Alicia Pousada
Biographic Data
| ID | 225777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alicia Pousada |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alicia |
| FAMILY NAME | Pousada |
| SIGNATURE | POUSADA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Days of reckoning for the University of Puerto Rico: The struggle to maintain the Cultural Autonomy of a Caribbean public university
Article Days of reckoning for the University of Puerto Rico: the struggle to maintain the Cultural Autonomy of a Caribbean public university was published on January 1, 2012 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 2012, issue 213)
Language Awareness: A History and Implementations
The competent bilingual in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, despite official educational policy mandating Englishas-a-second-language instruction in grades 1-12, many students enter the university lacking sufficient proficiency in English to carry out basic communicative functions. The Situation results from a generalized ambivalence among the Spanish-speaking populace, which simultaneously Supports English language acquisition and covertly resists it. Nevertheless, significant numbers of …
Puerto Rico: On the Horns of a Language Planning Dilemma
This article considers a number of factors that have contributed to the long-standing conflict between Spanish and English in Puerto Rico. Among them are the historical imposition of English as part of a heavy-handed Americanization plan, the critical role of party politics in the consideration of linguistic and cultural questions, the socioeconomic schisms in Puerto Rican society and their linguistic and educational ramifications, and a host of …
Joseph Conrad's multilingualism: A case study of language planning in literature
(1994). Joseph Conrad's multilingualism: A case study of language planning in literature. English Studies: Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 335-349
The Movement against Teaching English in Schools of Puerto Rico
The Open Door: The Bradford Bilingual Project
This book is a commentary on the Mother Tongue and English Teaching Project (MOTET), which was a collaborative enterprise between the University of Bradford, Bradford College and Bradford Local Education Authority. MOTET was concerned with investigating some of the effects of the first year of a bilingual programme for young South Asian children entering two schools in the Bradford Metropolitan District. This discussion of the findings is intende…
Linguistics
Problems in Applied Educational Sociolinguistics: Readings on Language and Culture Problems of United States Ethnic Groups
Measuring Spoken Language Proficiency
An Introduction to Linguistics
Empirical Research on Language Teaching and Language Acquisition
Learning to Read in Different Languages
Competing influences on gender assignment: Variable process, stable outcome
Testing Language Ability in the Class-Room
Bilingual Education in the U.S
According to the 1970 census, 32.2 million citizens of the United States (approximately 15 percent of the population) do not speak English as their native language. At least 5 million children are estimated to be in need of special language programs (17, p. 6). Language minority students have had a history of high drop-out rates, over-agedness, and academic lag directly attributable to language problems (15, 21) for which monolingual education ha…
Competing influences on gender assignment: Variable process, stable outcome
The competent bilingual in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, despite official educational policy mandating Englishas-a-second-language instruction in grades 1-12, many students enter the university lacking sufficient proficiency in English to carry out basic communicative functions. The Situation results from a generalized ambivalence among the Spanish-speaking populace, which simultaneously Supports English language acquisition and covertly resists it. Nevertheless, significant numbers of …
Puerto Rico: On the Horns of a Language Planning Dilemma
This article considers a number of factors that have contributed to the long-standing conflict between Spanish and English in Puerto Rico. Among them are the historical imposition of English as part of a heavy-handed Americanization plan, the critical role of party politics in the consideration of linguistic and cultural questions, the socioeconomic schisms in Puerto Rican society and their linguistic and educational ramifications, and a host of …
Bilingual Education in the U.S
According to the 1970 census, 32.2 million citizens of the United States (approximately 15 percent of the population) do not speak English as their native language. At least 5 million children are estimated to be in need of special language programs (17, p. 6). Language minority students have had a history of high drop-out rates, over-agedness, and academic lag directly attributable to language problems (15, 21) for which monolingual education ha…
Testing Language Ability in the Class-Room
Problems in Applied Educational Sociolinguistics: Readings on Language and Culture Problems of United States Ethnic Groups
Measuring Spoken Language Proficiency
An Introduction to Linguistics
Empirical Research on Language Teaching and Language Acquisition
Learning to Read in Different Languages
Competing influences on gender assignment: Variable process, stable outcome
The Movement against Teaching English in Schools of Puerto Rico
The Open Door: The Bradford Bilingual Project
This book is a commentary on the Mother Tongue and English Teaching Project (MOTET), which was a collaborative enterprise between the University of Bradford, Bradford College and Bradford Local Education Authority. MOTET was concerned with investigating some of the effects of the first year of a bilingual programme for young South Asian children entering two schools in the Bradford Metropolitan District. This discussion of the findings is intende…
Linguistics
Joseph Conrad's multilingualism: A case study of language planning in literature
(1994). Joseph Conrad's multilingualism: A case study of language planning in literature. English Studies: Vol. 75, No. 4, pp. 335-349
Puerto Rico: On the Horns of a Language Planning Dilemma
This article considers a number of factors that have contributed to the long-standing conflict between Spanish and English in Puerto Rico. Among them are the historical imposition of English as part of a heavy-handed Americanization plan, the critical role of party politics in the consideration of linguistic and cultural questions, the socioeconomic schisms in Puerto Rican society and their linguistic and educational ramifications, and a host of …
The competent bilingual in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, despite official educational policy mandating Englishas-a-second-language instruction in grades 1-12, many students enter the university lacking sufficient proficiency in English to carry out basic communicative functions. The Situation results from a generalized ambivalence among the Spanish-speaking populace, which simultaneously Supports English language acquisition and covertly resists it. Nevertheless, significant numbers of …
Language Awareness: A History and Implementations
Days of reckoning for the University of Puerto Rico: The struggle to maintain the Cultural Autonomy of a Caribbean public university
Article Days of reckoning for the University of Puerto Rico: the struggle to maintain the Cultural Autonomy of a Caribbean public university was published on January 1, 2012 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 2012, issue 213)
Linguistics (13 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (6 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Puerto rican (4 works)