Reading Journal Melzer

Reading Journal

 

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page

Melzer, Dan. “Melzer-Understanding-Discourse-Communities.pdf – Understanding Discourse Communities Dan Melzer This Essay Is a Chapter in Writing Spaces Readings on: Course Hero.” Melzer-Understanding-Discourse-Communities.pdf – Understanding Discourse Communities Dan Melzer This Essay Is a Chapter in Writing Spaces Readings on | Course Hero, www.coursehero.com/file/65182523/melzer-understanding-discourse-communitiespdf/

Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words While reading this article it got me thinking about when I wanted to start a new competition team at my high school. I knew that eventually I would be good at what I was doing but i needed people to come and compete with me. So from there we had to study over 300 plants and tools and a bunch of other technical things for this competition. With that I was able to sit and memorize with a group of people trying to get the same thing done. This article was able to show me that without knowing it I just made myself apart of a discourse community but I was also the one to create it in a way. 
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. Discourse Community: 

  1. A broadly agreed upon set of common public goals 2. Mechanisms of intercommunication among members 3. Use of these communication mechanisms to provide information and feedback 4. One or more genres that help further the goals of the discourse community 5. A specific lexis (specialized language) 6. A threshold level of expert members 
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?

 

 It connected to the reading we did from Johns about the discourse communities. I have been able to really understand more about them and where I can be placed while breaking them down into finer more specific groups. 
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.  What is a new thing you learned about discourse communities and where you may be placed? 

 

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