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dc.contributor.advisorDupey, Robert
dc.contributor.authorMeyers Santiago, Wildaly
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-22T19:31:09Z
dc.date.available2024-02-22T19:31:09Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-06
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11721/3625
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines bilingual and multilingual language practices and policies geared to the development of EFL students’ written language skills in the Puerto Rican public school system at the secondary level. In second and foreign-language learning contexts, writing can be considered one of the more complex skills to develop, particularly at the high school level. This paper explores the linguistic aspects and complexities that impact writing proficiency, and how these aspects intersect with bilingual and multilingual language practices and policies in an L2/FL learning context. Additionally, the paper addresses relevant language policies and strategies that can be implemented to support EFL students' writing proficiency in an EFL context, such as the one in secondary Puerto Rican schools. Findings suggest that focusing on language-as-resource, a bottom-up approach to language policy, and considering the local context contribute to more effective language policies and strategies for enhancing EFL students' written language skills. This investigation encourages policymakers and researchers to include classroom practitioners, such as high school teachers, students, parents, and other community members, to contribute to discussions that lead to changes in language policy at the classroom level. Ultimately, this study encourages more inclusive and culturally responsive practices and policies to be enacted in the secondary EFL classrooms of Puerto Rico.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectEFLen_US
dc.subjectLanguage policyen_US
dc.subjectMultilingual practicesen_US
dc.subjectForeign language writingen_US
dc.subjectWriting strategiesen_US
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Spanish speakersen_US
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language--Study and teaching (Higher)--Puerto Rico--Spanish speakersen_US
dc.titleEffective language policy for culturally responsive writing strategies and practices in Puerto Rican secondary schoolsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.rights.holder©2023, Wildaly Meyers Santiagoen_US
dc.contributor.committeeAlbuyeh, Ann
dc.contributor.committeeRivera, Yolanda
dc.contributor.representativeMather, Patrick André
dc.contributor.campusUniversity of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campusen_US
dc.description.graduationSemesterFall (1st Semester)en_US
dc.description.graduationYear2023en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglishen_US
thesis.degree.levelM.A.en_US


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