This study examines the point of view of the professors and instructors of Pre- Basic English on the role of the dictionary in the Pre-Basic English classroom. It also examines the dictionary using habits in English and ...

This thesis had three objectives. The first was to design and create a bilingual phonemic awareness test (BPAT) for Puerto Rico, where Spanish is a first language and English is a second language, learned primarily through ...

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 ...

This thesis is a descriptive analysis of one hundred graduates of the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) who work either in the United States (US) or Puerto Rico (PR). The data was ...

The purpose of the thesis was to create a curricular unit for 10th grade students at a public high school in Puerto Rico using a needs assessment. The assessment included answering several questions: topics students would ...

This thesis examined the attitudes toward English of 238 Puerto Rican students enrolled in the Basic English sequence, including the Pre-Basic course, at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. The thesis also ...

This study was designed to explore: 1) What language choices are being made by students at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez when they are text messaging? 2) What are the differences in language use to text message ...