Eng 3029*02: Discourse Community
1)A discourse community has a broadly agreed set of common public goals.
- Pass the class.
* Complete course requirements on syllabus
* Produce essays through drafting process
* Identify central ideas of a text through discussion
- Give an interactive presentation
In our class we all have a set of common goals that we all wish to accomplish. Along with completing requirements in the syllabus in order to receive an A at the end of the semester. We all are also required to produce essays, identify central ideas through class discussions, and give an interactive presentation. All of these aspects of our classroom makes it a discourse community.
2) A discourse community has mechanisms of intercommunication among
it’s members.
* Class discussion
* Email
* Blog
* Handouts
In our class English 3029, we are a discourse community because intercommunication is very important within the classroom. We are working on ways of analyzing data, and it makes it essential to discuss ideas with the classroom because every person analyzes data differently. We communicate by bringing our ideas and research to other members within the discourse community, and we collaborate through that. That can be worked through class discussion, e-mail, blogs, and hand-outs.
3) A discourse community uses its participatory mechanisms primarily to provide information and feedback.
*Feedback from blog
*Syllabus
In our class English 3029 we have a discourse community because we use participatory mechanisms to provide information and feedback. We get feedback from our blogs. It gives us information daily regarding what we are learning in class. It also lets us see what other people in the class think about what we are learning. The syllabus used in the class also provides information and feedback. It lets us know the schedule for the entire semester, among other important things regarding the class.
4) A discourse community utilizes and hence possesses one or more genres in the communicative furtherance of its aims.
* Readings
* Shaggy dog stories
*Looking at classmate blogs
In our class English 3029 we utilize many different genres. Among these genres are different readings given to us by our professor. The Shaggy Dog Stories are a good example of stories given to us and discussed in class. Looking at and reviewing our classmates blogs is another way in which our community utilized genres. This furthers our learning process as a whole. In turn making us a discourse community.
5) In addition to owning genres, a discourse community has acquired some specific lexis:
* Discourse
* Ethnography
* lexis
* Methodologies
Our class English 3029 is considered to be a discourse community. Many communities that are considered to be a discourse share common features, such as language. In every discourse community there is a particular set of vocabulary words that are used to communicate. Our class is a discourse community because we use words such as discourse, ethnography, lexis, and methodologies on a daily basis in order to communicate and understand one another. For someone who is not part of our discourse they would most likely not understand many of these terms.
degree of relevant content and discoursal expertise.
*Professor will always be in class
- Students eventually graduate
All students in our classroom have the goal in mind to graduate and will all most likely graduate. This means that all the students in our class have some knowledge and interest in the course material. Also, the professor within the classroom will always be there teaching the next set of students, making the classroom a discourse community.
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