2009 Frisch’s Discourse Community What is a discourse community? According to John Swales‚ a respected written communication analyst‚ a discourse community is described as a group of people that have the same goals or purposes‚ and use communication to achieve these goals. In addition‚ “A discourse operates within conventions defined by communities‚ be they academic disciplines or social groups” (Swales‚ 119). This is not be confused with a speech community‚ “a community sharing knowledge of rules
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Introduction The essay describes the designed programme to combat the identified social problem of girl children’s organized marriages in Winterveld community found in the north of Pretoria. Children are forced or convinced to believe in marriages with elderly man in their community who seemed to have power or money these include foreign nationals who own small businesses. Some of the marriages are also organized based on religious reasons believed by parents involved. Parents do these for various
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John Puls Skolnick ENC 1101 5/4/2013 Modern Communities The values and characteristics of a healthy community have remained largely unchanged over the years; however‚ with the invention of online communities they have become significantly more impersonal. Accepting people for who they are and showing empathy towards others are indispensable values of a community. The values of a traditional community as outlined in Azar Nafisi’s essay “I believe in empathy” and Sarah Adams’s essay “Be cool
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Community Corrections Kit Vanden Heuvel CJS/230 July 31‚ 2011 Maria Brewer Community Corrections Community corrections address many complex issues that plague the criminal justice system in the United States. Many alternatives have come to fruition in an attempt to decrease incarceration‚ rehabilitate offenders‚ lower crime rates‚ reduce recidivism‚ and control costs. We currently lead all other nations in producing prisoners. Community corrections could put us in a more positive and productive
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The gay community or LGBT community is a loosely defined grouping of LGBT and LGBT supportive people‚ organizations and subcultures united by common culture and civil rights movements. Furthermore‚ the remarkable growth of the gay community in recent history has revolutionized our culture and consciousness‚ creating radically new possibilities for people to “come out”‚ and live more openly as homosexuals. Before the early years‚ homosexuality was a taboo subject. Since then‚ times have changed
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Community Assessment Daemen College Department of Nursing Holly Weaver‚ Kristen Weaver‚ Dianna O’Brien‚ Jake Lundquist Table of Contents Page I. Background Information on Affiliating Agency………………………………… 5 II. Definition of the Community……………………………………………………. 6 III. Approaches Used to Assess the Community…………………………………….. 6 IV. Description of the Survey……………………………………………………….. 6 V. Demographics……………………………………………………………………. 7 A. Age and Gender………………………………………………………………
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Community as partner model To gain access to the community‚ the community must: - Perceive that a need exist - Believe that the CHN can help address this need - Perceive that its information and contributions are valued - Be assured of confidentiality for non-public information - Be involved from the beginning in this partnership Compare Neuman System Model & Community as Partner Model - the inner circle represents the community - the dotted circles represents resistance - spiritual‚ psyschosocial
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Dear Community Members‚ • Want to create a safe environment for your family? • Increase the value of your property? • Unify your neighborhood to create a safe‚ fun‚ spirited community? If you’ve answered YES to any of these questions‚ why not join us at Town Hall Community Center‚ located at 123 Main St. Frisco‚ TX 75035 Friday May 4th at 7:00 P.M. Food and Refreshments to follow. Bring your family and your neighbors. Consider what a safe‚ fun‚ spirited gathering of neighbors in your
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A healthy community is a place where people can prosper both physically and socially‚ reaching their full potential. In these communities health promotion is adopted‚ and every member works at maintaining a healthy lifestyle free from injury‚ illness‚ and disease. These communities improve the quality of life of their inhabitants by providing its members with healthy‚ available‚ accessible‚ and affordable options. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2014). These communities invest “in proven
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COMMUNITY CORRECTION Community Correction Ines Romero College of the Southwest CRJ 3313 Correctional Process Professor Lynn Baade 7 October 2011 Community Corrections Community corrections programs are the step stool in controlling prison functions‚ but it was not until the 1970’s‚ community-based programs sprang up across the country (Seiter‚ pg.106). This was the starting point that the government caught wind of it and its strengths. Along
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