11 December 2014 Drowning in the Discourse Julie Wildhaber says that “A strong, well-defined voice is the bridge between you and your audience: It helps your readers understand who you are, and it helps you engage them” (Wildhaber). For students in college, their audience will always be their professor. Along with expecting a strong voice, professors expect students, even first year students, to master and employ the many other writing skills that make up academic discourse. Most students tend to prioritize the more technical conventions of writing over the development of a distinguished and personalized voice. The conventions of college writing are very complex and if professors are more helpful and patient with first year students as they learn academic discourse, students will be better prepared for all future academic endeavors and they will have a better opportunity to strengthen and develop their voice.
Corruption in Education Many students come to college to experience a new way of life and to form a new understanding of the world. They rely on their professors to provide them with the information necessary to achieve their goals. A classroom is most beneficial to a student when there is no ignorance or closed-mindedness. If the professor teaches both sides of issues and allows the class to debate topics without manipulating the students to believe what the professor believes, it gives the students all the tools they need to succeed in that specific class and in the future. In Alison Schneider’s essay, “Frumpy or Chic?
Have you noticed an interesting phenomenon? Sometimes when you meet a professor, you can infer his department from the way he talks, the register. In my mind, science professors talk more precisely, while literature professors prefer to use more rhetoric. Every discourse community has its’ own register, which is used by the members in the community to give a speech and write paper. In this essay, I will make a brief analysis of the register of my discourse community, electrical engineering.
“We are going to work together to create our own pledge to say every morning after we say the Pledge of Allegiance.” Call students by table to move back to their seats. Show students the heart that is hanging on the board where we will create our own pledge. Explain to students that the heart says “We pledge to” and that we will now create a classroom pledge together. “What are some important things you think we should include in our classroom pledge?” As students give their ideas, vote as a class (by a show of hands) if everyone agrees on the items being added to the pledge. Once the pledge is finished read it to the students, then read it together as a class.
Dear tyro, When I was a freshman, I had a lot of problem. And today, I will mention one, “discourse community”, which is very important for you. Because this social form will be in your future life and during your university education, you may probably want to figure it out which situation are you in. I personally understand it as a social form with clear goal to achieve something in a group. John Swales, the author of “The Concept of Discourse Community” tells the difference between “discourse community” and “speech community”.
There are many qualifications that give him acquired ethos- he is a MIT student getting a PhD and working in the Fluid Interfaces Group. To non-technological people, this might mean nothing but to the audience at the TED talk being at MIT and in the Fluid Interface Group is a big deal. Mistry has developed several other pieces of interactive technology such as-- sticky notes that automatically upload to a computer, a pen that draws in 3D, and a public map that uses physical objects to find places. As one can see, Mistry has a nice reputation. While he is talking, Mistry gives off an air of eagerness and ability to explain what he has developed, SixthSense Technology.
Understanding of these elements is essential to achieving academic success. As a student will have to deal with people with a wide range of personalities and learning styles throughout his or her academic career an effective communication and collaboration strategy is essential. Learning Styles According to Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences there are eight different intelligences or learning styles. They include Verbal-Linguistic, Visual-Spatial, and Intrapersonal (Carter, Bishop, & Lyman Kravits, 2007, p. 38-39). Verbal-Linguistic is the “ability to communicate through language (listening, reading, writing, speaking)” (Carter, Bishop, & Lyman Kravits, 2007, p. 39).
Students can learn responsibility for their own actions; they meet hundreds of people from different places throughout the country; they can learn social skills that will be valuable for the rest of their lives; and they can learn to balance extra-curricular activities while they prepare themselves for a future career. A college or university campus can be an amazing learning experience. But in order for a college student to enjoy this multi-tiered experience, they must be able to find a balance between academia and the new social experiences college can bring. The first step to finding this balance within the whole college experience is to understand that changes occur in the way we actually acquire knowledge at the college level. In his essay “The Difference Between High School and College,” Jack Meiland, a distinguished professor of philosophy, explains, “In high school, one learns physics and chemistry, trigonometry, American and world history – all subjects in which the ‘facts’ to be learned are harder, but the method is much the same as elementary and junior high school” (104).
In today’s world you almost need a college education for most jobs offered on- the- job market. No matter what field of study that is chosen, time and effort will need to be applied in order to get the best education possible. Both online versus traditional education have pros and cons; the teacher’s presence, the classroom settings, and time taken to complete courses to get a degree. In both educational settings teachers are needed factors for many reasons; guidance, teaching material to the class, and just there to help students in general. Going to either traditional or online college is a big step in a student’s life, and teachers are there to help and guide them through any situations that arise.
The Challenges That A Person Faces Upon Arrival To College Many of us view going to school, or pursuing education, as an opportunity. Most of those who succeed in their career are those who succeeded in education. Education offers a lot to benefit off. It is not tough and it is not easy, but it is most definitely a challenge to overcome. There are plenty of experiences that I have been through whiles being in college, and still going through some now.