Echevarría Méndez, Damaris

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    English in the lives of former UPRM engineering students
    (2007-12) Echevarría Méndez, Damaris; Dayton, Elizabeth; College of Arts and Sciences - Arts; Blau, Eileen K.; Casey, Judith K.; González Vélez, Mirerza; Morales Caro, Betsy; Department of English; Quiñones Román, David L.
    This thesis is a descriptive analysis of one hundred graduates of the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) who work either in the United States (US) or Puerto Rico (PR). The data was collected by using a web version of a questionnaire designed for this purpose in both English and Spanish. First, the study includes the subjects’ evaluations of the English courses taken at UPRM and the preparation that these courses gave them for the real world of work. Second, it examines the decision of these graduates to leave or to stay in PR for the purposes of work. Third, it describes the English use of the graduates in the domains of home and work and examines how necessary English is for their professional development. Fourth, it examines gender differences. Finally, it includes pedagogical implications for both the UPRM English Department and the UPRM College of Engineering.