Laraine Shawa
Discourse Community:
A discourse community can be defined as a group of people who link up in order to pursue objectives that are prior to those of socialization. Which basically means it’s a group of people that share the same interests and goals and communicate in a certain way. These discourse communities have several different genres including: books, debates, sports, lectures and more. You need to master specific terminologies in order to be a part of a specific discourse community. Generally, people that are not a part of a certain discourse community cannot understand what is going on in that community.
There are six different characteristics that are necessary for defining a discourse community, according to John Swales. Firstly, a discourse community has an agreed set of common public goals. The community must be able to communicate with one another. It does that by providing information and feedback. Specific terminologies or “lexis”, as Swales calls it, must be learned. Finally, one must have a certain level of expertise in order to be a part of a discourse community. Discourse communities could vary from a college classroom to one’s home. …show more content…
Two of which are my English college classroom and my twitter. Firstly one very important discourse community is my English classroom. Our common goal is to do well in the classroom and to achieve the highest grade possible. We have to meet a specific lexis. That means there’s a certain way we have to approach our essays, journals and autobiographies. We cannot use slang or abbreviations while communicating or writing our essays. We have discussions in the classroom and receive feedback from our professor and our peers on what their thoughts are about the topic
Discourse Community:
A discourse community can be defined as a group of people who link up in order to pursue objectives that are prior to those of socialization. Which basically means it’s a group of people that share the same interests and goals and communicate in a certain way. These discourse communities have several different genres including: books, debates, sports, lectures and more. You need to master specific terminologies in order to be a part of a specific discourse community. Generally, people that are not a part of a certain discourse community cannot understand what is going on in that community.
There are six different characteristics that are necessary for defining a discourse community, according to John Swales. Firstly, a discourse community has an agreed set of common public goals. The community must be able to communicate with one another. It does that by providing information and feedback. Specific terminologies or “lexis”, as Swales calls it, must be learned. Finally, one must have a certain level of expertise in order to be a part of a discourse community. Discourse communities could vary from a college classroom to one’s home. …show more content…
Two of which are my English college classroom and my twitter. Firstly one very important discourse community is my English classroom. Our common goal is to do well in the classroom and to achieve the highest grade possible. We have to meet a specific lexis. That means there’s a certain way we have to approach our essays, journals and autobiographies. We cannot use slang or abbreviations while communicating or writing our essays. We have discussions in the classroom and receive feedback from our professor and our peers on what their thoughts are about the topic