Ideas: 1) Discourse Entry Difficulty 2) You’re Either in a Discourse, or You’re Not 3) Mushfake vs Faking It Paragraph 1: Discourse Entry Difficulty Both Gee and Cuddy argue that a Discourse is something that can be difficult to enter, however they have different views on how difficult it may be. In “Literacy, Discourse, … [Read more…]
Gee Agree : Gee believes that Discourses are difficult to get into without being fluent, “. . . the lack of fluency may very well mark you as a pretender to the social role instantiated in the Discourse (an outsider with pretensions to being an insider)” (Gee 10). Gee is surely right about someone not fitting in … [Read more…]
What big concerns did you have about your draft as you completed the first draft? I had a hard time figuring out what I wanted to write, and the order that I wanted to write it in. Moving from my first idea to my second idea seemed a bit shaky. What did your peers like … [Read more…]
“In our view, then, the best academic writing has one underlying feature: it is deeply engaged in some way with other people’s views” (Graff and Birkenstein 3). Identify at least two reasons engaging others’ views is important in academic writing. Quote Graff and Birkenstein as part of your response. The first reason Graff and Birkenstein … [Read more…]
Complete this task and the ones that follow as a blog post in your ePortfolio. Gee’s two theorems (9-11) are controversial. Put each theorem in your own words. Why do you think they are controversial? (10-30 minutes) Response: Gee’s first theorem states that different Discourses are extremely different from different languages. You can speak different … [Read more…]
Question: Gee defines Discourses (capital D) as “saying (writing)-doing-being-valuing, believing combinations” (6). Why is this “combination” important for Gee? Gee offers a couple examples. Offer your own example of a Discourse in your response. Response: The combination of “saying (writing)-doing-being-valuing, [and] believing” (6) is important to Gee because it acts as a way to integrate … [Read more…]
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