could last a lifetime or end in a minute. That’s why playing your best when you really need to is so important in sports‚ especially among friends and people you look up to‚ the people you go to when you need help with something. The experts of our community are usually the people who have been playing the longest. They are who lead us when we practice or make plays. The last thing you want to do is bring any kind of negativity to the basketball court because it spreads like wild fire. One sarcastic
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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. I am confused on which one is your discourse community. Is it just being a dancer your discourse community or is the App state dance team your discourse community Or is Amber’s Studies your discourse community? You spoke about Senior Spotlight a lot but
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Since an early age‚ the Boy Scouts of America has instilled the values of honesty‚ respect‚ and how to get along with others. As I assimilated the Scout Law and Oath into my core principles I saw how it led me through everyday life. The values I learned while working towards my Eagle Scout‚ such as outdoor skills‚ the desire to serve‚ leading effectively‚ and the chance to grow as a person‚ have molded me into the man I am today. Scouting has been a large part of my life. Ever since I came home
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school‚ or music group. Researchers have deemed these groups as discourse communities. Ann Johns explains discourse communities as‚ “a basis for sharing and holding in common: shared expectations‚ shared participation‚ commonly held ways of expressing” (320). Discourse communities hold certain standards and actions that lead to the functioning of the group. The Bartlett City Court Clerk’s Office is a stand out discourse community that has certain vocabulary‚ genres‚ and tasks that allow them to
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Investigating a Journalistic Discourse Community When you walk into a newsroom of journalists‚ you will see people reading‚ discussing‚ and writing the news. Journalists from all around the world‚ mostly the United States‚ join in Long Beach‚ California‚ where they collaborate to gather and publish information in the Gazette Newspapers‚ forming a professional discourse community. A discourse community is a group of individuals unified by common interests or goals and who have methods for communicating
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types of discourse communities‚ which have different goals‚ values‚ language‚ issues‚ effects and communication style. The discourse community that I identify myself with is the boarding family discourse community. This community may only be made up of a few members‚ yet the impact they have in their neighborhood is quite significant. They may not be related or even have known each other for more than five years‚ yet the bond and connection they have is so strong. My discourse community is composed
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history of the Boy Scouts. The history provides viable information about the publics that provided insight into on how to properly reach our audiences. The secondary research was also conducted to find information about the issues the Alligator District Boy Scouts program is facing. This is imperative because it is important to find out what the parents perception of the Boy Scouts are. The secondary research recognized various issues that are distorting the safe and warm image Boy Scouts want to portray
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A particular life experience that is specific and make me stand out from every other applicant‚ that I have achieved getting my Eagle Scout. With this achievement it shows me as a very determined person and follow the Boy Scout way in my daily life. The Boy Scout oath summaries what I will bring to your campus. I will bring courteousness to the campus by understanding my weakness and other and accepting people for themselves. I will listen to everyone opinions even if they do not match my own. I
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Ann M. Johns‚ a well-known linguist has studied the way communities communicate with each other and the specific ways they do so. In “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership‚ Conflict‚ and Diversity”‚ Johns defines communities of practice as something that “refers to genres and lexis‚ but especially to many practices and values that hold communities together or separate them from one another” (500). Communities of practice are groups of people who use distinct language‚ objectives
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January 23‚ 2007 To: Teacher From: Student Subject: Analyzing a Discourse Community I am analyzing my bowling league for our homework assignment‚ in which we were required to identify specialized terms‚ proper topics‚ channels‚ and rules. Specialized terms During a bowling league there are many terms that a person that has never bowled might not understand such as getting tapped. What could sound a little vulgar really means that a bowler’s shot‚ or throw‚ was a good ball
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