{"id":53237,"date":"2022-04-17T04:45:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T04:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/advanced-writing-assignment-discourse-community\/"},"modified":"2022-04-17T04:45:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T04:45:58","slug":"advanced-writing-assignment-discourse-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/advanced-writing-assignment-discourse-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced writing assignment ” discourse community “"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You need to know Concept of Discourse Communities<\/h2>\n

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You need to know\u00a0Genre :<\/span><\/p>\n

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G<\/span>enre canTells me how people in the group relate to each other:<\/span><\/p>\n

Relationships range: personal to formal<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaders\/experts Become clearer<\/span><\/p>\n

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Genre Can help me organize my paper:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Arrange By social media, formal electronic communication, printed\u00a0documents,etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Genre Can tell me how the group does business\/meets its goals: Sometimes, Explicitly stated<\/span><\/p>\n

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Genre Can\u00a0Tells\u00a0Me what niche (collective identity) group occupies (Android users\/Apple users)<\/span><\/p>\n

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1)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>INTRODUCTION<\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do we use a discourse community to<\/span><\/p>\n

understand\u00a0language?<\/span><\/p>\n

End with\u00a0thesis\u00a0statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

EX. Consistent observation, [specific<\/span><\/p>\n

documents], and an interview with<\/span><\/p>\n

[expert\/novice name & title] reveal<\/span><\/p>\n

[discourse community name]\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

mechanisms\/ communicative<\/span><\/p>\n

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aims\/goals\/ideas about [concept]<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0(2<\/span><\/span>SUMMARIZE SWALES\u2019S<\/span><\/p>\n

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CHARACTERISTICS<\/span><\/p>\n

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Introduce a characteristic (w\/citation)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Explain characteristic (w\/citation)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Provide examples<\/span><\/p>\n

Ex. Swales requires \u201cspecific lexis\u201d of any group\u00a0th<\/span><\/p>\n

at might be called a\u00a0discou<\/span><\/p>\n

rse\u00a0community (222).\u00a0 He<\/span><\/p>\n

does not rule out terms that can be used in other<\/span><\/p>\n

contexts (222).\u00a0 For instance, a group of roommates<\/span><\/p>\n

might be just as concerned with parking as a\u00a0communi<\/span><\/p>\n

ty of factory workers, and words related to that<\/span><\/p>\n

idea\u00a0can be found in both communities. His em<\/span><\/p>\n

phasis, however, is on \u201cshared and specialized<\/span><\/p>\n

terminology\u201d as a way to understand group\u00a0dynami<\/span><\/p>\n

cs through communicative formats (222). It would<\/span><\/p>\n

be more valuable, for example, to know that in Professor Myers\u2019s class, \u201cDCA\u201d is a common<\/span><\/p>\n

abbreviation for a major assignment than to know that<\/span><\/p>\n

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instructor\u00a0uses the phrase \u201cfreak out\u201d frequently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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3<\/span>\u00a0BASIC INFO<\/span><\/p>\n

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Consider<\/span><\/p>\n

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What makes this group a discourse<\/span><\/p>\n

community?<\/span><\/p>\n

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What makes the analysis of this DC<\/span><\/p>\n

unique or interesting?<\/span><\/p>\n

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What matters to members of the<\/span><\/p>\n

community? What do they do? What<\/span><\/p>\n

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do they value?<\/span><\/p>\n

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3) METHODOLOGY<\/span><\/p>\n

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How did I gather my data?<\/p>\n

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How often did I observe my DC? In what setting?<\/p>\n

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Whom did I interview? Why was this person selected?<\/p>\n

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4) APLY SWALES\u2019S CHARACTERISTICS TO<\/span><\/p>\n

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MY DC<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why does the group exist? What does th<\/span>e group do? What are its shared goals?<\/span><\/p>\n

