Alex Gilkerson
ENG 1510
Response to Delpit and Smitherman
I found these articles to be very helpful. Both articles were very easy to read and I could relate to them well. When Smitherman showed the example of the essay with “bad” grammar, you could look at it two different ways. One being very sloppy and bad grammar, or short and gets to the point. I think it is okay to write like that in a way but only sometimes. It all depends on the class you are taking and the instructor teaching it. If the assignment is to explain your views on something it could be okay. As long as it isn’t a strict english class. If you are doing a research paper, I don’t think it is okay to write like that. In my opinion, a research paper is more formal or professional and should look that way.
These articles also tie into our project 3. Because it is OUR own discourse community, we should be able to talk or write however the group does so you can get an understanding of the community at its full potential. This also depends on your discourse community and how you feel about it. If it is professional, you should act and write professional. If your community is like mine, the Snowcats, then I should be able to write how we act, talk, and write in the group.
These articles help me out in many ways. Especially for the project 3, it made me realize I can reflect in a different type of ‘language”.
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