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1.  Gee’s first theorem states that you cannot fake Discourses. You are either fluent with the Discourse or you are not and there is no “faking it” if you are not fluent. Gee’s second theorem is that primary discourses cannot be a liberating Discourse (containing both Discourse and meta elements). People like Cuddy from the … [Read more…]

Gee defines Discourse as saying (writing)-doing-being-valuing, believing combinations because you need to say or write whatever you are trying to say while also playing the right social roll and making sure you have the right values, beliefs, and attitude. An example of a discourse would be a company boss and company employees.   Gee writes … [Read more…]