Background and Purpose
\nSelect a group of people you believe meets John Swales\u2019 six defining characteristics and answer this question: How
\ndoes the group you chose exhibit the characteristics of a discourse community? Present your conclusions in a
\ndocument showing that you understand the six characteristics of discourse communities and know how to apply
\nthem to groups as defining criteria. This assignment will help you understand what a discourse community is and
\nhow one of them functions. You will learn to think deeply about the use of written communication within a group,
\nand you will examine how that group uses writing to achieve its goals.
\nObjectives
\n\u2022 Understand how language practices mediate group activities
\n\u2022 Examine the discourses and texts of different communities
\n\u2022 Understand how language plays a role in discourse and community
\n\u2022 Identify the relationship between language and identity
\n\u2022 Acquire tools for successfully responding to varied discourse conventions and genres in different classes
\nFor this assignment, you will need to review the information on Discourse Communities presented in the Module 4
\nContent, including the LibGuide. You will choose a group and determine how that group qualifies as a discourse
\ncommunity by analyzing how the defining characteristics apply.
\nAs you read in the Key Terms Activity, you will not be able to use a church group or religion, sports team, or
\nany athletic group as the chosen discourse community to analyze in your writing. You also will not be able to
\nuse our university or any academic group as a subject of your analysis because that type of community is
\nanalyzed thoroughly in the Interactive Activity Video.
\nBefore you write,
\n1. Brainstorm several groups you are (or have been) in that you think might be considered discourse
\ncommunities.
\n2. Consider how those groups use text and language, then choose one group to examine.
\nIn your writing,
\nShow how the group, such as a club or a community, possesses each of the six defining characteristics from
\nSwales\u2019 definition by illustrating, one by one, how those characteristics function in your group. Please, include
\nyour own definitions\/explanations of the six characteristics first and then continue to show how they function in
\nyour chosen community. PLEASE, BOLD YOUR THESIS STATEMENT PRIOR TO UPLOADING YOUR
\nWRITING.
\n1. Consider what you learned about the group that you did not realize before completing this analysis. What
\ndo you now understand that you did not prior to the brainstorming and the writing you have now
\ncompleted? Add this brief concluding reflection to your writing, explaining the value of performing this
\nkind of analysis. Title this 300-400-word portion of the assignment \u201cMini Reflection\u201d and include it at the
\nend of your written document.
\nKeep in mind that if you use someone else’s words, definitions, ideas, whether via quoting, or
\nparaphrasing, or summarizing, you are required to cite them and follow the MLA format in doing so to
\nprevent plagiarism. This means that some of your writing in the document will include in-text citations
\nand that your list of sources will be included within a Works Cited at the end of your writing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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