Tag: Discourse
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College Writing Series: Activity Theory, Discourse, and Genre
The course I most often teach at Appalachian State University… So what’s my sister Anne got to do with anything? Anne works in an architectural design firm in Los Angles. In the courses I teach at App State, I ask students to chose a Discourse to study and as a part of that work students…
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James Paul Gee and Primary Discourse
What was your first home like? Who did you live with? What did the people you lived with believe? How did they spend their time? What do you think you inherited from those you lived with? Those questions and more, inspired by linguist James Paul Gee and his notion of primary Discourse, on this Sunday,…
Bill Torgerson 