CONTENT ABSTRACT 2 GLOSSARY 3 INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 DEFINING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE 6 1.2 ON THE VALUE OF AUDIO-LINGUAL APPROACH 7 1.3 ON THE VALUE OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING 9 1.4 USING OF HUMOR IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE 11 CHAPTER II. ANECDOTES 14 2.1 ON THE DEFINITION 14 2.2 TYPES OF ANECDOTES 15 2.3 STRUCTURE OF AN ANECDOTE 17 2.4 THE USAGE OF THE ANECDOTES 18 CHAPTER III. ANALYSES OF INVESTIGATED MATERIAL 19 3.1 ABOUT INVESTIGATED MATERIAL 19 3.2 TYPES OF DIVISION 19 3.3 USING ANECDOTES FOR YOUNG LEARNERS 26 3.4 USING ANECDOTES FOR INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEARNERS 29 BIBLIOGRAPHIE 46 APPENDIX 48