EFL Teachers’ Identity and Power in China
A Discursive Analysis of Their Humor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21830835 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hongji Jiang (Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University), Yaqian Qin (Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 35 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of English Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1923-869X • E-ISSN: 1923-8703 |
| Publisher | Canadian Center of Science and Education (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5539/ijel.v13n3p35 |
| OpenAlex | W4366782617 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
Previous studies examined the benefits of the use of humor in language classrooms, but none of them has queried a deep understanding of the role of humor from teachers’ perspectives. This qualitative case study explored the perceptions of three Chinese secondary school English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers on the use of humor in a period of six months of research. It discussed Chinese EFL teachers’ identity and proposed humor as a strategy that helps maintain or shift the power in the Chinese teaching context. The path of power shift proposed in this study can be applied to educational scenarios similar to Chinese secondary schools in which exam is oriented and the size of class is large
China · English as a foreign language · Geography · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Education Practices and Challenges · Humor Studies and Applications · Psychology
Ethnography and classroom discourse
Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching
Doing Being Playful in the Second Language Classroom
Reconciling Communicative Approaches to the Teaching of English with Traditional Chinese Methods
Different Attitudes toward Humor between Chinese and American Students
Script theory revis(it)ed
Exploration of Chinese humor
The Chinese ambivalence to humor
A Chinese Conceptualisation of Willingness to Communicate in ESL
Understanding Chinese high school students’ Foreign Language Enjoyment
English teaching and learning in China
Potential Cultural Resistance to Pedagogical Imports
Cultural Differences in Humor Perception, Usage, and Implications
Comparing Playful and Nonplayful Incidental Attention to Form
Modelling the complexity of humour - Insights from linguistics
Functions of humor in the conversations of men and women
Is that what I Said?' Interview Transcript Approval by Participants
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |