Six Characteristics Of A Discourse Community By John Swales

A discourse community is a group people who communicate about a particular field or issue they 're involved in. Within in this community, there are six characteristics that define it, according to John Swales. In such communities, public goals are commonly set. In education it 's universal goal is to improve its scholars proficiency from kindergarten to senior year. They have mechanisms of intercommunication among their members. We all have ways of verbal and nonverbal ways to talk to our community through phone calls, texts, sending and replying to emails, and meeting with people. It also uses such mechanisms to provide information and feedback. As well as utilizing one or more genres to further communicative aims. Teachers use whiteboards, websites, and overheads. In addition to having …show more content…
Teachers are the most common when you think about education, but there are also superintendents, districts, principals, aides, nurses, counselors, and psychologist. Teachers share their knowledge with students to enhance their intelligence. In this field, their goal is to help them learn new and different things and to prepare them for the next level of information. Communication is one of the most important aspects of this career, with students, parents, and the principal. To their parents, they share solutions and problems about their child and their education through emails, phone calls, and conferences. With their colleagues in the same grade level collaborate on various ways on how to teach the students on different math and English units. They also work together on common projects that incorporate the skills and standards that the students should learn. Typically in this field, the language is in acronyms like ELA (English language arts), CALP (cognitive academic language proficiency), and AR (accelerated reader). Every year there 's a certain percentage of teachers who retire and need newcomers to replace