Japanese perceptions of humor in the English language classroom

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Wit and Humor 100%
• Language 60%
• Japan 20%
• Laughter 18%
• Learning 18%
• Students 17%
• Social Norms 17%
• Motivation 10%
• Research Personnel 8%
• Aptitude 8%

Social Sciences

• humor 77%
• English language 62%
• classroom 39%
• cultural difference 19%
• Japan 16%
• Social Norms 10%
• instructor 8%
• inclusion 7%
• learning 7%
• gender 5%
• student 5%
• university 5%
• time 3%
• experience 3%

Arts & Humanities

• Learner Perspectives 27%
• Language Acquisition 26%
• Cultural Differences 26%
• English Proficiency 21%
• Language Proficiency 19%
• Educational Tool 19%
• Japan 17%
• Japanese Language 16%
• Academic Discipline 16%
• Instructor 14%
• Laughter 13%
• Social Norms 13%
• Appropriateness 12%
• Inclusion 10%