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EFL Majors’ Knowledge of Career Paths and the Job Market for English Graduates in Costa Rica
El conocimiento de los estudiantes de inglés como lengua extranjera acerca de la trayectoria profesional y el mercado laboral para profesionales en inglés en Costa Rica
(2022-03-24)
The present study sought to ascertain the knowledge of English as a Foreign Language
(EFL) majors of their career path possibilities and the job market for English graduates
in Costa Rica. A total of 47 senior English ...
Series VII: Endangered Gender
(2020-04-09)
This series of poems attempts to address a myriad of psychological issues suffered by LGBTQI+ people today. These poems pinpoint those misconceptions and traumas about gender identity and sexuality that later reflect in ...
Assessing ESP Vocabulary and Grammar through Task-Based Language Teaching
(2019-09-12)
Este artículo tiene como propósito presentar el impacto que el enfoque basado en tareas (TBLT, por su sigla en inglés) tuvo en la utilización del vocabulario en inglés con fines específicos (ESP por sus siglas en inglés) ...
Literary Representations from the Border: The American Dream, Immigration, Power and Hyphenated Identities
(2020-12-08)
The recent phenomenon of massive immigration of Hispanic people to the United States, despite the strict discourse of power andpolitics proclaimed by the actual president of this country, of stopping their entrance, has ...
Patterns of errors in texts written by Costa Rican university English learners: A corpus-aided study
Patrones de errores en textos escritos por aprendices universitarios de inglés en Costa Rica: Un estudio asistido por corpus
(2022-11-11)
The present corpus-aided study sought to identify the grammatical and non-grammatical second language
(L2) error patterns of Costa Rican university English learners at all academic levels of a public university. Specifically, ...
The Culture-bound Hierarchy of Manhood: An Overview of Hegemonic Masculinity and Subordinate Male Figures in Shall We DANSU?
(Revista de Lenguas Modernas, n. 12, 2010, 2010-01)
Although the concept of hegemonic masculinity was defined more than two decades ago, failure to consider the significance of cultural differences in the construction of maleness has led contemporary critics to misinterpret ...
Tacit Significance, Explicit Irrelevance: The Use of Language and Silence in The Caretaker and The Dumb Waiter
(Revista de Lenguas Modernas, número 16, 2012-06)
Readers who approach the Theater of the Absurd face complex interpretive problems. The style of Harold Pinter, the laureate British playwright, adds an additional difficulty due to his particular use of language. His ...
Breaking into Japanese Literature/Identity: Tatemae and Honne
(Revista Impossibilia, n. 2, Octubre 2011, 2011-10-31)
ABSTRACT: Due to the application of Euro-centered methods of interpretation, literary criticism has
overlooked key social aspects that are characteristic of Japanese literature. Among these much-neglected
characteristics ...
An Updated Typology of Written Corrective Feedback: Resolving Terminology Issues
Una tipología actualizada de realimentación correctiva escrita: Resolución de problemas de terminología
(2021-03-19)
The extensive amount of literature on written corrective feedback has dispelled many doubts that question its effectiveness. However, despite this valid contribution, there is still controversy about pedagogical recommendations ...
From Power-over to Power-to: Power Relations of Women in Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun
(Impossibilia, n.4, p. 34-51, Oct., 2012, 2012-10-31)
Because of binary oppositions shaping Western thought, power has been traditionally understood as male domination or as an unevenly distributed social resource between genders. However, an analysis of the power relationships ...