Diglossia: a sociolinguistic situation that ELT indigenous students face (original) (raw)

The lived experiences of Latinas

I would like to thank all the women who participated in this study, without you this would not have been possible. I would like to especially thank Jeannette Rodriguez, director of La Esperanza organization in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Your work, love, and kindness is an inspiration for all of us. I would like to recognize all of the women whom I met through my clinical work whose voices are in my heart and are part of this study as well. I would like to express my gratitude to the members of my committee, Professor William Sanchez chair, advisor and mentor. I admire your wisdom and I deeply value your support through all these years. Professors like you make a difference in student's lives and you have done so for mine: "gracias de corazón". Thank you to Professor Mary Ballou for helping me to grow in feminist theory and for our meaningful conversations and friendship. Thanks to Professor Irina Todorova for your intellectually stimulating guidance. Your comments and feedback greatly facilitated my journey in research. To my amigas y amigos from all around the world, thanks for all the emotional and instrumental support and, most importantly, all the caríño received. I want to thank all my family in Spain and The Netherlands who have contributed to make me the person who I am, to mi abuela María who transmitted the importance of knowledge, to my father Julio and mother Maricarmen for teaching me how to critically think and question the world around me, and to my brother Julio for loving me so deeply. Finally, to Jeroen for being in this journey together, altijd, ik hou van je, and, most importantly, to my precious treasure, the sunshine of my life, Johan, for your unconditional love, te quiero mi amor.

Writing to Learn, Writing to Transfer

Studies in Writing, 2001

This dissertation would not have been possible without the love, support and inspiration I received from my mother, brothers, sister and close friends. There are not words to describe my deep gratitude for all they have provided me. I also would like to manifest my deep appreciativeness to my future baby who has made me want to continue working hard. I would like to express my thankfulness to prof. Patricia Alvarez for her guidance and support during the term of my candidature. Her valuable assistance was vital for this project. I am also grateful to all the staff of the Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures from Universidad de la Sabana for their support, cooperation, and help and for trusting me, believing in me and giving me the opportunity to increase my language and teaching abilities through this master program. Gina Marcela Quiroga THE INFLUENCE OF GOANIMATE AND COOPERATIVE WORK IN WRITING SKILLS ii First of all, I thank God for everything he has helped me with and all the blessings I have received from him. I also want to thank Gustavo Forero Mendez, my husband for all his advice, support, time, patience, in spirit and commitment that were vital during my M.A. studies. Additionally, I want to thank Luisa Fernanda Forero Toro, my daughter, for all her patience and help. I also want to thank my parents for all their assistance and advice. I also want to thank all of the professors at Universidad de la Sabana for all their support, time, advice and teachings because they have been an important part of my personal and professional development. My greatest gratitude goes to Marcela Quiroga, my unconditional partner, friend and teacher who always helped me. My special gratitude to all my 603 students from Colegio Cundinamarca of 2014 because they were always very active and willing to participate, learn and help me, as well as their partners, with a happy attitude.

English language and literature in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Master degree in Linguistics in Al-Imam

Thanks are due to Almighty Allah, the source of mercy, grace, and inspiration, who blessed me with knowledge, power, thoughts and cooperative people to enable me accomplish this study. I would like to express my deep appreciation and utmost gratitude to my respected supervisor Dr. Zuhair Zaghlool for his great guidance, advice and consideration in the process of carrying out this study. Without his constant endless support, patience, and efficient supervision, this research would have never been possible. Moreover, I would like to extend my gratitude to the committee members Dr. Mohammad Hamdan and Dr. Yasser Gomaa for their valuable suggestions and insightful feedback. Special thanks must go to Dr. Yasser for his enlightening comments on the draft of the questionnaire of this study. In addition, I am forever indebted to my beloved parents who instilled in me the sense of achievement, responsibility, dedication, self-confidence and patience. My father Dr.Saad Alsheraimy, and my mother Modhi Aleasa, I am forever grateful for their endless support and prayers. My deepest appreciation goes to my sisters: Noha and Alanood, and my brothers: Fasial and Abdulaziz. I would also like to extend my thanks to my dearest best friends: Maram and Arwa, for their support, and encouragement. My utmost gratitude goes to my beloved husband Abdullah ben Baz, my fortified castle. His wholehearted encouragement has helped me to overcome every hardship, through the road to the accomplishment of this thesis. In addition, I would like to thank my father and mother in law's for their sincere prayers and wishes.

NOTES ON GRATITUDE IN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN MEXICO (Atena Editora)

NOTES ON GRATITUDE IN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN MEXICO (Atena Editora), 2023

During the pandemic, many educational paradigms were put to the test, others were modified and, in this new stage of knowledge, the training of university students has required new strategies. Emotional needs suddenly appear to limit and/or hinder the learning dynamics, behavior during classes can sometimes even indicate a learning simulation. Due to different circumstances, teachers have to resort to different areas of knowledge to integrate them into everyday activities so that learning a second language is no longer a challenge, and transforms that challenge into brief, simple, everyday activities and possible from there. In this investigation, it was possible to demonstrate the work carried out by students at `` Universidad Veracruz`` who take English courses. Recording the progress of these students in the linguistic process could be easy, however, the factor was incorporated into this: Gratitude and through writing a diary we can show a) their linguistic advances and b) the increase in their inputs and the maturation of their writings.

This thesis is dedicated to my grandparents

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To Andy Johnson, thank for you valuable input as development went on. Thanks to Frank Rack, for willing to be on my thesis committee and introducing me to many individuals in the geological community, especially on the two-week ride from Panama to Canada. I would like to thank Emi Ito, Anders Noren, Doug Schnurrenberger and Amy Myrbo for guiding me on my first hands-on experiences with cores and continuing to provide me insights into the science when I needed them. For helping me to understand the ocean drilling processes, I want to thank Sean Higgins. To Dave Harwood and Richard Levy, I would like to thank them for adopting this project into their work. For the help in creating posters, brochures, logos, web pages and all other graphic designs, I would like to thank Julieta Aguilera. Thanks to Chris Jenkins and Bill Kamp for their developments of CoreNavigator and CoreCLIP. From CHRONOS, I would like to thank Doug Fils, Cinzia Cervato, Xiaoyun Tang and Josh Reed, for their collaboration on this project. I received help in making design decisions from my lab-mates Luc Renambot, Venkat Vishwanath, Bob Kooima, Cole Krumbholz, Javid Alimohideen and Dimtry Svistula. A lot of demos were done in order to get community feedback as work progressed, and I appreciate all the help from the faculty and staff of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory. Finally, to Yu-Chung "Julian" Chen and Sangyoon "James" Lee, thanks for helping me finish this phase of work and making strong strides in further developing the project. If it weren't for your help, I may not have finished in time.