Discourse Community Essay Examples

Discourse communities are defined by John Swales (1990) six characteristics. The characteristics of a discourse community are: having common goals, Ways for its members to communicate, mechanisms to provide information and feedback, utilizing one or more genres, acquiring a lexis, and a threshold level of members with a certain degree of knowledge and expertise within…

The society in the United States of America is built upon the idea that in order for our society to function someone needs to be the ‘other‘. This means that the most special and unique people in our society often end up at the end of discrimination, often fearing for their lives. This type of…

The Patriot Pantry is managed by student workers within the realm of the Student Support and Advocacy Center in the Division of University Life. The Patriot Pantry provides non-perishable food and personal care items to George Mason University students who are unable to afford them. The pantry provides services through donations from the local community;…

Cuba is an island in the Caribbean that is perceived to be stuck in the 1960s. Due to the embargo that the United States placed on Cuba, it is not as developed, still having cars for the ’50s and ’60s as well as not having the advancements in medicine like many other developed nations. Cuba…

Imagine competing against the best high schoolers in the nation to prove you are a leader. With DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America), you get the opportunity to do just that. DECA is not just about competition, however. They are a strong community who use language to meet their goals. Therefore, it is easy to…

Abstract This foundational document shares State and comprehensive local data evaluating strengths of learning and identifying challenges which need to be addressed at Bradley West School in Bradley, IL. The data is comprised of multiple measures. Descriptive evidence about the school community is accumulated. The data involves all stakeholders contributing authentic responses to needs assessments….

Two people, one language, one communication path. This is what we would define as a discourse community. While Dr. Tripp easily defined this for us, Ann Johns spent a good time dwelling on this fact of what a discourse community is. In her essay, “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership, Conflict, and Diversity” Johns…

For some people this discourse community that I picked may not have the same impacts and comments that I have. The discourse community that I picked was McDonald Hall because I feel like it has had an impact on my life so much in negative and positive ways. Some of the positive ways that it…

A discourse community is where, a group of people who share an interest come together as a whole. According to John Swales a discourse community is also goal orientated or purposed based. It can be job related, school, or even an extracurricular activities. One example of a discourse community is The SPCA (Society for the…

There are hundreds of different genres, ranging from general to specific, from fantasy to political to horror and more. A genre is a specific category for different types of media including music, literature, art etct (Literary Devices), Literature genres are determined by multiple factors including length, literary technique, tone, and content. These factors make different…