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Facing her fears: Analyzing monsters in the early Female Gothic
(2020-11-04)
This thesis focuses on the representation of the monstrous in Female Gothic literature of the late 18th Century and early 19th Century. The focus of this research is on three novels: The Italian by Ann Radcliffe, Zofloya ...
World-building across the disciplines: Exploring loss in literature, creative writing, and pedagogy
(2020-07-28)
World-building and creative writing serves as a space for problem-solving for authors
and readers. Through the reading of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, one finds how the
author uses binary oppositions to reflect ...
Translanguaging practices used by University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez graduate teaching assistants in their classroom
(2020-12-09)
Through narrative inquiry, this research investigates how Graduate Teaching Assistants’ (GTAs) past experiences can help shape their current thoughts and beliefs on translanguaging and its usage inside their classrooms. ...
Application of massive multiplayer online role-playing games as a language learning resource through experiential learning in educational contexts
(2020-12-11)
This case study aims to investigates how integrating lesson plans involving massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) into the English classroom can help Puerto Rican second language learners (SLLs) of English ...
Translanguaging as a strategy for teaching and learning basic English grammar at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
(2021-05-13)
English teaching grammar and translanguaging are topics already carried out by some
authors such as, Hos & Kekec (2015), García and Li (20014) and Mazak and Herbas-Donoso
(2015). Both topics are studied separately but ...
New literacies: Using anime to expand teachers’ resources in the classroom
(2020-04-22)
A continually changing environment of technology and communication in the modern workforce has established a new baseline for 21st-century students who require ESL educators to involve visual resources in their curriculum ...
Life of Pi and the oceanic sublime
(2020-05-26)
This thesis situates Yann Martel’s Life of Pi within the area of sea studies, analyzing the novel at the intersection of ecocritical ethics, social histories at sea, shipwreck allusions in literary texts, and the burgeoning ...
The emergence of a new identity: The Nuyorican Afro-Boricua as presented in selected works by poets Louis Reyes Rivera and Jaime “Shaggy” Flores
(2020-11-25)
This thesis is informed by the subject of race and identity within the works of Puerto Rican authors who live in the United States. Thus, it establishes an argument of exploring the Afro-Boricua identity in the works ...
Shaping ESL education through photography, cultural education and technology
(2021-05-13)
English education faces a challenging phase as students’ methods of learning change, and pedagogical strategies become outdated. Proficiency levels in English today are not as
expected by the requirements and objectives ...
Magical sexualities: Witchcraft in film and television
(2020-04-17)
The purpose of this research is to analyze varied representations of the figure of the witch through television series and the implication these representations have within the field of feminist studies. For this investigation, ...