Abstract: This study aims to investigate the functions of humor in reducing junior high school English classroom anxiety. The writer aims to research whether using humor is suitable to relieve junior high school students’ anxiety in English classroom and how to use humor to solve the problem by studying the cause and form of English classroom anxiety. Researches show that using humor in teaching process will relieve students’ anxiety to some degree, so teachers should teach English with arousing the students’ interest to decrease students’ psychological pressure, letting the students experience the joy of learning English in relaxing atmosphere in order to reach the goal of improving the students’ ability. In this case, the introduction of humor into class is an effective means to arrive at the target.

Key words: humor; English classroom; anxiety

CONTENTS

摘要

Abstract

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-2

2.1 Research on English Classroom Anxiety

2.1.1 The Relationship between Anxiety and English Listening

2.1.2 The Relationship between Anxiety and English Speaking

2.1.3 The Relationship between Anxiety and English Reading

2.1.4 The Relationship between Anxiety and English Writing

2.2 Research on Humor Teaching

2.3 Research on Humor in English Classroom Teaching

3. Application of humor in English class-6

3.1 Principles

3.1.1 Paying attention to the quality of the humor

3.1.2 Paying attention to the quantity of the humor

3.1.3 Settling humor in students

3.1.4. Using humor in teaching appropriately

3.2 Methods

3.2.1 Language Humor

3.2.2 Physical Humor

3.2.3 Medium of Humor

4. Function of Humor in English Teaching-8

4.1 Combing teaching and learning

4.2 Stimulating students’ learning enthusiasm

4.3 Building a harmonious relationship between teachers and students

4.4 Enlivening classroom atmosphere

5. Conclusion-10

Appendix

Acknowledgements