Assessing Humour Appreciation among Pre-diploma Students

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10.2991/978-2-38476-563-8_22How to use a DOI?

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Humour appreciation; humour rating; narrative jokes

Abstract

Humour is both universal and specific in human interaction. Its influences in many fields have been extensively discovered, including in the area of teaching and learning. Numerous past studies have reported positive influences of humour and advocated its inclusion in the classrooms. Hence, the objectives of this study were to assess humour appreciation of three narrative jokes among pre-diploma students and to add to existing teaching materials that can be used by educators. This study included a purposive sampling of an intact group consisting of 32 students. The results revealed two narrative jokes which were rated humorous, indicating their suitable insertion in the classrooms as well as the researchers’ future studies on the use of humour in language teaching.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nursyafiqah Zabidin
AU  - Nor Afifa Nordin
AU  - Amirah Mohd Juned
AU  - Nazarul Azali Razali
AU  - Nor Atifah Mohamad
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/04/28
TI  - Assessing Humour Appreciation among Pre-diploma Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Research on Language 2025 (IROLE 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 287
EP  - 294
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-563-8_22
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-563-8_22
ID  - Zabidin2026
ER  -