11 NOVEMBER 2009 ENGL 6006: Research Methods

Fall 09 - Dr. Jocelyn A. Géliga Vargas

jocelyna.geliga@upr.edu
Values and Beliefs in the 787-832-4040 x 3096, 3064
Narratives of ESL Teachers
with a Military Background:
A Discourse Analysis

engl 6006
Dr. Rosita L. Rivera Rodríguez
Assistant Professor
Department of English, UPRM

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This study uses critical discourse analysis (CDA) as an Dr. Rosita L. Rivera Rodríguez
analytical tool to discuss issues of ideology in military is Assistant Professor in the
English Department at UPRM,
and education discourses as these were articulated in
where she teaches English as a
the narratives of four ESL teachers with a military
Second Language (ESL) courses
background. The analysis of their narratives revealed
and coordinates the Basic English
that military values and beliefs are indeed salient in
program. She teaches graduate
the teachers’ discourse. Among these values were: na- courses in the areas of ESL
tional identity, gender and social differences, pride, curriculum design and assessment.
honor, respect, language learning, and discipline. These She has taught in public and
values also collide with other cultural models and private schools in California,
situated meanings. However, these discourses are not Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico and
fixed categories but continue to be part of the contra- conducts research in ESL materials
dictions that are discernible in the spoken and written and testing.
language of these educators.

CEP
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

1 (professional development credit)

Faculty of Arts and Sciences
University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez