Ann M Johns talks about Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice. He talks about the membership, conflict, and diversity of different community groups. The writer mentions in this piece how she focuses primarily on “academic discourse communities”. She smoothly talks about different discourse communities and how they work in their own way. There are six defining characteristics she talks about of a discourse community and also about what students’ enculturation into academic communities have to say.
There are some social, political, and recreational communities she talks about. ‘Non-academic communities of interest can provide a useful starting point for student discussions.’ she says.
It is very inspirational and informational to read this piece and get to know about different discourse communities.
It has been understood that there are various discourse communities.
Some of the discourse communities in which I am a member are:
Family, Friends, School, Work, Fitness groups, Relatives.
