriation of elements of the Portuguese and Lusophone cultures but also contact with different registers (formal and informal) and linguistic varieties (European and Brazilian Portuguese), enabling access to “a considerable degree of slang and idiomatic usage” (COUNCIL OF EUROPE, 2001, p. 122) and the development of the critical awareness of learners.