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Teaching Sarcasm to University Students in Japan

Learning a second language is difficult enough, but when faced with the daunting task of learning to understand another culture’s humor, many learners can hit a wall. Especially when the two languages do not share similar styles of humor, for example, American sarcasm. By combining different forms of online media, this researcher was able to create a workshop that helped students begin to grasp and be able to use American Sarcasm.