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How do group members communicate with one\u00a0anot<\/span><\/p>\n

her (e.g., meetings, phone calls, e-mail, text<\/span><\/p>\n

messages, newsletters, reports, evaluation forms, blogs, online bulletin boards, etc.)?<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are the purposes of the group\u2019s\u00a0communicati<\/span><\/p>\n

ons\u00a0(share information, reinforce values, make<\/span><\/p>\n

money, improve performance, offer support, declare identity, etc.)?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Which of the above communications can be considered<\/span><\/p>\n

genres<\/span><\/p>\n

(i.e., textual responses to recurring<\/span><\/p>\n

situations that all group members recognize and understand)?<\/span><\/p>\n

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What kinds of specialized language (<\/span><\/p>\n

lexis<\/span><\/p>\n

) do group members use in their conversations and in<\/span><\/p>\n

their written genres?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who are the \u201cold timers\u201d in the group with expert<\/span><\/p>\n

ise? Who are the newcomers with less expertise?<\/span><\/p>\n

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How do newcomers learn the appropriate language, genres, and knowledge of the group?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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5) ANALYSIS<\/span><\/p>\n

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Are there conflicts\u00a0wi<\/span><\/p>\n

thin\u00a0the\u00a0discourse<\/span><\/p>\n

community? If so, about what? How do\u00a0their<\/span><\/p>\n

genres\u00a0address those conflicts?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Which genres help\u00a0the<\/span><\/p>\n

discourse\u00a0community<\/span><\/p>\n

work\u00a0toward their goals most effectively?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Do some participants in the community\u00a0have<\/span><\/p>\n

difficulty\u00a0speaking or writing\u00a0within\u00a0it? Why?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who has authority in the\u00a0discourse<\/span><\/p>\n

community? How was that\u00a0authority<\/span><\/p>\n

established? How is authority\u00a0demonstrated<\/span><\/p>\n

in\u00a0written and oral language?<\/span><\/p>\n

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6) CONCLUSION<\/span><\/p>\n

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What can my readers take away from this essay?<\/p>\n

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What\u00a0future work can\u00a0be done with the work I\u2019ve accomplished here?<\/p>\n

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Purpose<\/span><\/h2>\n

The purpose of this assignment is to help you more fully understand how discourse communities use language to function and accomplish their\u00a0<\/span>purposes and\u00a0<\/span>goals.<\/p>\n

Getting Started<\/h2>\n


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Description<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Your goal is to compose an interesting description and insightful analysis of the language practices (spoken and written) of a discourse community of your own choosing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Identify a discourse community that interests or intrigues you. You may be a member of that discourse community; you might be an outsider. For our purposes, a discourse community could be any group of people who identify themselves\u00a0as a group<\/em>. Some possibilities include a church group, a fraternity or sorority, a club or team, a social organization, an academic or professional organization, etc.<\/p>\n

If you are uncertain whether a group is indeed a discourse community, apply Swale\u2019s six characteristics of a discourse community (220-22) to see if you can find answers to the following questions:<\/p>\n

\u221a Why does the group exist? What does the group do? What are its shared goals?<\/p>\n

\u221a How do group members communicate with one another (e.g., meetings, phone calls, e-mail, text messages, newsletters, reports, evaluation forms, blogs, online bulletin boards, etc.)?<\/p>\n

\u221a What are the purposes of the group\u2019s communications (share information, reinforce values, make money, improve performance, offer support, declare identity, etc.)?<\/p>\n

\u221a Which of the above communications can be considered\u00a0genres\u00a0<\/em>(i.e., textual responses to recurring situations that all group members recognize and understand)?<\/p>\n

\u221a What kinds of specialized language (lexis<\/em>) do group members use in their conversations and in their written genres?<\/p>\n

\u221a Who are the \u201cold timers\u201d in the group with expertise? Who are the newcomers with less<\/p>\n

expertise? How do newcomers learn the appropriate language, genres, and knowledge of the group?<\/p>\n

