Negotiating el difícil: uses of English text in a Rural Puerto Rican community
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2008
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| author | Catherine M. Mazak |
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| contents | Negotiating el difícil: uses of English text in a Rural Puerto Rican community Catherine M. Mazak Sociología literacy practices language acquisition second language literacy English as a Second Language This article is an ethnographic account of the usesof English text in a rural Puerto Rican community.Data was collected during four months of participantobservation in a K-9 school library/community center.Participants were observed using a wide variety of Englishtexts, regardless of their English proficiency levels.It was found that community members participateddifferently in English literacy practices (regularized usesof English texts), depending on their age. Adults readand wrote English texts related to the sociotextualdomains of bureaucracy, health, and finances, whileyoung people used English texts in the domains ofentertainment and personal communication. 2008 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37720108 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.1 Vol.XX |
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| language | en |
| publishDate | 2008 |
| publisher | The City University of New York |
| spellingShingle | Negotiating el difícil: uses of English text in a Rural Puerto Rican community Catherine M. Mazak Sociología literacy practices language acquisition second language literacy English as a Second Language Negotiating el difícil: uses of English text in a Rural Puerto Rican community Catherine M. Mazak Sociología literacy practices language acquisition second language literacy English as a Second Language This article is an ethnographic account of the usesof English text in a rural Puerto Rican community.Data was collected during four months of participantobservation in a K-9 school library/community center.Participants were observed using a wide variety of Englishtexts, regardless of their English proficiency levels.It was found that community members participateddifferently in English literacy practices (regularized usesof English texts), depending on their age. Adults readand wrote English texts related to the sociotextualdomains of bureaucracy, health, and finances, whileyoung people used English texts in the domains ofentertainment and personal communication. 2008 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37720108 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.1 Vol.XX |
| title | Negotiating el difícil: uses of English text in a Rural Puerto Rican community |
| topic | Sociología literacy practices language acquisition second language literacy English as a Second Language |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37720108 |