Discussing Discourses 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
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envision thoughts of safety‚ protection‚ and privacy. However‚ in the essay “Divided We Fall: Gated and Walled Communities in the United States‚” Edward J. Blakely and Mary Gail Snyder address the controversy of gated communities by introducing gates as dreadful‚ restrictive‚ and exclusive. The statement they make is that gated communities are ruining our nation by creating seclusive communities where the people within never interact with people outside their gates. While that can happen‚ it is not nearly
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A Community Development Project “Men Don’t Talk Face To Face‚ They Talk Shoulder To Shoulder.” Mick Osborne Athy CDP Worker Introduction: “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live‚ it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die‚ for the harder I work the more I live.” George Bernard Shaw Nobel Prize Winner A Men’s Shed‚ in the Community Development
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The Virtual Community begins with Rheingold telling the reader how he used the online parenting virtual community WELL to help in an emergency at home. What he emphasizes in this retelling is how he got the solution to his problem from the community quicker than he would have using health professionals. From there‚ Rheingold tells the reader how many topics are covered in online communities and no matter what kind of person one is‚ there is something that they are very interested in and will speak
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Community Service in the Heart of Hurricane Sandy Community service does not have just one single meaning; it has many. Community service means something different to every person in the world. To me‚ community service means helping not only your community‚ but also your school‚ state and country. It means to be kind and caring to others‚ to help out those who are less fortunate then you. Community service is when you take time out of your life to do something that will better other people
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The Professional Learning Community By Louis Stoll ‚ 2006 As per my goal setting on this paper are to learn what are meant by PLC and CoP as well as and become a good leader in today’s education. Professional Learning Community (PLC) is “an inclusive and mutually supportive group of people with collaborative‚ reflective‚ and growth-oriented approach towards investigating and learning more about their practice in order to improve pupils’ learning" (Stoll‚ p. 104). Professional refers to a specialized
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what sense(s) are virtual communities real communities? A virtual community is a network of people who interact through various forms of media‚ and allow users to obtain support‚ advice‚ friendship and sometimes merely just interaction with others. In a world where the internet is becoming ever more important‚ and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter are now a part of many people’s every day lives‚ there is a strong sense that online‚ virtual communities are becoming ever more important
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Strengthen Community? To answer this question I must explain the difference between the words “does” and “can” as to most people they can mean the same thing. “Can” means to be able to; “Does” means to make or perform. Therefore‚ can the internet strengthen community? Absolutely! It has the potential and is able to introduce people which could become strong companions‚ friends‚ partners‚ etc. However‚ does the internet strengthen community? No! The internet does not make communities stronger
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Why is service important to you and how has your service impacted your community? I attend school at one of the most economically disadvantaged schools in the state. While my family is not wealthy‚ I never worried about being hungry or having shelter. I am blessed‚ and I grew up with an appreciation for my circumstances. This gratitude led me to incorporate service into my life. My parents instilled a sense of community by encouraging me to participate in events in our town. I learned to count
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analysis of a discourse community that I am a part of‚ I will be focusing on St. Xavier High School and Jesuit education. St. Xavier is a great example of a discourse community and is backed up by the scholarly articles written by John Swales and Joseph Harris. Joseph Harris focuses his argument about what makes a community a community around writing. Harris proposes that “our aims and intentions in writing are thus not merely personal‚ idiosyncratic‚ but reflective of the communities to which we belong”
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