little summary of the essay. In this report James Paul Gee (1996) from his book Social Linguistics And Literacy has given the idea that literacy is not just the ability to read and write but it is mush more than that. It is the knowledge of different "discourses" which are part of our personalities and the knowledge of the beliefs and values connected to these discourses. He also gives the idea of a liberating literacy which "can be used as a meta-language or a meta- discourse ( a set of meta-words
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all of us have been introduced to the essay “What is Literacy” written by Linguist James Paul Gee in 1987. Within this document Gee employs his learned skills to provide a “useful” definition for the word literacy. Prior to providing us this insight however‚ Gee must provide definitions for various other words and ideas as well as numerous theories in an effort to support his final supposition. Words such as discourse and sub-discourse are introduced by Gee who then goes on to characterize them
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importance of Discourse and discourse community The concept of Discourse and discourse community is very important in English reading and writing. Discourses are group members’ shared “ways of being in the world” (Gee 484). According to the authors we studied‚ Porter‚ Gee‚ Swales‚ Johns and Porter‚ we willingly or unwillingly are part of many different discourse communities or Discourses. Almost everything we do in our everyday life requires involvement in some discourse community. Discourse or discourse
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According to an author‚ James Paul Gee‚ “Situated Meaning and Learning”‚ he explains about the difference between understanding a main topic of books with situated meaning and comprehending a main idea of booklets without embodied experience. Games usually come with a complete walkthrough that tells players all about the games’ instructions as well as hints. For example‚ a game‚ American McGee’s Alice‚ is about Alice has gone insane and returned to a nightmarish Wonderland‚ comes with a booklet called
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Critical Analysis Essay Draft 1. Discourse means “the way of being” in a community. Discourse community is where a group of people involved and share their opinion‚ knowledge about a particular topic. Conflicts can be create when rebellion happens in a discourse community. Rebellion in a discourse community try to change the rules which creates conflict with leaders of the particular discourse community. It changes the particular discourse community or creates a new discourse community with new rules
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Swales is an author who wrote “The Concept of Discourse Community”‚ which is an essay that aims to clearly conceptualize what a discourse community is and does so by outlining six criteria that must be met in order to identify a group of people as a discourse community. In fact‚ in his essay‚ Swales considers hierarchy to be one of the defining characteristics of any discourse community. Swales also claims that within the hierarchy of a discourse community that‚ “individuals enter as apprentices and
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world; however‚ today our focus is to take a look at the discourse community of biology and analyze what components of language do they value more and the reasoning behind it. Before we learn more about the discourse community of biology‚ we need to know something about the discourse community. What is discourse community and who is in discourse community and are you part of discourse community. According to the article “Discourse Community”‚ by
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James Paul Gee’s introduction to Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics and his article‚ What is Literacy?‚ approach literacy studies from psychological and sociological viewpoints. He states that the focus of literacy is social practices (“it’s not just how you say it‚ but what you are and do when you say it). Early in the writing‚ Gee defines Discourse as a combination of acts: saying‚ writing‚ doing‚ being‚ valuing‚ etc. He views Discourse as a social construct not dissimilar from Culture. In fact
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Discourse Communities In today’s world‚ there are many different discourse communities that consist of how someone speaks at home versus how someone speaks at school. In Amy Tam’s essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” she explains her discourse communities and how they affect her life. I think it is safe to say that she is not the only one who deals with this. I myself find myself talking differently when I am with my family versus when I am at school and I know there are so many others who feel the same way
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within a discourse community goes beyond plain academic language‚ it rather involves a detailed understanding of how a community works which includes its values‚ goals‚ jargon‚ and protocols. As a college student‚ knowing these elements in a particular discourse community can considerably help to determine proper ways to move effectively across a discourse community‚ have a successful communication and better career development. I identify myself as a member of the Environmental Science community through
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