In this article the main idea is discourse communities. Johns uses the idea of discourse communities to inform the reader about all of the different discourse communities there are. Although she does not do a good job of explaining what exactly a discourse community is. It took me awhile to understand that a discourse community is a group of people who share basic values and assumptions. John then proceeds to inform the reader about the different discourse communities which would be social, political, and recreational. An example of social communities would be a neighborhood or a school. A political community would be a group of people who agree on politics. A recreational group would be people who bond over their love for recreational activities. Most people in society often affiliate with more than one group at a time, which is normal. Some discourse communities can also be professional too. Some might involve going to conventions or meeting. Discourse communities allow people with similar values and beliefs to come together and bond over the similarities they have together. It allows them to meet new people and make lifelong connections. Everyone in the community pushes each other to try and become more involved in their common discourse community.
My discourse communities: Fitness, Student, Sorority Member, Church, Family.