{"id":156,"date":"2014-11-19T22:39:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T22:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/englishcomp21xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&p=156"},"modified":"2017-04-14T18:07:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T18:07:49","slug":"assignment-analyze-your-discourse-communities","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-corning-cc-englishcomp1-3\/chapter\/assignment-analyze-your-discourse-communities\/","title":{"raw":"Sample Assignment: Analyze your Discourse Communities","rendered":"Sample Assignment: Analyze your Discourse Communities"},"content":{"raw":"In this activity, you will consider your\u00a0discourse community<\/em>, or\u00a0the\u00a0group of people that you share common interests and who discuss topics important to the group.\r\n\r\nBefore you begin any research project, it is important to understand your discourse community. \u00a0This\u00a0will lead you to the most appropriate places to conduct your research and will help you speak to your audience in a language they understand and relate to.\r\n\r\nDirections:\r\n\r\n1. List all intellectual and discourse communities to which you belong.\r\n\r\n2. Respond to the following in an essay analyzing your discourse communities.\r\n\r\nWhat topics of discussion, issues, problems, or concerns keep these\u00a0communities together? And what constitutes new knowledge for your group? Is it\u00a0created experimentally, through discussion, or through a combination of these\u00a0two and other methods?\r\n\r\nHow would you characterize the kinds of language which each of these\u00a0communities use? Is it formal, informal, complex, simple, and so on? How are the\u00a0community\u2019s reasons for existence you listed in the first question reflected in their\u00a0language?\r\n\r\nWhen you entered into the community, did you have to change your discourse,\u00a0both oral and written, in any way, to be accepted and to participate in the\u00a0discussions of the community?\r\n\r\nDoes your community or group produce any written documents? These may\u00a0include books, professional journals, newsletters, and other documents. What is\u00a0the purpose of those documents, their intended audience, and the language that\u00a0they use? How different are these documents from one community to the next?\r\n\r\nHow often does a community you belong to come into contact with other intellectual and discourse groups? What kinds of conversations take place? How are conflicts and disagreements negotiated and resolved? How does each group adjust its discourse to hear the other side and be heard by it?\r\n\r\n3. Format\u00a0your paper consistent with MLA guidelines.\r\n\r\n4. Upload your paper as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file to the submission.","rendered":"

In this activity, you will consider your\u00a0discourse community<\/em>, or\u00a0the\u00a0group of people that you share common interests and who discuss topics important to the group.<\/p>\n

Before you begin any research project, it is important to understand your discourse community. \u00a0This\u00a0will lead you to the most appropriate places to conduct your research and will help you speak to your audience in a language they understand and relate to.<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/p>\n

1. List all intellectual and discourse communities to which you belong.<\/p>\n

2. Respond to the following in an essay analyzing your discourse communities.<\/p>\n

What topics of discussion, issues, problems, or concerns keep these\u00a0communities together? And what constitutes new knowledge for your group? Is it\u00a0created experimentally, through discussion, or through a combination of these\u00a0two and other methods?<\/p>\n

How would you characterize the kinds of language which each of these\u00a0communities use? Is it formal, informal, complex, simple, and so on? How are the\u00a0community\u2019s reasons for existence you listed in the first question reflected in their\u00a0language?<\/p>\n

When you entered into the community, did you have to change your discourse,\u00a0both oral and written, in any way, to be accepted and to participate in the\u00a0discussions of the community?<\/p>\n

Does your community or group produce any written documents? These may\u00a0include books, professional journals, newsletters, and other documents. What is\u00a0the purpose of those documents, their intended audience, and the language that\u00a0they use? How different are these documents from one community to the next?<\/p>\n

How often does a community you belong to come into contact with other intellectual and discourse groups? What kinds of conversations take place? How are conflicts and disagreements negotiated and resolved? How does each group adjust its discourse to hear the other side and be heard by it?<\/p>\n

3. Format\u00a0your paper consistent with MLA guidelines.<\/p>\n

4. Upload your paper as a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file to the submission.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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