READING 3.4 (SPEECH AND SPEAKERS: THE FORMATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN DISCOURSE AND GENRE)

From the reading 3.4, in my opinion it is about our experience of language is the experience of texts based on the presentation. The presenter Nor Ullyana and Syifaq said that it means our ability to use and understand language reflect how text shaped us as a people, including our understanding and our attitude in general. Knowledge is different with each individual (social factor). Audience can influence with the participants that the writer has already stated in the text. For examples, the presenter gave Ms Winner as a positive side while Ms Seductress as a negative side (sexist). In the section ‘Discourse and Reader’, the writers use ‘discourse’ to explain how texts shape people ‘identities’. Discourse is a perspective or stance. It can influence the audience to believe what the writer says. For example, the writer can influence audience to believe that there are many effect of bullies from article ‘Battling of the Bullies’. Besides, ‘construct’ in this reading using examples of Ms Seductress as a sexist “stereotype” whose whole identity is dependent on what men think, that’s mean, women can be used as a objects by men. Whereas, Ms Winner as a positive attitude of a women. They have all feminist discourse, but also wants discover how Ms Seductress makes herself attractive to men. The presenter also state that language and language users is based on their experience of social occasion. How this reading can be used in Critical Literacy? It is by ‘our experience of language is the experience of text’. It means that, knowledge is different with other individual and based of social factor that has their own position.For this presentation, the presenter use their own examples for ths topic. overall, this pesentation need more improvement because there are some sub topic that audience really not understand.