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Assessing student perspectives on pedagogical translanguaging: A case study of a Puerto Rican university classroom
(2015)
This thesis details the results of a study into the translanguaging habits of students in an
upper-level psychology classroom at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez. It seeks to add
to a relatively limited knowledge ...
Understanding language ideologies in Puerto Rico: From colonialism to translanguaging
(2015)
This thesis provides an historical analysis of the evolution of the monolingual paradigm
in Puerto Rico. It traces the origins of the monolingual paradigm from the rise of the modern
European nation-state, through US ...
Translanguaging: Using American Sign Language in the basic English 3101 classroom
(2018-05)
When teaching the Basic English 3101 course, English language learning was affected due to the lack of teacher-student communication in class. This lack of communication could be attributed to students’ fears towards ...
Remediation in paradise: (Mis)labeling low English proficiency students at UPRM
(2014)
This research project is a secondary data analysis of the characteristics and effects of English language remediation at the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez from the academic years 2008-09 through 2013-14. Using ...
¿Es inglés la clave?: Life histories of first-generation-college-student return migrants and their perceptions of English as key to college and professional success
(2012)
This research project explored how English and Spanish shaped the life experiences of first-generation college students who migrated between the United States and Puerto Rico. It focused on the consequences of transnational ...
Functions of graduate instructors’ codeswitching in a Puerto Rican ESL classroom
(2018-05)
The argument for the exclusive use of English versus the use of English and Spanish in the English classroom has been a continuing debate between researchers and educators in Puerto Rico. The University of Puerto Rico, ...
Because they said so: Life stories of four college students in Puerto Rico and the influential factors in their English learning process
(2009)
This investigation used life history to understand the different factors that have influenced the current motivations to learn English and perceptions about this language of several learners at the University of Puerto ...
Mayormente las nenas: gendered discourses in online and offline educational settings
(2009)
This ethnographic case study explored the ways in which gendered discourses were enacted by students in an English language classroom and their corresponding educational weblogs. The participants were 18 pre-basic English ...
Student mobility and ‘el spanglish’: Describing Colombian student migration to UPRM and their perceptions and realizations of language use at the graduate level
(2014)
This case study utilized naturalistic, qualitative data collection methods to describe the reasons for Colombian graduate student migration to the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. It also describes the use of ...