What Is Literacy? By James Paul Gee

In his article “What is literacy?”, James Paul Gee maintains that the definition of discourse: “a socially accepted association among the ways of using language, of thinking, and of acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group or ‘social network’”. In the reading, discourse talk into production of goods in a society “dominant discourse” and assent to talk about those groups that have disagreement when using them as “dominant groups”. When people discuss something with other, they are not using their own ideas. At the same time, he goes on to explain that there are many points can make about discourse, such as the direction and significant in term. Important to realize, the author organizes discourse that …show more content…
Everything in life is included by acquisition and learning. In other words, whenever people playing instruments, working in a company, or practicing a second language, they need to combine of acquisition and learning. Gee points the understanding of literacy by taking the notion of a reading class where he learns grammar and read. He argues that reading class has a stressful learning and not an acquisition. Gee also summarizes the regular definition of literacy as “the ability to read and write”. The author continues to state that important process as primary discourse and second discourses. A primary discourse that people closest to each other, such as parents, sibling, neighborhood. Second discourse that the area outside the home, where people can develop and show their skills and experiences in life. Gee admits that all of discourse is a large amount people go through from acquisition, not by leaning. The author goes to explain that children are going to school seem like learning, reading ability, but to put in another way, Gee has confident that children acquire the literacy by their experiences at home. The school would help children have more knowledge, gain more skills to them and make them be successful in