LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 21:6 June 2021
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Teacher as a Communicator: Blending Formal and
Informal Communication through Humour in a Higher Education Classroom

Dr. Preeti Oza and Prof. Shivanee Ahluwalia

Abstract

This paper discusses some of the benefits of using humour in the classroom in a formal teaching-learning process. It is every teacher's dream to extend student interest and participation during a classroom. Here comes tried and tested method of using humour classroom every day. There are many benefits of using wit with humour in your day-to-day teaching. Higher education in India and its future direction are not simple and straightforward. The focus is usually on volume and rarely on quality. Some important factors like the national agenda or a collective consciousness amongst all the stakeholders are sometimes overlooked. The multicultural environment of Indian institutions adds to its complexity. It is always a delicate balance for any teacher to maintain in a classroom pedagogy requires a formula, but the softer aspect of the profession requires an informal approach. This dilemma usually happens when as an educator there are many strategies we use to interact with students and keep their motivation up.

Keywords: Teacher as a Communicator, Formal and Informal Communication, Humour in a Higher Education Classroom

Introduction

It is proven that the use of fun and humour, for both students as well as teachers, can increase enthusiasm and confidence in the class. It increases joy and happiness in the students, it maintains optimism about learning in the class. It also increases the willingness to take the risk in the class. Finally, it reduces the stress of teaching-learning standard classroom. The use of humour by teachers during classroom interventions with young students with social-emotional or behavioural difficulties helps to connect well with them. Sometimes analysis and mechanism of humour are complex and deeply rooted in subjective standards like society religion or culture. (Oza,2019) But it is seen that the use of humour is a binding factor in a wider context of inclusive education in higher education classrooms. But education classrooms in colleges and Universities are somehow lacking this especially useful personality trait in both students and teachers.

Here are some suggestions and to try to things which will help the load and dissipate the clouds in your classroom.

• One of the best strategies is to laugh at yourself first even as a teacher, when you do something silly, or something goes wrong, just mention it and just laugh at it.

• You can create your own set of humourous anecdotes specific to each class, concerning the subject you teach or the type of students who attend your class.

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Dr. Preeti Oza
St. Andrew’s College-University of Mumbai
Preetioza1@gmail.com

Prof. Shivanee Ahluwalia
Sinhgad College of Commerce-University of Mumbai
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