Annotated Bibliography

Humphries, Stella. "On Language as a Mirror." Reflections, vol. 1, no. 1: 87-90.

Humphries uses her article to relate her experience in the sciences to writing. In Humphries experience, which I think relates to academic writing, "intellectual elites" have a tendency to write in what she calls a "disembodied voice". This type of writing often results in incomprehension by many both within the "intellectual elite" community and outside it. Humphries argument is relevant because she points out how people within certain communities can get wrapped up in their particular style of writing and forget the original purpose of the writing. I think academic discourse communities are guilty of this, especially when it comes to minority students.

Rose, Mike. "The Language of Exclusion: Writing Instruction at the University." College English, Vol.47, No. 4. (Apr., 1985), pp. 341-359.

One of the most beneficial pieces of Rose's article is the history of writing he gives. Rose brings an understanding of literacy and what it has to do with writing and the instruction of writing, particularly at the university level. When studying the different ways cultures learn, Rose's article will be useful to determine if the ways teachers are teaching match up with the ways students learn how to be part of the discourse community.