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    Discourse community is a group of people who communicate with each other with the same goal. James Paul Gee wrote “Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction”, James E. Porter wrote” Intersexuality and the Discourse Community”, and John Swales wrote “the Concept of Discourse Community”. They express the ideas on discourse communities; but they also have some similarities on the ideas of discourse communities. Gee and Swales have the similar idea on the importance of social practice in…

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    Community, the place where we are supposed to belong, be accepted, and grow in. A community is something built on bonds, different types of bonds, that are important in our lives. We are living in a time where working alone is not profitable. We must work together. I love to help personally. I live far from Carlos Fuentes so I don't get much chances to help out in this community. However, i try my best to help mine, or to help others. I go to church and there we hold many events where i love to…

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    If a natural disaster happens near to you it would not be ideal to have a good community who can help each other? The community plays a big role in these two stories Keeper ‘N Me and Whale Rider being very relevant for the principal characters in their journey. Community means a group of people with same interests or believes. Commonly the communities of aborigenous are known for being so close as community, they learn together, they teach, they help each other in difficult times and they have…

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    The world in consisted of many communities. It ranges from small book clubs to the medical team at a public hospital. These communities are called discourse communities and they consist of professionals who share a common goal for the public, have specific ways of communicating, “provide information and feedback” to each other, use different ways to expand their goals, possess their own jargon, and is consistently growing by mixing new with the experienced members (Swales 471-3). A discourse…

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    Health Panel Discussion Community development can be defined as “working with people at a local level to promote active participation in identifying local needs, and organizing those needs” (Wright, 2004, pp.36). Community development is an active process, and values local participation, while promoting self-reliance. Community development is important in all communities, as it empowers community members, as well as creates authentic partnerships. There are many forms of community development…

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    Swales defined discourse communities as "a group of people who link up in order to pursue objectives that are prior to those of a socialization and solidarity, even if these latter should consequently occur” (Swales, 220). This definition of a discourse community creates an expectation that a group must follow in order for it to be considered a discourse community. New members that are added to discourse communities also have an expectation that in order to become a full member, each individual…

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    What is a discourse community? What does it take to be a part of a discourse community? A discourse community describes the ways in which language use is defined by a certain community. Since there are many forms of communication, it is very imperative to understand how a discourse community communicate because the members basically have their own language and communication method. First you must obtain knowledge and have creditability in the particular field, topic, issue or area of interest…

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    join a discourse community. But we I was around the age of fifteen I joined the basketball team, and ever since then it became my discourse community. In this paper I’m going to explain how the team was a discourse community to me. And what roles we did to become a discourse community. Many people say basketball is all about winning games. But its more than that. I’ve learned many concepts in the game of basketball I’m going demonstrate what made my basketball team a discourse community. What…

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    Prepare Step 1: Prepare- Identify Problems to Address Mercy Grace Counseling Center has a numerous amount of teenage clients who suffers with anger issues. After speaking with several agencies in the area, the social worker noticed a lack of community support for teenage girls in anger management. The social worker is willing to find adequate resources that will help implement this program. She feels that the clients will support this change because this problem affects negatively families’…

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    Reflection Worksheet Introduction The Palmerston North Women’s Health Collective (PNWHC) has been part of the community since 1984 and providing the women of the Manawatu region with information and support on a wide range of health and well-being issues. The PNWHC offers free services such as pregnancy tests and cervical screening, and low cost services including counselling and natural therapies (The Palmerston North Women’s Health Collective [the PNWHC], 2014). The PNWHC was not my first…

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