Writing Assignment No.6

According to Delpit, he disagrees with Gee in two aspects---- first, he thinks that people not born in dominant discourses can also acquire them in class settings through some specific methods and second, he believes that many people have overcome the difficult when they learn and teach a second dominant language. In order to illustrate his points of view, he cites several experiences people had in successfully overcoming the difficulty in learning or teaching a second dominant language and then became outstanding people in their career. Finally, Delpit talks about several methods teachers can take to economically disenfranchised students and students of color both to master the dominant discourses and to transform them. (P.271 paragraph 1)
In my own perspective, I stand by the side of Delpit since I am convinced that the chances to learn a second discourses should be equal to everyone, not relating to their social status.Then, I think that more and more teachers should be committed to teaching a second dominant discourse in some ways that don't opposes the students original values to avoid the students' refusing to learn.