January 2021

Ann M. Johns’ “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice” talks about the general idea of discourse communities and what that means. She explains that the meaning behind these communities is having an idea of language as a basis for sharing and holding common shared expectations, participation, and common ways of expressing. People within these communities have either a common goal or love to do the same things together. Whatever that may be, it does not necessarily have to be a club that you have to join. You are just in the community by common experiences. These people may also give common feedback to each other for the benefit of everyone. It can teach people teamwork and discipline.

communities that I am in are:

people who like to work out at the REC center

people who love to eat chickfila all of the time

people who are members of tri delta chi chapter

people who are an IMC major

people who love going to annex

When answering the questions to the google form, I realized that I am not sure that I have put much thought into my writing as much as these questions were asking. I hadn’t thought much about the process that concerns making sure that my research and the sources that I use for the content within my writing. This includes making sure that the information is true or relevant. And making sure that it ties into my writing as well. I would say that taking the survey will continue to make me more aware of the content that I put within my papers or essays from now on.