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Style for Puerto Rican high school students: A teaching unit focusing on informal style and slang

dc.contributor.advisor Dayton, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.author Ríos-Ramírez, Aynicha I.
dc.contributor.college College of Arts and Sciences - Arts en_US
dc.contributor.committee Blau, Eileen
dc.contributor.committee Morales Caro, Betsy
dc.contributor.committee Virtanen, Beth
dc.contributor.department Department of English en_US
dc.contributor.representative Martínez, Doris
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-09T14:18:34Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-09T14:18:34Z
dc.date.issued 2006-05
dc.description.abstract 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.
dc.description.abstract Los objetivos de esta tesis fueron 1) proveerle a los maestros Puertorriqueños que enseñan inglés materiales sobre los estilos, particularmente el estilo informal con el enfoque en jerga, y 2) exponer a los estudiantes del décimo grado que toman el curso de inglés al concepto de estilo mayormente estilo informal con el enfoque en jerga, un tema que conocen bien. Para cumplir con estos objetivos, la maestra-investigadora desarrolló y comprobó una unidad de enseñanza. También se analizó la data de jerga que se obtuvo en las clases. Los resultados reflejan que los estudiantes producen jerga en Inglés, Español, y en Spanglish y que los medios de comunicación contribuyen a la creación y promoción de jerga. La producción de la jerga en Inglés y Spanglish, que son de estilo informal, lleva a la re-evaluación de que Puerto Rico es una sociedad donde el Inglés es utilizado como idioma extranjero.
dc.description.graduationSemester Spring en_US
dc.description.graduationYear 2006 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/770
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.rights.holder (c) 2006 Aynicha I. Ríos Ramírez en_US
dc.rights.license All rights reserved en_US
dc.subject English language-slang en_US
dc.subject Spanish language-slang en_US
dc.subject Puerto Ricans- slang use en_US
dc.subject Spanglish en_US
dc.subject.lcsh English language -- Slang en_US
dc.subject.lcsh English language -- Study and teaching --Puerto Rico en_US
dc.subject.lcsh English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Open plan schools -- Puerto Rico en_US
dc.title Style for Puerto Rican high school students: A teaching unit focusing on informal style and slang en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline English Education en_US
thesis.degree.level M.A.E.E. en_US
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