Gee

Gee

Before you read:
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Summary:
In Gee's article, "Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction", he talks about what the term discourse means and uses a lot of examples to explain the definition. Gee argues in this article that you can't embody a discourse. You are either recognized by others as a full member of it or not. The audience of this article would be any one in a discourse community.

Synthesis:
Gee's article is most related to Swales article. They both talk about discourse communities and the importance of them. Porter also relates to Swales and Gee's article because they all teach the readers about discourse communities. Also, Allen's article relates to Gee's because Allen talks about what inspires students to write and a discourse community involves being inspired.

MM:
I believe that Gee's claims does help me understand my own own experiences differently. It helped me realize that there are different people in discourse communities and that it is okay to interpret things differently than others.

Thoughts:
I liked this reading and thought that it was helpful. I learned even more about discourse communities that will help me with the third project on discourse communities. It had a lot of the same ideas as Swales article. This made the reading boring because I already read some of the same stuff.

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Response	Quote
I liked this quote because it explains what a discourse community is and it made it easier to comprehend the definition.	“A Discourse is a sort of “identity kit” which comes complete with the appropriate costume and instructions on how to act, talk, and often write, so as to take on a particular role that others will recognize”
Each person has their own kind of primary discourse, which is different than other people.	“Primary Discourses differ significantly across various social groups in the United States.”
Literacy is important part of the discourse community.	“I believe that a socially useful definition of ‘literacy’ must be couched in terms of the notion of Discourse.”
This quote shows that people have different meanings and views on print than others.	“My definition of “literacy” may seem innocuous, at least to someone already convinced that decontextualized views of print are meaningless”
This quote shows how important metaknowlege is and how it can help your first language.	“This ‘metaknowledge’ can actually make you better able to manipulate your first language.”