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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English education faces a challenging phase as students’ methods of learning change, and pedagogical strategies become outdated.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, ...
Gender, pedagogy, and werewolves: Duality in reading and teaching Quinn Loftis's Prince of Wolves
(2020-05-20)
For generations werewolves have been a symbol of an uncontrollable male desire, however, Quinn Loftis has changed the civilized-savage binary in her novel, Prince of Wolves, to suggest that in the wake of multiple rape ...
Alternate texts, alternate pedagogies: Autoethnographic research with graduate teaching assistants in an ESL environment
(2020-07-23)
The purpose of this thesis is to study the graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) who are instructors of record in undergraduate-level general education courses in the Department of English at the University of Puerto Rico ...
From Caliban to me: Postcolonial reading of Elizabeth Nunez’s Prospero’s Daughter
(2020-05-15)
This thesis project explores my alignment to nature and the Devil for empowerment as a racialized Other—the villain—in the Western imperial project, through Elizabeth Nunez’s Prospero’s Daughter (2006), a Caribbean reimagining ...
The rise of messaging Apps and their influence on language learning
(2020-05-27)
Mobile text messaging and its effect on language use has been a well-studied field in past years. However, not until recently have mobile messaging apps and their influence on language learning been researched. Nowadays, ...
The tutoring phenomenon: Parent and tutor determinants for private supplementary tutoring in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
(2020-05-29)
Through a case study approach, this research investigates the perspectives of parents and
tutors regarding private supplementary tutoring (PST). Findings showcase determinants for the
motivated use of PST from parents ...
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. ...