Cuddy’s research explores nonverbal communication, as she tells us (para. Why is this nonverbal behavior important to those who would be in the Discourse of business? Be sure to provide evidence from Cuddy in your response. ………………Amy Cuddy talks about nonverbal behavior and how this can be important in many aspects of one’s life. But nonverbal behavior is especially important in the business Discourse, and the business part of society. She talks about job interviews, and how one’s body language almost says it all. She asks the question: “What’s mine [body language] communicating to you?” This is important because body language can often talk to people, and if you seem confident, with good body language, and present yourself very well, your judge will think higher of you than if you lack those features. She says “It’s about the presence that they’re bringing to the speech”, and that all starts with your body language and acting confident throughout, so you actually get confident. Having positive body language can lead one to be themselves in an interview, have success and get them the job they want in the future. Also, if one shows power in the business world it will help them to feel confident and less stressed. Showing your strength in the business world can often lead your peers to respect you, and lead to great success.- What is the difference between a primary and a secondary Discourse? Why is Gee’s distinction between dominant and nondominant discourses important?
Gee classifies primary discourse as one’s first discourse that him or her acquires in their home throughout family interaction. There are many factors in one’s primary discourse including where they grew up, how they grew up and with whom they grew up with. Every person, however, will have a different primary discourse and one’s primary discourse is very unique. Secondary discourse is the discourse one has with social groups, and is beyond family discourse. This includes friend groups, sports teams, and one going to school. One can have many secondary discourses, but only one primary discourse. Dominant discourse is a discourse that gives you social status and money and often come with respect. Non-dominant discourses do not give one money but have to do with one’s social feelings, and satisfaction without making money. However, these two discourses conflict and can cause problems.Gee uses learning a language as an example. And how if one learned Spanish in their primary discourse and learned English in their secondary and have been speaking much more English, one may get an english accent while speaking spanish. Or even use english words when they forget a Spanish one. Gee classifies this conflict as very significant.
- Gee defines Discourses (capital D) as “saying (writing)-doing-being-valuing-believing combinations” (6). Explain this concept in your own words and illustrate it in a specific passage from Cuddy’s TED talk.
Gee explains Discourse as saying-doing-being-valuing-believing combinations. This means that it isn’t just what one says, or how they do it but all of these factors combined. Cuddy also talks about this, especially in paragraph 27, where she says that it isn’t just about the content of what you say in your job interview. But it is how positive you are, how you’re going about your interview in expressing yourself etc. It is a combination of all of those factors which lead you to your ultimate goal.
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1- I chose this because I thought it was important how Discourse isn’t just the way one speaks. But it is the whole combination. Body language, however, is one of those key things so I thought it was relevant.
2- I thought it was very interesting and true when Gee says that your Discourse depends on the people around you. Obviously people will act different with their friends than at a job interview when speaking. This goes with the idea that one has many secondary Discourses.
3- I thought this was important because it shows how people can have several different secondary Discourses. Also your body language is apart of the saying-doing-valuing-being-believing combinations. Cuddy talks about body language a lot so this was significant.
4-This one was important because it shows you must have certain Discourse to be successful in a job interview. You have to open up and remain positive and be yourself. If you slouch and close up, one will not think you are confidents enough for the job.
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