claiming they could all have been fabricated or claiming I haven’t proven the choir as a discourse community. That is why I also to elaborate on the Logos-skills that was necessary for me to obtain so as really fit in. One of them is communication skills. According to educator and researcher John Swales in “The concept of Discourse Community”‚ intercommunication and relationship are essential in such communities. So‚ through constant activity and communication in the group‚ I got to know some secret
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My definition of a discourse community is basically any group of people who share similar interest and knowledge about a topic‚ have some common background or experiences‚ and share some way of communicating with each other. The student body here at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is my discourse community. The student body and I know how difficult it can be the first few days of college to navigate around campus and find the simple things like where to find the library‚ computer lab‚
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Cougar Madness “Palms sweaty‚ knees weak‚ arms are heavy.” Eminem’s 8 Mile pumped through my headphone like a syringe into my veins. Sweat beaded on my forehead and my muscles ached with fatigue as the 2012 Clark Cougar Basketball tryouts were coming to a close. The coach began to take his place in the front of the group‚ so I removed my headphones in preparation for his speech. He began to speak about how great this year’s turnout was. The suspense was brutal and time crawled as he went on. His
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Analyzing Discourse Communities Then and Now As students grow older in life and in school their written as well as‚ their oral communication will mature and become more sophisticated. I will be informing you of how my written and spoken communication skills have gotten better throughout my years in high school and how they have improved being in college. I will first do this by talking about how my communication was in high school football and how it compares in college. Secondly‚ I will focus
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The Journey of A Successful Soccer Player In order to be accepted into a discourse community‚ a person must learn typical ways people in that community communicate and argue. In this paper I will prove that I entered the discourse community of my high school soccer team by acquiring knowledge‚ establishing my credibility‚ and learning the game I love. In other words‚ I will be using the ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos appeals. I love to play soccer and watch the professionals who play on TV. I have played
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Herter‚ Kevin English 105‚ January 30‚ 2013 The discourse community of a student The pressure of being a student in university is a challenge that turns out to be rewarding and most definitely shaping. Full time university students are thought to have all the time they need for studying since they are unemployed or at the most work part-time. Being a full time student myself‚ I can ensure that it is hard work to stay emotionally stable‚ organize and set priorities straight while being on a diet
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could last a lifetime or end in a minute. That’s why playing your best when you really need to is so important in sports‚ especially among friends and people you look up to‚ the people you go to when you need help with something. The experts of our community are usually the people who have been playing the longest. They are who lead us when we practice or make plays. The last thing you want to do is bring any kind of negativity to the basketball court because it spreads like wild fire. One sarcastic
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means that you have been apart of the dance discourse community for a long time and it is ever near and dear to your heart. However‚ I think you need to make what your discourse community is more known because from your story I can not tell what it is. I am confused on which one is your discourse community. Is it just being a dancer your discourse community or is the App state dance team your discourse community Or is Amber’s Studies your discourse community? You spoke about Senior Spotlight a lot but
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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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January 23‚ 2007 To: Teacher From: Student Subject: Analyzing a Discourse Community I am analyzing my bowling league for our homework assignment‚ in which we were required to identify specialized terms‚ proper topics‚ channels‚ and rules. Specialized terms During a bowling league there are many terms that a person that has never bowled might not understand such as getting tapped. What could sound a little vulgar really means that a bowler’s shot‚ or throw‚ was a good ball
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