The article aims to examine the role of humour in teaching and learning English language. It is proved that humour can reduce tiredness, boredom and anxiety which may be as affective factors that can impact English learning and also help students to develop their language skills. In addition to this, it is very useful for both teachers and students to improve their relationships. | Nguyễn Thùy Linh Tạp chí KHOA HỌC & CÔNG NGHỆ 116 (02): 47 - 50 HUMOUR IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSROOM Nguyen Thuy Linh* College of Information and Communication Technology - TNU SUMMARY The article aims to examine the role of humour in teaching and learning English language. It is proved that humour can reduce tiredness, boredom and anxiety which may be as affective factors that can impact English learning and also help students to develop their language skills. In addition to this, it is very useful for both teachers and students to improve their relationships. Concurrently, humour also can help English teachers not only create a positive classroom environment, but also be a source of enjoyment for teachers and learners. However, it is extremely important for language teachers to apply the appropriate use of humor in order to avoid the distraction and can achieve the most effective, interesting and attractive English classroom. Keywords: Humour, the importance of humour, the tiredness and anxiety, a positive classroom environment, the appropriate use of humor INTRODUCTION* It can be clearly seen that creating a positive language classroom environment is not easy for most language educators. In fact, it is necessary for most teachers to apply the appropriate strategies to help students from distinct areas who have the different English levels. For this reasons, student learning motivation plays a very crucial role in learning language, and teachers can be seen as an effective controller the learners’ actions in the language learning experience. However, student motivation can be affected by a number of factors, such as, the level of difficulty of materials presented, the kinds of activities used, support of classmates, and encouragement of the teacher. Even more importantly, the mood of the classroom can contribute a great deal to the learning process in the second language classroom. Previous research showed that humor can be beneficial to classroom learning .
