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Remediation in paradise: (Mis)labeling low English proficiency students at UPRM
(2014)
This research project is a secondary data analysis of the characteristics and effects of English language remediation at the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez from the academic years 2008-09 through 2013-14. Using ...
Mayormente las nenas: gendered discourses in online and offline educational settings
(2009)
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 ...
English in the lives of former UPRM engineering students
(2007-12)
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 ...
Exploring the writing process across modalities: learning in face-to-face and online classrooms
(2009)
This study was conducted in a public institution of higher education in western Puerto
Rico in order to explore the effects of adapting a traditional face-to-face intermediate writing
course for second language learners ...
Voice onset time for voiced and voiceless stops across English proficiency levels for sixteen Puerto Rican Spanish speakers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
(2007)
This thesis examined Voice Onset Time (VOT) for voiced and voiceless stops across four English proficiency levels for sixteen Puerto Rican Spanish speakers at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. It used a Production ...
Attitudes of basic track students towards English at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
(2007-12)
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 ...
Adapting RPG’s in an ESL college classroom
(2011)
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 ...
Using smartphones to create films in the English composition classroom: Digital filmmaking as a pedagogical tool
(2014)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate and identify the effectiveness of digital filmmaking using smartphones in the English Composition classroom at the University of Puerto Rico- Mayagüez in the academic year of 2013. ...
Dictionary use and instruction in pre-basic English at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
(2008-05)
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 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, ...