Examples Of Discourse Community

Discourse communities exist all around us. From being involved in a Japanese biker gang to being a high school cheerleader, all of these groups are a perfect example of a discourse community. Almost every single person has been involved in this type of community whether they know it or not. A discourse community is a group of people who share a common goal and communicate about a specific topic. According to John Swales, he characterizes a discourse community as a group of individuals who broadly agree on a set of common public goals, have mechanisms of intercommunication among their members and use these mechanisms to provide information and feedback. Therefore, being a part of the high school’s band team or being a part of an online gaming community all fall under the category of a discourse community. The sounds of orders penetrate the barista’s ears as customers eagerly orders their drinks. Some orders are quite simple while others are more complex. The barista tries her best to be as fast, yet making sure that each …show more content…
Because almost every store puts their customers first, the employees are expected to always go along with the customer’s demands. However, after having to countlessly deal with rude customers, I picked up a thing or two on defending myself without sounding condescending to the customer. Similarly, I’ve also learned that not every single human being has good intentions. Before working at Starbucks, I used to believe that everyone was good-natured in heart. Starbucks then taught me how naïve I was once some rude customers tried to scam me, complain, make fake punch cards in order to just get a free drink. Therefore, one of the most important lesson I learned in this discourse community was to not whole-heartedly believe that every single individual has good