“Gee tells about the “seven building tasks of language”, one task known as “practices” (activities). Gee describes the differences between informing someone of something, and showing them how it is done. There are three words; saying, doing, and believing that gee mentions and expands on “What we say, do, and are in using language enacts practices. At the same time, what we say, do, and are would have no meaning unless these practices already existed…language and practices ‘boot strap’ each other into existence in a reciprocal process through time. We cannot have one without the other” (Gee 33). Using Gee’s knowledge of scientific discourse. In science, solving a hypothesis by experiments and getting their results to validate the scientists work just like in the work of Nair and Nair, they us the IMRAD format as means for the organization of a research paper. Nair and Nair explain, “Thus, the value of the paper depends on what is contained in this (Results) section, and it must be presented in an absolutely clear manner in just the right number of words, neither more nor less” (Nair and Nair 20). Nair and Nair explain, that this area of the paper presents new knowledge to the reader which should be practice as stated by Gee to achieve curtain results.” – Oct 9 Para2 Homwork.

“Gee has many main points in his writing of the “seven building tasks of language” which is, that to be literate isn’t just knowing the words meaning, but it is how to apply them when speaking. One of Gees tasks called practices (activities) where he describes the differences between informing someone of something, and showing them how it is done. There are three words; saying, doing, and believing that Gee mentions and expands on by stating, “What we say, do, and are in using language enacts practices. At the same time, what we say, do, and are would have no meaning unless these practices already existed…language and practices ‘boot strap’ each other into existence in a reciprocal process through time. We cannot have one without the other” (33).  Perfect grammar does not mean that the sentence is correct even if it would be in another situation gee stats that “It’s not just what you say it’s how you say it” (5). In other words the things you say depend on the situation you are in. Using Gee’s knowledge of scientific discourse, solving a hypothesis by experiments and getting their results to validate the scientists work just like in the work of Nair and Nair, who use the “IMRAD Cheat Sheet” by Carnegie Mellon University as a format to a means for the organization of a research paper. Nair and Nair explain, that this area of the paper presents new knowledge to the reader which should be practice as stated by Gee to achieve curtain results. Nair and Nair go over this stating, “Thus, the value of the paper depends on what is contained in this (Results) section, and it must be presented in an absolutely clear manner in just the right number of words, neither more nor less” (Nair and Nair 20). By getting this equation for the results section right we can clearly state what the results are to the reader without having them be confused on what the results were.” – final draft paper 2 para2

Both of these paragraphs involve Gee and the topic of discourse, it being the main underlining subject for all of our paper.