![]() ![]() You can fake your way into a Discourse by being around the members within the group long enough to understand their behaviors. Our social groups that we all belong to have their own basic beliefs and ideas, which we must follow if we want to continue to belong. Right? So when we judge others, how they judge us and what the outcomes are.”(2:04) The idea that we need to pass a test by our actions and the way we appear to join a secondary Discourse is entirely accurate. In Cuddy’s talk she describes how we need to use body language properly because “If you use them poorly, bad idea. By passing these test, you can then develop attributes that belong to other Discourses while still belonging to the new one you have just inhabited. The test are conducted by people within the Discourse trying to see if the person wanting to enter the Discourse understands what they stand for or if they are just trying to enter a group in which they don’t fit in. In order to move from one Discourse, by the way he presents it, is by becoming a fluent user and pass the test by the natives of the Discourse. “social institutions that commands and demands one or more Discourse and we acquire these fluently to the extent that we are given access to these institutions and allowed apprenticeship within them.”(8) Gee presents the idea of how one can move from a secondary Discourse when being in the areas as Areas such as schools, church, and sports are all examples of where one can develop a secondary Discourse. A secondary Discourse is what we develop once we begin to socialize outside of our homes and primary spaces. ![]() A primary Discourse is the Discourse we develop in our primary social area in life, such as at home. ![]() In life we do develop two main Discourses, a primary and a secondary. The quotes help advance my claim because they both have the same idea in order to join a Discourse, which would be to understand the values, body language, and the way they speak in the particular Discourse. This supports my claim because we must understand the body language of the Discourse in order to fit in. We can communicate signals as if we are weak or if we are strong. Having the power to talk through our body language is a critical aspect in our lives. Like Gee, Cuddy explains that “we make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language”(1) providing the idea that we can communicate through body language. The quote by Gee supports my claim because he explains that you need to understand everything in the Discourse in order to adopt it. Apprentices are people who are being taken in by people of the secondary Discourse and being shown the ropes and ideas that they all share.The apprentices understand “not just ways of talking, but ways of talking, acting, thinking, and valuing”(Gee.10) which allows them to enter the particular discourse. Gee describes one way of joining a Discourse as an “apprenticeship”. In order for us as humans to join a Discourse, we must understand the entire idea within the Discourse. “Not just ways of talking, but ways of talking, acting, thinking, and valuing”(Gee.10) Apprenticeships within the Discourse By developing the knowledge of how to enter and master entering a Discourse, you will then be able to move from one Discourse to another with ease and not be seen as a pretender. Body language is an extremely powerful way to communicate with one another and is a necessity to understand to the fullest extent. Cuddy’s TED talk provides information on the social aspect of Discourses and how the body has its own nonverbal way of communicating with others. Gee develops the idea behind Discourses, which he offers two Discourses known as primary and secondary.The two Discourses are developed in separate times in life and lead to how one socializes outside their home. Throughout life it is important for us to understand the mechanisms through which one can enter a Discourse. Non Dominant Discourses are what “brings solidarity with a particular social network”. “Dominant Discourses is the mastery of which, at a particular place and time, brings with it social goods such as money, prestige, and status.
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