SUMMARY
In this article these three authors dive into the discourse community topic and define in their own opinions what and how genres are used. Devitt goes in to describe the topic of discourse communities and how the definition is always changing. Also she discusses how in court you are given instructions that are only understood by those in the court system. Words may have different meanings in this discourse community than how the rest of the world understands them. Author Bawarshi discusses these languages and texts that are used for us to understand the discourse community and it's purpose. Also, Bawarshi breaks these genres into different pieces and how genre can be conflicting towards each other. Then author Reiff describes genres as "keys" that teach us how to participate in these communities. Her definition of genre is more of a map that guides you through these communities.
CONNECTIONS
I connected this article with Swales article. Although, we have read many articles about discourse communities. Swales article describes the steps that one would have to go through to become part of a discourse community like the authors in this article they break this down even more and mainly focus on genres and what they mean to the discourse community.
DEFINITION
Bawarshi describes genre as the language used in the discourse community and how one learns this language. While Swales never really goes into defining genre since he believes his readers should already understand it. I think both authors agree that genres are mainly used for communication between the discourse community. However, Bawarshi describes how genres can often contradict each other and can be different things. Genres are not set in stone, they change based on the discourse community itself. I personally think that Bawarshi's definition is more suitable for a classroom setting since language is always changing and the way we communicate in the classroom will always alter.
OPINIONS
I liked reading this article since it was broken into three different articles by three different authors. It gave different points of view as well as different opinions on this subject. They also gave different examples that I could imagine personally.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013
Gee
SUMMARY
In this article author James Paul Gee describes what he calls "Discourses" and how we contribute to them in everyday life. Discourses are all around us and used everyday. Gee then goes in to describe different types of Discourses such as, primary, secondary, dominate, and non-dominate. Each subtext describes different types of Discourses that are in society today. These Discourses can be researched and studied in different ways. However, you are either in a Discourse, or you are not. Just because one can study a Discourse does not mean they can become part of the Discourse.
CONNECTIONS
I connected this article with the article we were assigned for wednesday (Swales) because they both involve discourses. However, Gee's definition of Discourses is quite different. Swales describes a discourse community as a list of criteria and having one purpose. When Gee, describes Discourses as being a way of life as well as actions. I also connected this article to Geneva Smitherman's article we read a few weeks back. Like Gee, she describes that language and grammar are two different category's and should be treated as such. As well as the section of the article where two welfare employees were interviewed and one was considered right when the other was wrong.
QD #3
Gee describes the difference between discourses and Discourse as discourses being a part of Discourse. A Discourse involves not only language but action and many other factors when a discourse is primarily language itself. Discourse has a much more broad meaning with different factors than just discourses.
QD #13
I think belonging to a Discourse would be quite difficult. It isn't about learning knowledge or language it's about learning a way of life. You have to connect with what you're observing rather than just memorizing actions or language. If I were to be an apprentice it would feel as though I am pretending. It would feel I am more of a child pretending to be an adult. It takes desire to become a part of a Discourse.
OPINIONS
I really enjoyed reading this article. It allowed me to see another side to Discourses rather than just view them as this high society club as i have imagined them before. It makes me think about if i'm involved in some Discourses already and if so what are they?
In this article author James Paul Gee describes what he calls "Discourses" and how we contribute to them in everyday life. Discourses are all around us and used everyday. Gee then goes in to describe different types of Discourses such as, primary, secondary, dominate, and non-dominate. Each subtext describes different types of Discourses that are in society today. These Discourses can be researched and studied in different ways. However, you are either in a Discourse, or you are not. Just because one can study a Discourse does not mean they can become part of the Discourse.
CONNECTIONS
I connected this article with the article we were assigned for wednesday (Swales) because they both involve discourses. However, Gee's definition of Discourses is quite different. Swales describes a discourse community as a list of criteria and having one purpose. When Gee, describes Discourses as being a way of life as well as actions. I also connected this article to Geneva Smitherman's article we read a few weeks back. Like Gee, she describes that language and grammar are two different category's and should be treated as such. As well as the section of the article where two welfare employees were interviewed and one was considered right when the other was wrong.
QD #3
Gee describes the difference between discourses and Discourse as discourses being a part of Discourse. A Discourse involves not only language but action and many other factors when a discourse is primarily language itself. Discourse has a much more broad meaning with different factors than just discourses.
QD #13
I think belonging to a Discourse would be quite difficult. It isn't about learning knowledge or language it's about learning a way of life. You have to connect with what you're observing rather than just memorizing actions or language. If I were to be an apprentice it would feel as though I am pretending. It would feel I am more of a child pretending to be an adult. It takes desire to become a part of a Discourse.
