Teach Arabic With a Sense of Humor : Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective Arabic Teacher and Laugh All the Way to Your Classroom

What if you could be a much funnier and more effective Arabic teacher than you are today?

The Arabic teaching world has been waiting for this Hundreds of insights and funny examples of how you can create humor, deliver humor and be a likable teacher (and get promoted faster!).

You need to engage your Arabic students. You need to know how to make 'em laugh.

Whether you’re a new Arabic teacher/faculty just starting out or a professor looking to use humor for your next “serious” lecture, this book is for you.This book is NOT about boring academic theories. Reading it, not only will you learn how to discover practical humor techniques and teaching strategies to dramatically improve your teaching immediately today, you’ll also have plenty of healthy laughs along the way.  

Top contributing professors (including from Cornell University, American University, University of Northwestern, Texas State University, University of Calgary, Loyola University Chicago, University of Houston, and CUNY, to name a few), in this book will answer your hundreds of questions such

How to get Arabic students to laugh and learn by utilizing Humor in the foreign language classroom? How can Arabic teachers use humor as a pedagogical tool? (Chapter 1);What are the fun activities which can be used in multiple ways in an Arabic classroom? What is a fun way to remember Arabic letters? How to use Arabic proverbs and expressions? (Chapter 2);What are the tried and true ways of teaching classical Arabic with humor? Why ‘killing the joke’ can be fun? What are the challenges of teaching Arab tales? (Chapter 3);How to reorient humor for Arabic classroom? How to teach with humor in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic? (Chapter 4);Is teaching Arabic hard? How to transform common first year Arabic grammar mistakes into funny classroom learning moments? How to teach Arabic grammar with funny props? (Chapter 5);Does laughter prolongs one’s life? What is the right type of humor? How to use humor, stories, and social media to teach culture? (Chapter 6);Why do so many Arabic teachers avoid humor? Does Humor Enhance Learning? Why teach Arabic as a foreign language with humor? (Chapter 7);Exactly how to write real jokes for humorless classes? Why a funny lecture beats a dry one? How to target humor and generate as many options as possible? (Chapter 8);What is parody? How to merrily mix and match to achieve creativity and create multitudinous possibilities? (Chapter 8);How to use humor and get students to think? What is the real power of humor and why is it funny? (Chapter 9);How to win students and influence people? What if scatological jokes are an accident? (Chapter 10);How to teach with a sense of humor? Why humor must be timely, thoughtful and creative? When is humor most effective as a medium of pedagogy? (Chapter 11)How to improv(e) your foreign language classes with humor? Why laugh at yourself (Chapters 12); What are the top 10 humor techniques? Exactly how to infuse humor into your writing and presentation or lecture? (Chapter 13) If you want to minimize the teacher burnout and improve your teaching effectiveness, you could hire a bunch of professional development consultants – or you could just read this book.