| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-13页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-32页 |
| ·Survey of humor | 第16-27页 |
| ·Definitions of humor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Basic elements of humor | 第17-19页 |
| ·Humorous teaching | 第19-20页 |
| ·Theories of humor | 第20-22页 |
| ·Theories advanced by Freud | 第20-21页 |
| ·Cognitive theories | 第21-22页 |
| ·Role of humor in education | 第22-25页 |
| ·Principal advantages of humor application | 第22-25页 |
| ·Potential negative effects of humor application | 第25页 |
| ·Humor and adult learners (college students) | 第25-27页 |
| ·Affective Filter Hypothesis | 第27-32页 |
| ·What is Affective Filter Hypothesis? | 第27-29页 |
| ·Anxiety | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three The Research | 第32-39页 |
| ·Questions | 第32页 |
| ·Methodology | 第32-37页 |
| ·Subjects | 第32-34页 |
| ·Instruments | 第34-37页 |
| ·Questionnaire for college students | 第35-36页 |
| ·Questionnaire for College English teachers | 第36-37页 |
| ·Analytical approach | 第37页 |
| ·Procedure | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Four Data Analysis and Discussions | 第39-68页 |
| ·Findings from the questionnaires for college students | 第39-51页 |
| ·Based on basic information | 第39-41页 |
| ·Based on students' learning emotions | 第41-42页 |
| ·Based on students' perceptions about the effect of humor application | 第42-49页 |
| ·Humor effect on students | 第43-47页 |
| ·Humor effect on teachers | 第47-49页 |
| ·Humor effect in other aspects | 第49页 |
| ·Based on students' views on the necessity and the correlation | 第49-51页 |
| ·Findings from the questionnaires for College English teachers | 第51-62页 |
| ·Based on basic information | 第51-54页 |
| ·Based on teachers' perceptions about the effect of humor application | 第54-61页 |
| ·Humor effect on students | 第55-58页 |
| ·Humor effect on teachers | 第58-60页 |
| ·Humor effect in other aspects | 第60-61页 |
| ·Based on teachers' views on the necessity and the correlation | 第61-62页 |
| ·Findings from the comparison of the perceptions | 第62-68页 |
| ·Comparison of perceptions about humor effect on students | 第62-65页 |
| ·Comparison of perceptions about humor effect on teachers | 第65-66页 |
| ·Comparison of perceptions about humor effect in other aspects | 第66-68页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第68-70页 |
| ·Implications and limitations of the present study | 第70-72页 |
| References | 第72-76页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第76-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第78-80页 |
| 个人简历及科研成果 | 第80页 |
