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Voice onset time for voiced and voiceless stops across English proficiency levels for sixteen Puerto Rican Spanish speakers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
(2007)
This thesis examined Voice Onset Time (VOT) for voiced and voiceless stops across four English proficiency levels for sixteen Puerto Rican Spanish speakers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. It used a Production ...
An analysis of gender representations in children’s novels by Frances Hodgson Burnett
(2007)
This thesis examines gender representations in three childrenís novels by
Victorian author Frances Hodgson Burnett. It focuses specifically on the construction and
representation of femininity in the novels Little Lord ...
Learning by the numbers: Critical discourse analysis of representations of No Child Left Behind public law 107-110 in Puerto Rico
(2007)
The implementation of Public Law 107-110, No Child Left Behind Act
(NCLB) has far-reaching implications that redirect the course of education in
Puerto Rico by imposing policies through a process that has not been
...
Teaching William Blake's The Songs of Innocence and of Experience to university ESL students with reader-response and Freirian pedagogy
(2006-11-28)
This study examines the use of reader-response theory and Freirian pedagogy in
the teaching of selected poems from William Blake’s The Songs of Innocence and of
Experience to university ESL students in Mayagüez, Puerto ...
Teachers speak out on the use of the English curriculum in southwestern Puerto Rico
(2005)
Teaching English as a Second Language in Puerto Rico has been a topic of debate
since the occupation of the United States. Due to constant political change, the English
curriculum for secondary schools in Puerto Rico has ...
Exploring the writing process across modalities: learning in face-to-face and online classrooms
(2009)
This study was conducted in a public institution of higher education in western Puerto
Rico in order to explore the effects of adapting a traditional face-to-face intermediate writing
course for second language learners ...
Dictionary use and instruction in pre-basic English at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
(2008-05)
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 ...
Style for Puerto Rican high school students: A teaching unit focusing on informal style and slang
(2006-05)
The overarching objectives of this thesis were 1) to provide Puerto Rican English teachers with materials through which they can introduce style, particularly informal style with a focus on slang, and 2) to expose Puerto ...
The American dream: Disillusionment in selected works of Ana Castillo, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Virgil Suarez
(2008)
The concept of the American Dream exerts enormous influence on American life. The promises of wealth and success of the American Dream are powerfully appealing. This thesis presents a critical analysis of representations ...
Kindergarten English teaching through the arts (ketta): curriculum development
(2009)
The teaching of English as a Second Language (ESL) in the Kindergarten classroom in Puerto Rico public schools has been a controversial topic to most boricuas (term used to name the native Puerto Rican) for over fifteen ...