The Effects of Using Humor on EFL Students’ motivation: The case of third year English at University of Tlemcen.

Abstract

Humor is a precious gift to the mankind. In fact, the use of humor in pedagogical setting creates a big clamour in the field of education. The curent study aims at investigating the influences of using humor on students’ motivation. The population under study is the third year EFL learners in (Abou Bakr Belkaid) University of Tlemcen. Furthermore, this research attempts to answer the following question: what are the effects of using humor on students’ motivation and what are the obstacles of using humor in classroom. In order to obtain deeper understanding about the present topic the researcher utilizes the three main research instruments: teachers’ interview, students’ questionnaire and classroom observation. Hence, the data gathered were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. At the end, the results obtained show that the two hyphothesis are confirmed; the use of humor in classroom will increase and sustain the learner’s motivation and promote the learning process. Otherwise, will lead to discipline problems.