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Abstract: The master's thesis deals with the analysis of coursebooks for high school students, published by Oxford UP. Specifically we were interested in the amount of humor included, its types, its purpose and whether humor in coursebooks is culturally bound. The thesis also deals with the amount of humor understood by students. It examines the role of gender, class and school. The study involved 345 students from different grammar and vocational schools from the Education Institute in Maribor. The data for students were gained with the help of the questionnaire. The Coursebook analysis showed that there is not enough humor included in the coursebooks. Humor that is included, however, lacks type diversity. Further, the results from the analyzed student’s answers show that the students understand humor; however, most of the students (especially male students and students that go to vocational school) do not find the cartoons which contain general humor funny. The students preferred culturally bound humor.
Keywords: humor, benefits, disadvantages, coursebooks, comprehension.
Published in DKUM: 28.07.2014; Views: 1673; Downloads: 181
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