Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
12-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Randall Monty
Second Advisor
Dr. Rob Johnson
Third Advisor
Dr. Genevieve Garcia de Mueller
Abstract
The engineer of the Beat Movement, Jack Kerouac, began his writing career as an ELL. Kerouac’s Spontaneous Prose helped him navigate through language acquisition to establish rhetoric in English, and empowered other Beat Writers to expressively develop their thoughts. Spontaneous Prose can also help other ELLs develop their own rhetorical agency. For ELL writers, writing in English often makes them feel disenfranchised, disempowered, and discouraged. However, Spontaneous Prose as a pedagogical tool empowers ELL writers to begin the process of transculturally repositioning themselves in using writing as a form of rhetorical expression. This study investigates the pedagogical effectiveness of Spontaneous Prose as a writing method for ELLs. It analyzes data from two secondary ESL English courses, one taught with Spontaneous Prose, and evaluates effectiveness of the method through journal entries, surveys, and interviews. Additionally, the researcher employs a hybrid methodology, Data Hexad, to evaluate what factors dominantly influence the participants.
Recommended Citation
Casas, Robert, "You're a Genius All the Time: Analyzing the Effectiveness of Kerouac's Spontaneous Prose on Empowering English Language Learners" (2017). Theses and Dissertations. 220.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/etd/220
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Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, English Language and Literature Commons
Comments
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