Discusion post #10
Joshua C. Cook English 1001 (006)
At the before reading John Swales’ work I never heard of the term discourse community. After reading his work I learned what discourse community was and the six traits that define it. I’ve also learned that there is a term similar to discourse community which is speech community. The main difference between the two as far a I can tell is that the social aspects and obligations are opposites.
A speech community tends to be a more naturally formed community that is more focused on socialization and community. Where as discourse communities is less social and focuses on accomplishing a goal. Discourse communities are a lot like clubs, while the speech community is like a family.
This assigned reading is perfect for reflection, the reason for this is if you didn’t reflect you would never realize that this class is a discourse community. I really enjoyed that little bit of detail that was worked into the course. Inclosing swales has really helped me in defining what this class really is.
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