The focus of this study is to examine if the English language influences withdrawal or failure rates in Pre-Calculus I at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez. Using data from the Office of Research and Institutional ...

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 ...

The main goal of this Participatory Action Research (PAR) study is to empower students to become aware of, and address issues of inequality and social injustices through literacy practices such as reading and writing ...

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. ...

Este proyecto de investigación utilizó historias de vida para explorar cómo estudiantes del departamento de inglés de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayagüez (UPRM) aprendieron inglés. El objetivo original era investigar ...

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 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 ...

This investigation used two focus group interviews and discourse analysis to determine if Puerto Ricans are perceived as languageless and biculturally ambivalent. It aimed to identify how these ideologies are demonstrated ...

In this study, Role Playing Games (RPG‟s) were adapted and used in an ESL classroom in the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, in order to explore the students' different identities, to engage their imagination, to ...

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 ...