A discourse community is essentially a group of people that aggregate together at a time when their interest may meet. I’m a member of an immoderate number of discourse communities‚ as are others I’m sure. Interestingly‚ when I mull over what community I can say I find most attractive‚ there is almost no confusion on which community that is. Quite astonishing‚ really‚ since most would likely have multiple favorite discourse communities. It wasn’t until I thought deeply about this particular matter
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Ann M. Johns‚ a well-known linguist has studied the way communities communicate with each other and the specific ways they do so. In “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership‚ Conflict‚ and Diversity”‚ Johns defines communities of practice as something that “refers to genres and lexis‚ but especially to many practices and values that hold communities together or separate them from one another” (500). Communities of practice are groups of people who use distinct language‚ objectives
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Running head: The Importance of Schools in a Community "The Importance of Schools in a Community" Community Development Executive Summary This case study will focus on the effects of a redistricting decision in Calvert County‚ Maryland. There were three possible plans that were being considered. The redistricting plans centered on the opening of a new elementary school in central Calvert County. The proposed plans would all have profound effects on three different schools and many neighborhoods
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a. What does community service/ volunteerism mean to you? I define volunteerism as the act of willingly and voluntarily doing things to help others when you get nothing tangible in return for efforts. This may be done for a number of reasons which should not include gaining publicity for the individual initiating the activity. It is humbling and rewarding to serve others. I believe one can benefit from volunteerism by growing their knowledge base about the activity in which they are participating
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What is Community Service Community service is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institution. Community Service is when someone performs an action which benefits his or her community. History - Community Service Society was formed in Albany‚ New York during 1939 by the merger of two venerable social service agencies The New York Association of the Condition of the Poor (founded in 1843) and The Charity Organization Society (founded in 1882) What is the
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discourse community The concept of Discourse and discourse community is very important in English reading and writing. Discourses are group members’ shared “ways of being in the world” (Gee 484). According to the authors we studied‚ Porter‚ Gee‚ Swales‚ Johns and Porter‚ we willingly or unwillingly are part of many different discourse communities or Discourses. Almost everything we do in our everyday life requires involvement in some discourse community. Discourse or discourse community is a very
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Christian-based service‚ I’ve also been fortunate enough to introduce several new people to my faith while meeting them through the monthly events KAK holds. I believe the reason I consider Klothe-a-Kid to be one of my most significant involvements in my community is because of the scope of which I am allowed to work. I am able to schedule new events in concord with the founder of KAK‚ for places which
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definitions of CO based on your literature search a. Community organizing is the process of building power that includes people with a problem in defining their community‚ defining the problems that they wish to address‚ the solutions they wish to pursue‚ and the methods they will use to accomplish their solutions (Susan‚ Stall & Stoecker‚ 1997). b. Community organizing is social work concentrating upon the organized development of community social welfare through coordination of public and private
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BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE - to help others - to meet new people - to make a difference - to have fun - to feel better about yourself - to feel an increase sense of community - increase your productivity - to learn a new skill - to use skills you already have - to give hope to others - to help make others happy - to help the environment - to feel valued and appreciated - to give your life purpose Benefits Of Community service Though‚ the concept of community service is not very
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Introduction This module introduces Community Problem Solving as a teaching and learning strategy. As such‚ it is the ’practical’ application module that builds on the ideas for citizenship education developed in Module 7. It also draws on the ideas about experiential‚ enquiry and values education‚ Future Problem Solving and learning outside the classroom in other modules. Community Problem Solving provides students with an opportunity to practice the skills that are needed to participate in finding
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