Collecting Information<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Once you have identified a discourse community to study, you will need to engage in the following research activities:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Observe\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span>detailed\u00a0<\/span>notes\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>members\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>discourse\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span>while\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>engaged<\/span><\/p>\n

in a shared group activity.\u00a0(What are they doing? What kinds of things do they say? What do they write? How do you who is \u201cin\u201d and who is \u201cout\u201d?)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Collect\u00a0<\/span>anything\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span>read\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>write\u00a0<\/span>(i.e.,\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>genres)\u2013\u2013\u201cofficial\u201d publications, newsletters, blogs,\u00a0forms, IMs, texts,\u00a0<\/span>etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Interview at least one member of the discourse community.\u00a0(How long have you been involved with this group? Why are you involved? What do the terms X. Y, and Z mean? How do you communicate with the group? How did you learn to write things to the\u00a0<\/span>group?)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Analyzing Information<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

As you gather and review information about the discourse community, what catches your interest most? What stands out to you about that community? What surprises you? Listed below are some additional questions that can help you dig more deeply\u00a0for\u00a0your analysis of the group:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Are\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>conflicts\u00a0<\/span>within\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>discourse\u00a0<\/span>community?\u00a0<\/span>If\u00a0<\/span>so,\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>what?\u00a0<\/span>How\u00a0<\/span>do\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>genres address those\u00a0<\/span>conflicts?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Which\u00a0<\/span>genres\u00a0<\/span>help\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>discourse\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span>toward\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>goals\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span>effectively?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Do\u00a0<\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>participants\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>difficulty\u00a0<\/span>speaking\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>writing\u00a0<\/span>within\u00a0<\/span>it?\u00a0<\/span>Why?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Who has authority in the discourse community? How was that authority established? How authority demonstrated in written and oral\u00a0<\/span>language?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Planning and Drafting<\/h2>\n

Because your goal is to compose an interesting, insightful analysis of a discourse community, you will use the material you have gathered from your observations and interview(s). An analysis is your interpretation of all the information you collect. Strive to make sense of everything you learn about the discourse community and convey that to the reader.<\/p>\n

Adopt the impartial, analytical stance of a researcher conducting a study. Writing in third-person is appropriate (unless, perhaps, you are a member of the discourse community). Render others\u2019 words fairly. Your comments and explanations should provide your readers with important background information and connections to the course readings where appropriate.<\/p>\n

As you draft your analysis, there are many ways you can arrange your material. The suggestions below are not a template, but they may help you consider the types of information you should include:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Begin by explaining what a discourse community is by quoting and paraphrasing some of the readings in our textbook (e.g., Swales,\u00a0<\/span>McCarthy)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Identify\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>discourse\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span>you\u00a0<\/span>studied\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>explaining\u00a0<\/span>what\u00a0<\/span>makes\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>discourse\u00a0<\/span>community (referring\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>Swales\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>criteria\u00a0<\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>useful)\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>what\u00a0<\/span>makes\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>worth\u00a0<\/span>studying<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Describe how you studied the discourse\u00a0<\/span>community<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Discuss in detail what you discovered about the discourse community (use examples and quotes from your notes, interview, and texts you collected) and analyze what makes it significant to understanding that\u00a0<\/span>group<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Include\u00a0a works\u00a0cited page (for interviews, genres,\u00a0<\/span>etc.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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What Makes It Effective?<\/h2>\n

An effective analysis is vivid: rich with details, examples, descriptions, and insights.<\/p>\n

A reader should finish reading your analysis and have a clear sense of the discourse community you studied. If asked, a reader could find answers in your analysis to the following questions (in no particular order):<\/p>\n

What makes this a discourse community? What makes it unique? Interesting?<\/p>\n

What matters to members of the community? What do they do? What do they value? How is membership in the community established? Maintained?<\/p>\n

How do members use spoken and written language to accomplish their goals?<\/p>\n

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An effective portrait will demonstrate that you have done sufficient research; organized the material to present key ideas; and edited and proofread to eliminate grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.<\/p>\n

Final drafts should be at least 1750 words. Be sure to include an interesting title.<\/p>\n

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