In K-12 contexts, the teaching of English language learners (ELLs) has been greatly influenced by theory and practice content-based instruction (CBI). A focus on content can help students achieve grade-level standards in school subjects while they develop proficiency, but CBI practices have focused primarily vocabulary use graphic organizers along with cooperative learning activities. This article reports results a project intended to enhance through activities that role constructing...

This paper explores the role of Spanish in an academic community Southwest Texas order to demonstrate how power, history and place affect linguistic attitudes. The changing status from being index low wage paying jobs a marker membership exclusive serves as case investigate power relations interact shape attitudes individuals groups. Members Bilingual Creative Writing Graduate Program at University Texas, El Paso, were interviewed identify prevalent towards bilingualism, language users. A...

En este trabajo se investiga cómo las representaciones del acoso sexual en un programa de televisión uruguaya brindan una idea algunas formas que construimos material e idealmente relaciones sociales basadas diferencias sexogenéricas, momento, país latinoamericano donde el femicidio y la violencia género constituyen problema social reconocido política académicamente. El corpus proviene debate uruguayo emitido 8 marzo 2022; trata denuncia realizada anónimamente redes sociales. análisis aborda...

What is the role of media in construction collectively shared ideas about past? Our analysis coverage and framing dictatorship current newspapers intends to contribute understanding ways which discourse uses past serve present political interests, related an increase revisionist discourse. We conducted a how Uruguayan press approaches latest dictatorship, identify key events public discussion dictatorial are defined present. Along with this, identified representations they construct terms...

This article examines how local norms for Spanish use in a multilingual Southwest Texas border setting respond to and contest dominant monolingual ideologies. The analysis focuses on notions of what languages are legitimate the public sphere this community benefits engaging particular communicative practices. corpus analyzed comes from interviews with key members university (president, program director, professor) newspaper articles published newspaper. shows institutional actors media...

The aim of this article is to identify some the discursive properties Uruguayan media coverage events 11 September 2001 and their aftermath. specific focus on construction inand out-group identity through representation its participants. In addition, explores how local political agendas are advanced by arguments that connect these struggles/issues. analysis from a critical perspective conceives language as social practice construed by, at same time construing, social. This conceptualization...

This article explores the construction of a bilingual professional identity in creative-writing graduate program southwest Texas by analyzing classroom event and participants' interpretation it. In classrooms resources available to construct identities include large repertoire linguistic practices cultural frames. context provides space explore how language, power, are negotiated settings. The data were analyzed from social constructivist perspective using tools Systemic Functional...

This article explores the long duration of posttransitional authoritarian discourses “national security” in Uruguay, five decades since coup that led to a State terrorist regime. We posit current deployment Cold war era justifying state terrorism constitute foundational master tools enable modern-day military and alt-right autocrats conceal human rights violations appropriate liberal discourse for illiberal political ends. Authoritarians this new type use these resignified democratic...

This article investigates the Uruguayan military's argumentative narrative about last dictatorship (1973—85) in order to understand how violations of human rights are explained and justified. Through a historical perspective investigation traces changes permanence certain representational discursive practices that construct memory period. The analysis shows is transformed response challenges from other social actors, particular moments. demonstrates dynamic, nature collective memory. also...

This paper analyzes the piropo in Spanish discourse as a speech event and cognitive metaphor. form of indirect act represents tradition that is still present today’s practices Spanish-speaking cultures. These piropos are seen reflections language traditional roles men women speaking The depicted analysis shows very defined place for each sex these societies. Women constructed passive recipients reactive, active producers initiators.

Investigating how contested periods are remembered by younger generations allows us to better understand the contents that passed on as well discursive processes through which intergenerational transmission occurs. This article explores intersections of collective and personal memory. We investigate what Uruguayan teenagers know about dictatorship (1973–1985) discourses come into play in shaping these views. The analysis a group interview, part an ethnographic project, identifies arguments,...

Institutional identity and social memory are used to construct legitimate images of self justify past actions. The Uruguayan military as an institution was interested in constructing its own the controversial period dictatorship establish their new political actors respond outside critiques. As a result, produced wealth documents explain actions before holding power. This paper investigates how Armed Forces represented during this period, they positioned themselves other actors, evaluated...