English essay "Guidelines for Academic and Public Discourse: Expectations for Individual/Class Conduct" is a brief description of Dr. Tremblay’s goals and expectations for each of the students in his class. Being one of those students‚ I have read this syllabus and come up with my own understanding of his ideas. I noted that one of the most important points throughout this reading was that time spent in class should be maximized. Basically‚ the work you put in will be reflective of how well you
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Reading Response “Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics” by James Paul Gee Summary: In “Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics‚” James Paul Gee attempts to explain “a way of talking about literacy” and “literacy studies.” He describes how a Discourse is not the same as discourse‚ details the different types of Discourses‚ and introduces several new terms to strengthen his argument. Gee’s overall claims‚ in his own words‚ is “the focus of literacy studies or applied linguistics should not be language
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Discourse: based on ideas of Michel Foucault‚ discourse theory refers to the idea that the terms in which we speak‚ write and think about the world are a reflection of wider relations of power‚ and since they are also linked to practise‚ are themselves important in maintaining that power structure In the Order of Things (1970) Foucault focuses on fields of knowledge‚ such as economics‚ or natural history and the conventions according to which they were classified and represented in particular
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Herter‚ Kevin English 105‚ January 30‚ 2013 The discourse community of a student The pressure of being a student in university is a challenge that turns out to be rewarding and most definitely shaping. Full time university students are thought to have all the time they need for studying since they are unemployed or at the most work part-time. Being a full time student myself‚ I can ensure that it is hard work to stay emotionally stable‚ organize and set priorities straight while being on a diet
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Philosophy" Descartes tries to prove the existence of God in the third meditation. He does this by coming up with several premises that eventually add up to a solid argument. First‚ I will explain why Descartes ask the question‚ does god exist? And why does Descartes think he needs such and argument at this point in the text. Secondly‚ I will explain‚ in detail‚ the arguments that Descartes makes and how he comes to the conclusion that God does exist. Next‚ I will debate some of Descartes premises
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The social discourse of motherhood is a topic that has been controversial for some time. It has been analyzed from many different perspectives and known to be bad and good in some circumstances. Socially‚ motherhood has not always been accepted. A working and single mother is not given the same status in society as a married‚ financially stable mother‚ even if they both followed the same path of motherhood. There are many discrepancies in society which make it difficult to weigh the implications
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Descartes has two arguments for skepticism‚ the first the dream argument and then second the evil demon argument. Both examples are used to raise doubts in things that we may commonly believe to be true. It seems right to believe that if you know something then you cannot doubt that thing‚ but Descartes wants to be certain in every way that he does in fact know that thing. These two examples are used to bring skepticism into your knowledge of things. For example‚ I know that I am taking a test‚ but
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BA -ELT Distance Discourse Analysis II Written and Spoken discourse December 6th‚ 2011. Written Discourse This is an analysis made to a piece of writing made by Laural Mariana Arámbula a 6th grader (elementary school) student that has very good language skills. The text she wrote will be analyzed according to the instructions of the End of Course Assignment of Discourse Analysis II and the text is named: A letter to a friend. Dear Paola Hi how are you? I hope well I wanna wish
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Ann Collias Dan Burns Post Modern American Fiction 19 November 2012 Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings” Children universally grow-up with stories of “Once upon a time..” and “Happily ever after..” and with the conception that you will meet a partner‚ fall in love‚ and live happily ever after. Margaret Atwood challenges this conception in her short story “Happy Endings”. “Happy Endings” is satirical because it mocks the common misconception that love and life conclude perfectly with “Happily
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Philosophy and Literature 253 Midterm Exam October 7 2012 “Oh‚ Jupiter‚ a robot Descartes!” Asimov’s short story “Reasons” in I‚ Robot is the fictional account of a robots creation of his own path of reasoning. Much like Descartes‚ the Robot‚ Cutie‚ is curious about the truth of his existence and plans to find the answers out for himself. Cutie is a self-aware‚ reasoning robot on a station in space in the year 2015‚ and all he knows are the things in his immediate surrounding‚ which isn’t much
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