Monday, February 16, 2009
After reading through both Gee and Gutierrez's articles, I gather that Gee's mentioning of the primary and secondary discourses in literacy is an introductory to the acquisition, learning and control of language(s) that almost everyone of us will experience in our lifetime.
However, Gutierrez's concept of hybridity highlights that in the midst of having tensions or conflicts between hybrid language practices (E.g. Different languages that children bring to class), we should actually recognise and make use of these tensions and conflicts to create 'third spaces', which are compared to Zygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development--> Used to describe a child's ability to do certain tasks with help or assistance. The essence of these 'third spaces' is that there will be bridging between home and school, especially for children from non-mainstream homes.
Here's a summary of what I understood from Gee and Gutierrez's articles...
Hope you guys can understand my linkages =)
In addition, I have found a PowerPoint that sums up what we are learning on hybridity with concise explanations, picture illustrations and also a research that has been carried out to showcase the creation of 'Third Space' in a language classroom.
Here are some sneak previews of what we can learn from it:
Labels: Gutierrez and James Gee's article response
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Jess Chen...
