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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page |
Melzer, Dan. “Understanding Discourse Communities.” Writing Scapes: Readings on Writing, Volume 3, 2020, 100-115. |
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Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words |
In Dan Melzer’s, Understanding Discourse communities he explains why discourse communities are important for college writing and beyond. A discourse community has the following features, a common set of goals, mechanisms of communication between members, use of mechanisms to provide feedback, one or more genres to further the goals of the group, a specialized language, and, expert members. Each academic discipline is a different discourse community. Discourse communities shape how and what we write. It may be difficult to write to a discourse community at first but you have to learn about it and ask questions to understand their goals and genres and language. |
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Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. |
A new term that I learned is Lexis which means specialized language. In the reading, the author writes the definition of what a discourse community is and defines lexis in the sentence. |
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How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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Going forward learning about how to understand discourse communities will help me improve my writing but also help me understand my other classes. I now know what questions to ask myself when I enter a new discourse community. |
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Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. |
How does understanding discourse communities help you in your other classes beyond writing? |