Essays on Discourse

Abstract             Pennycook (1994) views the international spreading of English as neutral, natural, and beneficial. The EIL discourse is connected with numerous cultural issues. The implementation of the EIL model in Asian countries reveals the major controversies and benefits of positioning the English language as natural and neutral. The EIL discourse as natural, neutral, and…

Explain how each of the roles you mentioned would make you an effective teacher. N.B.: Please do not select more than six important roles. Your essay should not exceed 2 pages. It is not acceptable to cut and paste work information from the internet and make it your work. This kind of work is easily…

The characteristic that most defines public discourse, according to the article “Fighting for our lives” by Deborah Tannen is that of argumentation. The argumentative nature of Western culture pervades every aspect of the lives of those who live in the regions affected by its ideologies. It surfaces in politics in the form of debates and…

The term assumes slightly different meanings in different contexts but in literature discourse means speech or writing normally longer than sentences which deals with a certain subject formally in the form of writing or speech. In other words, discourse is the presentation of language in its entirety while performing an intellectual inquiry in a particular…

Social communication is increasingly becoming a subject of scientists’ discussions from different disciplines, as well as ordinary language users. In contemporary social sciences, especially in linguistics, we see a clear shift to discourse. Discourse allows us to talk about use of the language, as well as the language as a socio-cultural activity. In this sense,…

Discussing Discourses Many people find the concept of a discourse community to be important enough to write about but many have failed to create a clear and universal definition. Three scholars: Porter, Swales, and Gee each attempt to create their own definition of the concept. Each of their articles has major differences in their interpretation…

Political Discourse Political incivility has been around for a very long time. According to the article “The Rise and Fall of Nasty Politics in America”, a number of studies have been conducted to prove that politics has always been “a bit rough”. Many people in and out of the political world are agreeing that politics…

In order to perform a textual analysis of chapter 5 “Incident of the Letter” within Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde several issues need to be considered. Such as the concept of discourse within the narration of the chapter, the theoretical/ analytical tools of figurative language and genre. Also the meanings of the chapter need to…

The Distinction of Michel Foucault’s Concept of Power “The most defenseless tenderness and the bloodiest of powers have a similar need of confession. Western man has become                           a confessing animal.”-Michel Foucault, (1978)       History of Sexuality: IntroductionProbably the well-conceived reality in our current social structure is the concept of power. Particularly, Michel Foucault presented his own version for…

Discourse communities are defined by John Swales (1990) six characteristics. The characteristics of a discourse community are: having common goals, Ways for its members to communicate, mechanisms to provide information and feedback, utilizing one or more genres, acquiring a lexis, and a threshold level of members with a certain degree of knowledge and expertise within…