Ríos-Ramírez, Aynicha I.

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Style for Puerto Rican high school students: A teaching unit focusing on informal style and slang
(2006-05) Ríos-Ramírez, Aynicha I.; Dayton, Elizabeth; College of Arts and Sciences - Arts; Blau, Eileen; Morales Caro, Betsy; Virtanen, Beth; Department of English; Martínez, Doris
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 Rican 10th grade students in the English classroom to the concept of style through informal style with a focus on slang, a topic to which they can relate. To meet these objectives, the teacher-researcher developed and field-tested a teaching unit with six lesson plans. She also analyzed the data on slang elicited through the lesson plans. The findings showed that the students produced slang words in English, Spanglish, and Spanish and that media have an influence on the creation and promotion of slang. The production of slang words in English and Spanglish, evidence of informal style, leads to the re-evaluation of Puerto Rico as an English as a Foreign language society.