James Gee (19--) challenged the reading profession to think more broadly about reading instruction when he wrote‚ “’Literacy’ is the mastery or fluent control over a secondary Discourse” (p. 9). As social beings‚ people belong to a variety of Discourse groups‚ groups that have very specific identities and “ways of being in the world” (Gee‚ 19--‚ p. 6). Our primary Discourse group is that of our home. As our world expands‚ so do our Discourse groups. According to Gee‚ these secondary Discourse
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means that you have been apart of the dance discourse community for a long time and it is ever near and dear to your heart. However‚ I think you need to make what your discourse community is more known because from your story I can not tell what it is. I am confused on which one is your discourse community. Is it just being a dancer your discourse community or is the App state dance team your discourse community Or is Amber’s Studies your discourse community? You spoke about Senior Spotlight a lot but
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Assignment Title Inquiry-based learning in science is the main pedagogy being promoted across all Europe (see Rocard Report ) even at primary level. a) Discuss Inquiry-based learning in primary science‚ indicating its characteristics and its implications to pedagogy. b)Present one activity which can be classified as an inquiry-based science activity. Discuss why your activity can be considered as inquiry (you can use the Pri-Sci-Net indicators for this part) Introduction
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January 23‚ 2007 To: Teacher From: Student Subject: Analyzing a Discourse Community I am analyzing my bowling league for our homework assignment‚ in which we were required to identify specialized terms‚ proper topics‚ channels‚ and rules. Specialized terms During a bowling league there are many terms that a person that has never bowled might not understand such as getting tapped. What could sound a little vulgar really means that a bowler’s shot‚ or throw‚ was a good ball
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Did you know that there are four types of discourse communities? There’s the professional community‚ which is your job‚ career or working environment. Your social communities are your friends and family. The civic community is the clubs‚ hobbies and extracurricular activities you attend to or participate in. The last one is your cultural group‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ environment cultures all play into this one. My discourse community happens to be a mix of all four of these. I am a competitive dancer
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internet‚ where with just one click you’ll have what you want while sitting at the comfort of your own home‚ cellular phones‚ which made the communication easier for people on the go‚ and most especially computers where in all means of operation it is the tool being used. On the other hand‚ innovations have made possible for the operations of the computer easy enough in processing record systems such as‚ creation of data records‚ storing‚ filing and retrieval of data. The Isabela State University has
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Finally‚ there is the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model. This instructional design at least has a stronger structure and potential for practical application for learners and in multiple learning environments. As it approaches creating learning experiences from three dimensions‚ Social Presence‚ Cognitive Presence‚ and Teaching Presence‚ it offers a semblance of variable emphasis that enable the design to leverage difference degrees of experience and strength of skills to facilitate learning. This
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Discourse Community Analysis For the last decade‚ massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) have been rising in popularity‚ with the total revenue of these games coming out to be about half a billion dollars. Since the year 2004‚ there is one game that has greatly contributed to this increase of interest in the genre: World of Warcraft. Since its inception‚ World of Warcraft has achieved over eleven million subscribers‚ as well as being referenced in mainstream media such as news
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Discussing Discourses Many people find the concept of a discourse community to be important enough to write about but many have failed to create a clear and universal definition. Three scholars: Porter‚ Swales‚ and Gee each attempt to create their own definition of the concept. Each of their articles has major differences in their interpretation of the notion of discourse communities while still having underlying similarities. The articles all build off the work of others while also introducing
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Rhetorical Arts Writing in the Applied Math Discourse Community A discourse community that I would like to be involved in is the Applied Mathematics discourse community. Although James Paul Gee claims that it is not that simple to join a discourse community‚ it is even more so in the applied mathematics discourse community because of how broad it is. A lot of the time‚ people engulfed in the Applied Math discourse community are usually part of another discourse community. For example‚ Angela Gallegos‚ a math
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