Julie Cavallaro
January 25th, 2021
Mr. G
Writing 101
Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice:
Membership, Conflict, and Diversity
After reading the summary and analysis of the article Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership, Conflict, and Diversity by Ann M. Johns, I was able to learn more about different types of communities and what it means to be a part of one. Communities can consist of many different types including cultural communities, academic communities, nonacademic communities, and professional communities. Sometimes a person can be born into a community such as a cultural community, or people can voluntarily join a community. A little further into the reading a chart is provided that shows the different levels of communities. The chart featured academics, artists, athletes, musicians, and physicians. From there, each level got divided into a smaller level and so on until it created one. Some discourse communities in which I am a member of include:
- Pi Beta Phi (Sorority)
- The Sons and Daughters of Italy
- Softball team
- Church
- Studying to be an Elementary teacher