OPINIONS
I really enjoyed reading this article. It allowed me to see another side to Discourses rather than just view them as this high society club as i have imagined them before. It makes me think about if i'm involved in some Discourses already and if so what are they?
Friday, March 15, 2013
Ethnography Proposal
Kaylee Lang, Megan Pugh, Kyle Buehrer
For our upcoming research report we will be studying Student Senate at Ohio University. We plan on interviewing senate members as well as conducting a survey to see how others perceive student senate. Also we would like to find some articles about what past senates achieved at Ohio University, as well as, discover what the current student senate is accomplishing. We will be displaying this research on a web page/ blog. We hope to learn the inter-workings of student senate and their achievements on the Ohio University campus.
For our upcoming research report we will be studying Student Senate at Ohio University. We plan on interviewing senate members as well as conducting a survey to see how others perceive student senate. Also we would like to find some articles about what past senates achieved at Ohio University, as well as, discover what the current student senate is accomplishing. We will be displaying this research on a web page/ blog. We hope to learn the inter-workings of student senate and their achievements on the Ohio University campus.
Driscoll
Kaylee Lang, Megan Pugh, and Kyle Buehrer
Summary
This article is primarily about researching and how to research correctly. In first year writing courses there are three topics in research that Dricoll focuses on; observations, interviews and surveys. The author breaks down each piece and describes the incorrect and correct way to write each part. Dricoll also writes about two college students researching different topics. She also breaks down the interview process and how to successfully interview someone of your research topic.
#2. Driscoll explains briefly ethical guidelines to follow when conducting any type of research. The three points she made were “voluntary participation, confidentiality and anonymity, and researcher bias”. These three items are strong basic starting points but you could also take into consideration the interviewee’s feelings. You may embarrass them in your project or portray them in a way they would not like to be seen. Or perhaps you could reveal personal information about them such as what they look like, where they live, or who they associate themselves with. In our own research, we could particularly use the confidentiality and anonymity suggestion. When we interview, we would not want to give anyone’s name away if they did not give their consent; which goes along with the first main point, voluntary participation, because the participant should know what they are participating in.
#3. There are many issues that could be researched on campus using primary research. One of these is the sleeping habits of students. In college, many students do not have good sleeping habits. Because of this it would be interesting to have students fill out a survey asking them how often they sleep and for how long they do. Another question that could be asked to students in an interview is if they think that the armed robbery near campus was handled correctly. This issue could be studied by interviewing several students to get their opinions on the situation.
Opinions
After we all read this article we all agreed that this article will be very helpful to our upcoming discourse community project. It's basically a step by step instruction manual to successfully create the perfect research project. We also liked that she gave examples of what not to do as well so that we do not make that same mistake. It's important to portray this community without being offensive and we believe this article will help us stray from making that mistake.
Summary
This article is primarily about researching and how to research correctly. In first year writing courses there are three topics in research that Dricoll focuses on; observations, interviews and surveys. The author breaks down each piece and describes the incorrect and correct way to write each part. Dricoll also writes about two college students researching different topics. She also breaks down the interview process and how to successfully interview someone of your research topic.
#2. Driscoll explains briefly ethical guidelines to follow when conducting any type of research. The three points she made were “voluntary participation, confidentiality and anonymity, and researcher bias”. These three items are strong basic starting points but you could also take into consideration the interviewee’s feelings. You may embarrass them in your project or portray them in a way they would not like to be seen. Or perhaps you could reveal personal information about them such as what they look like, where they live, or who they associate themselves with. In our own research, we could particularly use the confidentiality and anonymity suggestion. When we interview, we would not want to give anyone’s name away if they did not give their consent; which goes along with the first main point, voluntary participation, because the participant should know what they are participating in.
#3. There are many issues that could be researched on campus using primary research. One of these is the sleeping habits of students. In college, many students do not have good sleeping habits. Because of this it would be interesting to have students fill out a survey asking them how often they sleep and for how long they do. Another question that could be asked to students in an interview is if they think that the armed robbery near campus was handled correctly. This issue could be studied by interviewing several students to get their opinions on the situation.
Opinions
After we all read this article we all agreed that this article will be very helpful to our upcoming discourse community project. It's basically a step by step instruction manual to successfully create the perfect research project. We also liked that she gave examples of what not to do as well so that we do not make that same mistake. It's important to portray this community without being offensive and we believe this article will help us stray from making that mistake.
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