Intro to Writing

Tag: Discourse

  • A blurry photo of a crowd of people. This is meant to symbolize discourse in communities.

    Discourse Communities and Discourse – An Analysis.

    fieldsna

    A look at discourse, discourse communities, pedagogies, teaching the differences between them, and how they all tie together.

  • Understanding Discourses

    Aidan Casey

    Understanding the different types of discourses and their impacts on our lives as illustrated by James Paul Gee. Primary versus secondary.

  • Two women sitting on chairs having a discussion with one another.

    Discourse and Literacy

    Carli Lopez

    Discourse and literacy play a major role in determining who we are as people, how we interact with people, and perceive the world around us.

  • Two people discoursing at a cafe.

    Week 2: Discoursing or discoursing?

    Veronica Vila

    Probably all your life, you thought you were discoursing every time you had an interaction. Well, the joke’s on us, there are multiple types.

  • Image of two people sitting down at a table conversing.

    Discourse

    Samantha Quigley

    The concept behind Discourse is that an individual either has a Discourse or they do not have a Discourse. But how true is this?

  • Group of people holding tree trunk

    What Makes Up a Discourse Community?

    Nathaly Lopez

    Discourse Communities are synchronized social groups that are trained to reach the same goals and ambitions. Everybody is part of a Discourse community.

  • The first left panel shows the sentence, "They're just drug dealers". The image on the first right panel show a tiny brain within a human skull. The second left panel shows the sentence, "Drug dealers are a specific part of a community". In the second right panel, there is a picture of a bigger brain with many lit-up neurons in it in a human skull. The third and final left panel shows the sentence, "Drug dealers are a part of a unique discourse community, and we can use literacy to define and assess how they have evolved within this era." The final third right panel shows a fully-illuminated brain in a human skull.

    Is Your Drug Dealer Literate?

    Jordan Johnson

    Literacies affect our everyday life. The complexity of literacy provides a lens that reshapes how you look at everyone – your local dispensary clerk.

  • a little boy learning by using a computer

    Literacy Vs Fluency

    Alissa Damiano

    The article discusses the difference between acquiring Literacy vs Fluency as well as the importance of incorporating both into your everyday life.