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The r/evolution of the Victorian femme fatale
(2016)
The focus of this thesis is to examine the construction of femme fatale representations of nineteenth century England, particularly in mid- Victorian to fin-de-siècle art and literature, thus tracing radical and significant ...
Green English: An interdisciplinary approach to eco-conscientization
(2013)
With a focus on the pedagogical and transformative potentials of integrating Environmental Education into existing English as a Second Language (ESL) curriculum, this study offers theme-based lesson plans that promote ...
Understanding language ideologies in Puerto Rico: From colonialism to translanguaging
(2015)
This thesis provides an historical analysis of the evolution of the monolingual paradigm
in Puerto Rico. It traces the origins of the monolingual paradigm from the rise of the modern
European nation-state, through US ...
Hungry for more: Reading Under the Tuscan Sun as a gastrography
(2011)
This thesis examines the best-selling memoir Under the Tuscan Sun as an autobiographical narrative in the genre of gastrography that demonstrates how food is used as a metaphor and also as a mode of escape in 21st century ...
Assessing student perspectives on pedagogical translanguaging: A case study of a Puerto Rican university classroom
(2015)
This thesis details the results of a study into the translanguaging habits of students in an
upper-level psychology classroom at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez. It seeks to add
to a relatively limited knowledge ...
Breaking social barriers: A participatory observation of social-media interactions in an undergraduate-student mentorship of at-risk youth at a foster care institution in Puerto Rico
(2015)
This study employed qualitative methods to capture the online interaction of
undergraduate volunteers as part of an undergraduate-student mentorship program. This program
was developed to provide mentorship and tutoring ...
Mentor and mentee: bridging two perspectives on GTA training a case study on GTA training needs in the department of English at UPRM
(2010)
This case study investigated the opinions that Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) from the English Department at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez have regarding the training they received during their placement ...
And Tango Makes Three and Tyyl: A study of censorship and banned books in Twenty-first Century America
(2012)
This thesis explores and questions the effects of censorship in the United States and
Puerto Rico, specifically Young Adult and Children’s Literature. Literary censorship has both
oppressed the authors’ right to expression ...
Integrating technology in the English classroom
(2012)
The study examines teachers’ perceptions of the use and integration of computer technology in public and private schools in Puerto Rico. Three research questions guided the study: How do English teachers perceive their own ...
Problematizing Yertle the Turtle, the Lorax, and Horton through critical literacy, global issues and Freire’s tenets
(2012)
Through the use of children’s literature, this thesis encourages educators and parents to expose children, from an early age to texts that promote critical thinking. In order to identify texts that do so, an evaluation ...