The competent bilingual in Puerto Rico

Bibliographic Data

ID4178973
AuthorsAlicia Pousada (corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume142
Issue1
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ijsl.2000.142.103
OpenAlexW2171303784
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited3

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 Ricans are adept in English and can be characterized as competent bilinguals. In order to determine the overall Parameters of this Situation, a qualitative investigation was carried out. Thirty bilingual individuals connected with the University of Puerto Rico were interviewed in-depth in an attempt to ascertain the social and educational factors involved in the development of competent bilinguals. The ultimate goal would be to utilize these findings to improve existing instruction so that more Puerto Rican students could become good learners and eventually competent bilinguals

Ambivalence · Ethnology · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Pedagogy · Puerto rican · Sociology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology

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