PLEASE DO NOT USE CHATGPT OR AI AND WRITE IN THE BASIC ENGLISH LIKE VERY SAMPLE
Discourse and Literacy
Purpose: To learn more about how writing and literacy are connected. To expand our understanding of writing and literacy beyond print literacies. To learn some vocabulary about discourse communities that you can use in your paper and discussions for this module. To start getting some ideas about discourse communities that you belong to, which will help you move forward in the writing process for the third paper by helping you start to think about the topic.
Audience: Your classmates. The instructor. Individuals studying literacy and writing
Assignment Instructions:
1) Read James Gee’s “Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics Introduction”Links to an external site. and write down two questions you had about the reading. Write them at the top of your post and label them.
Important note: This article is extremely dense and difficult to read. That’s the point. Don’t stress about that point. This article will give you practice reading academic resources. Don’t over worry about understanding every single word or idea in the article. The goal is to learn about some of the important terms Gee notes in his work. Place close attention to the terms he uses.
2) Then complete the following discussion question below using about 300 words:
Discussion Questions
- Define the following terms in your own words and then write down the quoted definition next to your definition:
- (D)iscourse
- Primary Discourse
- Secondary Discourse
- Identity Kit
- Mushfake
- Dominate Discourse
- Non-Dominant Discourse
- Then elaborate on how some of these terms look and function in your life. What does an identity kit, according to Gee’s definition, look like in a community you belong to? What dominant or non-dominant discourse communities do you belong to and what do they look like?
- Finally come back and look over your classmates definitions and how those terms look in their communities. This will help you understand discourse communities. You don’t have to reply to any classmates, but do read through their responses to help you better understand the notion of discourse community.
