My definition of a discourse community is basically any group of people who share similar interest and knowledge about a topic‚ have some common background or experiences‚ and share some way of communicating with each other. The student body here at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is my discourse community. The student body and I know how difficult it can be the first few days of college to navigate around campus and find the simple things like where to find the library‚ computer lab‚
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Cougar Madness “Palms sweaty‚ knees weak‚ arms are heavy.” Eminem’s 8 Mile pumped through my headphone like a syringe into my veins. Sweat beaded on my forehead and my muscles ached with fatigue as the 2012 Clark Cougar Basketball tryouts were coming to a close. The coach began to take his place in the front of the group‚ so I removed my headphones in preparation for his speech. He began to speak about how great this year’s turnout was. The suspense was brutal and time crawled as he went on. His
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Analyzing Discourse Communities Then and Now As students grow older in life and in school their written as well as‚ their oral communication will mature and become more sophisticated. I will be informing you of how my written and spoken communication skills have gotten better throughout my years in high school and how they have improved being in college. I will first do this by talking about how my communication was in high school football and how it compares in college. Secondly‚ I will focus
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The purpose of this essay is to connect a discourse community I am a part of and finding a genre that focus on reading and writing. Every human being is a part of discourse community. A discourse community for me is where I am working at. I have been part of this discourse community for three years now. I work at Valle Optical it is an eye care clinic. It is located in Southwest Detroit. I am an assistant. Being an assistant means having to assist patients with any questions they have in regards
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I joined the Boy Scouts in middle school the organization appealed to me because it provided a structured program of activities in areas to which I was already committed: community‚ leadership‚ and outdoorsmanship. Joining the Boy Scouts delivered on everything that it promised. I participated in great community projects‚ from planting trees to working at food banks‚ led Scouts on trips‚ and honed my leadership skills. Throughout my time in the Boy Scouts‚ my mother would ask which of the ten laws
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first paragraph discussing about Gee’s article‚ you state that it “also describes what a discourse community is and defines its characteristics” (Dobias 7)‚ but I feel that in order to dive deep into the article and reach the heart of it‚ you might also want to say how Gee describes a discourse community. You could say that his article “also describes a discourse community as any group of people that uses a discourse when communicating amongst its members‚ providing several characteristics to identify
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“I don’t know if all Boy Scouts are gays‚ they could probably tie the knot in‚ like‚ fifty different ways.” Bo Burnham begins his song I’m Bo‚ Yo with those lyrics‚ and while it may be fun to make jokes about the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)‚ their short shorts‚ wacky handshakes‚ and neckerchiefs all being prime targets‚ the issue of homosexuality in the organization has always been a serious one. In fact it’s such a big issue it has its own Wikipedia page. And it’s old‚ going back to the organization’s
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Herter‚ Kevin English 105‚ January 30‚ 2013 The discourse community of a student The pressure of being a student in university is a challenge that turns out to be rewarding and most definitely shaping. Full time university students are thought to have all the time they need for studying since they are unemployed or at the most work part-time. Being a full time student myself‚ I can ensure that it is hard work to stay emotionally stable‚ organize and set priorities straight while being on a diet
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“On my honor‚ I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the scout law; to keep myself physically strong‚ mentally awake‚ and morally straight.” This is the Scout Oath. The scout law states‚ “A scout is trustworthy‚ loyal‚ helpful‚ friendly‚ courteous‚ kind‚ obedient‚ cheerful‚ thrifty‚ brave‚ clean‚ and reverent.” (Cite Boy Scout Handbook) These ideals are part of the backbone of this country since its founding‚ideals which have been I AM SO TIRED. GOOD NIGHT. I COMPLETELY
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There are a large number of Discourse communities exist in the world. Different people may stay in their different community or someone may take many communities. Discourse community is a way let different people‚ who have a same interests‚ using language‚ action‚ interaction‚ values‚ beliefs‚ symbols‚ objects‚ and tools together to place in such a way that other people can recognize them as member of their community (Gee 446). Which means those people may have their special things to show each other
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