importance of Discourse and discourse community The concept of Discourse and discourse community is very important in English reading and writing. Discourses are group members’ shared “ways of being in the world” (Gee 484). According to the authors we studied‚ Porter‚ Gee‚ Swales‚ Johns and Porter‚ we willingly or unwillingly are part of many different discourse communities or Discourses. Almost everything we do in our everyday life requires involvement in some discourse community. Discourse or discourse
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tv‚ to offer Interactive Advertisements to over 300‚000 of their digital cable customers. This is the first time that Canada will experience interactive advertising through digital cable. No longer are commercial just limited to 30 and 60 second intervals. Now while one is watching a commercial‚ they can click a link that will provide more information on the product‚ or may lead to an extended version of the original commercial. This summer‚ consumers will begin to see interactive ads‚ and although
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Interactive Session #5 Organizations Article: HOW MUCH DO CREDIT CARD COMPANIES KNOW ABOUT YOU? Page 100 Management Information Systems “Managing the Digital Firm” Kenneth C. Laudon / Jane P. Laudon Case Study Questions CSQ #1: What competitive strategy are the credit card companies pursuing? Credit card companies nowadays are pursuing what they so called the credit card profiling. Every time they make a purchase using their credit card‚ a record of that sale is logged into massive data repository
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InterActiveCorp Based on the article about InterActiveCorp‚ the corporate level strategy is gaining acquisitions in travel‚ finance‚ and classified ads. This sounds like a horizontal merger and acquisition strategy because of the range of services that IAC has been acquiring. Their focus seems to be mostly travel and entertainment companies. These include companies like Match.com‚ Expedia‚ and Hotels.com. As for the restructuring strategies for IAC‚ Barry Diller is trying to focus on businesses
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discourse analysis Discourse Analysis A discourse is behavioral unit. It is a set of utterances which constitute a recognizable speech event e.g. a conversation‚ a joke‚ a sermon‚ an interview etc. In its historical and etymological perspective the term is used in different perspectives e.g. Verbal communication. All this fine talk. Direct / indirect speech. To chat. In order to narrow down the range of possible meanings‚ the
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James Paul Gee’s introduction to Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics and his article‚ What is Literacy?‚ approach literacy studies from psychological and sociological viewpoints. He states that the focus of literacy is social practices (“it’s not just how you say it‚ but what you are and do when you say it). Early in the writing‚ Gee defines Discourse as a combination of acts: saying‚ writing‚ doing‚ being‚ valuing‚ etc. He views Discourse as a social construct not dissimilar from Culture. In fact
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www.interactivelogbook.tk enquiries@interactivelogbook.tk Interactive Logbook Final Report Laurence Bridgefoot Paul Kiddie Tom Marianczak Chet Mistry Neil Sandle Dan Williams 0.0 Contents 1.0 Executive Summary .............................................................................. 3 2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................ 3 3.0 Literature Review................................................................
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Mälardalen University School of Sustainable Development Of Society And Technology EFO705-Master thesis BUDGETARY AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL PROCESS IN A MANUFACTURING: CASE OF GUINNESS NIGERIAN PLC. BY: AMALOKWU OBIAJULUM JOHN LAWRENCE NJILEFACK NGOASONG ABSTRACT Date : June‚ 2008. Level : Master Thesis EF0705‚ 10 points (15credits) Authors : Amalokwu Obiajulum John (820821) Lawrence Njilefack Ngoasong (770901) Title : Supervisor: Budgetary and Management
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There are currently three main approaches to teaching reading; the bottom-up model‚ the top-down model and the interactive model. Although both the bottom-up and top-down models have their merits‚ the interactive model blends the major strategies of them both together to form a more balanced well-rounded approach. The bottom-up model‚ which was the sole method of teaching reading through the mid-1980s‚ places a heavy emphasis on decoding. The belief is that the eye directs the mind‚ and that
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Fundamentals of E-Learning E-Learning reaches beyond traditional face-to-face classroom learning environments by combining teaching and the Internet so students have the option of learning in a different modality. E-Learning uses technological devices and computer software applications to deliver the curriculum. The instructor uses the Internet to deliver the curriculum over methods and applications like Web-based training (WBT)‚ computer-based training (CBT)‚ synchronous‚ and asynchronous classroom
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