The purpose of this assignment was to be able to identify the concept of discourse community as introduced by John Swales in a fictional character. I do feel that my team and I accomplished the purpose of this assignment as we develop the required guidelines as they were asked such as the discourse community map and the activity system triangle. Our map was clear and we identified the three discourse communities each one of my teammates knew the content. As I learned indeed John Swales discourse communities may be used in my future career as a future lawyer I would be using more than one of the six characteristics that Swales defined such as lexis, common goals, intercommunication among its members, and feedback.…
Many people find the concept of a discourse community to be important enough to write about but many have failed to create a clear and universal definition. Three scholars: Porter, Swales, and Gee each attempt to create their own definition of the concept. Each of their articles has major differences in their interpretation of the notion of discourse communities while still having underlying similarities. The articles all build off the work of others while also introducing new ways of approaching and thinking about the ideology of discourse communities.…
Everyone belongs to various communities, but one type of community that many people don’t recognize is discourse communities. Discourse communities may be difficult to identify and pick out, but thankfully, author John Swales outlines the necessary criteria needed to be considered a discourse community. Swales says, “The concept of discourse community is proposed as a more functional and goal-directed grouping than either speech community or speech fellowship” (Swales 211). He then goes on to give us six qualities that describe what a discourse community should have: common public goals, methods of communication, providing information and feedback to one another, discourse expectations, specialized terminology, and a rank and change membership. American linguist…
As the years pass I seem to become a part of more and more communities. Due to every job that I have had and all the new friends I make along to way. Through out high school I became apart of many different social discourses. Between the sports, friendships, jobs, and activities I became a part of, it almost seemed like everywhere I went I was talking in a different language. It's strange when you actually come to think about it, there are several different non-verbal and verbal cues among each community.…
The excerpt “Arkansas Boys” from Paul Clemens book Made in Detroit is a clear example of a discourse community. The main reasons that the Arkansas boys are a discourse community is because of their profession, where they spend time, and how they interact with one another. One thing that relates to all of the Arkansas boys and makes them a discourse community is their profession. All of them are salvagers working at an automotive plant in Detroit. This fits into Swales concepts of a discourse community because all the workers have a common goal in salvaging the automotive plant. Additionally, within the group itself there are different levels of experience, an example of this would be comparing Terry to Terry Junior, in which Terry is the expert.…
Colby College in Waterville, Maine is the second oldest college in Maine, and Sigma Kappa was the only Greek letter society founded in the State. In 1873, the freshman class was the first to have more than just one woman, four more came along. Mary Caffrey Low was the first female student to attend the College. Louise Helen Coburn, Elizabeth Gotham Hoag, Ida Mabel Fuller, and Frances Elliott Mann joined her two years later. Because there were so many males, the five women had a tough time fitting in. They were often secluded from everyone, teased by students, and even ignored by the staff. The woman had a predilection to make a better environment for the future women to attend the College, because of the way they were treated by their male classmates and professors. During the freshman year of the four other women, they started a Greek-letter society with Mary Caffrey Low. The women were presented with a letter from the faculty, advocating their petition on November 9, 1874. This day has been considered Founder’s Day. Frances mann came up with the name Sigma kappa and the majority of the symbolism of the ritual. In February 1875, two more woman were initiated by Mary Low, enumerating seven members total on the…
Common Public Goals, one of the six characteristics for a discourse community, are the goals or purposes that the discourse community strives to accomplish and uses communication to fulfill those purposes. They provide an outline for public goals that members who agree might join the community and express their opinions on those ideals and goals. As a professor of Astronomy at Sacramento State, Dr. Taylor’s goal is to have students like science; he believes that the sciences are under appreciated and would like to spread his knowledge and interest to his classes through his lectures. He hopes that the enthusiasm he displays in classes will spark enthusiasm in students as well and get them to pursue careers in the fields of sciences. Researchers…
Your story is every detailed, and you give us multiple examples and experiences. I like that at the beginning you talked about you dancing when you were little and about the tutus and jazz costumes. To me, that means that you have been apart of the dance discourse community for a long time and it is ever near and dear to your heart. However, I think you need to make what your discourse community is more known because from your story I can not tell what it is.…
After I watched two hours of intense play and the huddle split, I observed high fives and complex handshakes of some sort. “Hampton on three. Hampton on three. ONE, TWO, THREE, HAMPTON!” They started coming my way; as an ex-basketball player, deep down I yearned for a handshake or some kind of acknowledgment, but I sat there like a fork in the road. Each member parted around me to my left and to my right, some giving head nods and some giving nothing at all. I quickly realized that I was clearly not a part of this discourse community.…
In the first few weeks of ENG 1301, we talked about the significance of learning rhetorical skills. We learned that when we know how to use ethos, logos, and pathos appeals, we can pull the audience the way we want. For intense, I can use ethos, pathos, and logos appeal to make someone to take me to the park. Although to belong to discourse community, we must know how the people in the community interact with each other. Not only that, it is important that we have similar interests or goals. In this essay, I will prove you that I effectively joined a discourse community of high school dance by learning dance terms, earning credibility, and leading my classmates. Now I am going to show how I successfully became the part of my high school discourse community by mastering…
Oral and written communication within a discourse community goes beyond plain academic language, it rather involves a detailed understanding of how a community works which includes its values, goals, jargon, and protocols. As a college student, knowing these elements in a particular discourse community can considerably help to determine proper ways to move effectively across a discourse community, have a successful communication and better career development. I identify myself as a member of the Environmental Science community through my studies in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, which is an Environmental science community by itself, but it is also part of a worldwide community…
with one another. Aside from the club events, the college student and the buddy are supposed to meet twice a month to develop a relationship with each other. Even though Best Buddies meet together as a group, they are not a discourse community.…
I will focus my paper toward the Analyzing portion of the learning outcomes as it pertains to my Rhetorical Analysis Essay, “Everybody has an Opinion.” I was assigned to choose an article and analyze it exactly how the author explains it to the audience. I could not be bias; I could only judge and explain it off of how the author used rhetorical appeals to describe that specific topic. I choose to focus on this assignment because I never even knew what ethos, pathos, or logos were until I read the rhetorical appeals handout. During this semester, I grew more as a writer than any other unit during my lifespan. It also helped me to analyze the world itself, daily activities, or even basic conversations beyond just the surface of it. Learning…
Also, facility managers who are responsible for the design of workspaces may spend time at construction sites and may travel between different facilities while monitoring the work of maintenance, grounds, and custodial staffs. However, new technology has increased the number of managers who telecommute from home or other offices, and teleconferencing has reduced the need for travel. Most administrative services managers work a standard 40-hour week. However, uncompensated overtime frequently is required to resolve problems and meet deadlines. Facility managers often are "on call" to address a variety of problems that can arise in a facility during non work hours. So the basics include: the summary of the position at hand, the duties and responsibilities of the job, the interview process, hiring process, and the training that comes once a candidate is selected. This position is one that takes a lot of hard work and accomplishments to reach the goal of the company. This kind of job is usually one that you have to climb a ladder to get to and the salary is not bad as well. Having skills with technology such as computers really helps. The main thing is to take the training very serious and the rest will come…
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