摘要：Funny materials are good sources of activities for foreign language instruction. They can be used with all kinds of students and for different instructional objectives or activities (Valdes, 1994). For many decades, they have been used, in the classroom, as pedagogical tools (González-Espada, 2003). Therefore, as Arkoudis (2003) pointed out, the use of fun in lessons is not a new method but an interesting method in teaching students at all levels of instruction (as cited in Askildson, 2005). It is a general idea that teachers of English play a crucial role in providing learners with the knowledge and skills they need (Uys et al., 2007). However, students learn better when they enjoy their work in the classroom and, consequently, become more successful (Berk, 2007). Hence, the important point is that, in order to maximize students' language learning and enable them to acquire native-like competence appropriate circumstances should be created (Nel & Müller, 2010) and teachers should combine fun with the content of the lesson (Nicholls, 2002). In this respect, videos including fun and laughter are useful and increase their understanding of the content area (Whisonant, 1998). It is recognized that the resulting laughter has many physiological effects such as reducing anxiety and stress; and increasing motivation which can help learning (Russell, 2007; Shmakov & Hannula, 2009; Deiter, 2000; Prensky, 2001; Smidl, 2006; Loomans & Kolberg, 2000). Consequently, if students feel relaxed, they are more likely to acquire items easily and, if they are motivated, they will learn diligently
关键词：fun ; - ; based videos; fun learning; ; language teaching; students' ; views; teachers' views
