51 “The students could share their knowledge and socialize with the other people. I
got a lot of knowledge in SPD class. After the class, I knew that everything started from our self. When we could see everything positively, we could solve it
well”.
ELESP students said that they could find the problem solving through their friends‟ point of view. They solved the problem not only from one side point of
view. They would share everything to the others. Grouping was to share the information.
b. Building up a sense of humor
This part showed the participants‟ experiences about the way the lecturer built good atmosphere in the class. Rogers in Hansen 2000, p.24 states that no one
learns something that significant from someone else. The participants always payed attention to the lecturer that made them learn the way to create good
atmosphere in the class. Humor was also important for the teachers. It built good relationship with the students.
Humor was also an important character for the teacher. The ELESP students did not have to find an example from the other class. The lecturer in SPD class
sometimes showed her humor side while explaining the material. She used some stories that make the students laugh. This part showed the advantages of humor
in the class. ELESP students said that the advantage of humor was to make the atmosphere
not too serious. It was to wake up the sleepy students. Therefore, the students would not be sleepy in the class. They said that the lecturer became humorist
52 because she knew that her class was like hell, so that, she tried to make the
students not afraid of her. Having a sense of humor made the lecturer and the students become closer. It was to make the students relax and not getting tense in
the class. They said that being humorist created good atmosphere in the class. Therefore, the students would not be depressed. The students learn to care from
the lecturer by being humorist. The atmosphere in the class would be better for the students to learn and also built up good relationship between the lecturer and
the students. The teachers could make the teaching learning process interesting by telling
some funny stories. It made the teaching learning process not boring. They should not be strain in facing their life‟s problem. Some of them said that their
lecturer was very firm, hard, responsive and alert, but one-time she became very humorous. It was her character. Humor has something meaningful in it. There
were a lot of things and materials that were delivered from humor. It was the way to control the situation in the class.
c. Responsiveness
