Discourse Community Project You will turn in one-two quality paragraphs for *each* of the first seven questions and two-three paragraphs in response to #8. A discourse community exhibits six characteristics: members share goals, communicate with each other, and provide information and feedback to each other using specific genres with a specialized vocabulary. The community has enough expert members to get started. (Swales) By such a definition, coin collecting, adoptive parenting, and women’s lacrosse could all be discourse communities for people who actively communicate with others about those subjects. But with this assignment, we’re focusing you on discourse communities that will be important to your future as a student and in the work world. Your Discourse Community one-two quality paragraphs:  What is the discourse community you’re studying? What academic majors, departments, and disciplines is it related to? What jobs do its members typically hold? What defines membership in this discourse community? Where did you find information about your discourse community? What larger discourse communities is yours a part of? What are some of the smaller discourse communities within yours? Writing in Your Discourse Community one-two quality paragraphs:  How does your discourse community communicate? What forms, methods, media, and genres does it use? (We will learn more about genres throughout the semester.) one-two quality paragraphs:  How important is writing in your discourse community? Ask professionals in your area what percentage of their time they spend writing and how important good writing is to their advancement. one-two quality paragraphs:  Does your discourse community communicate in non-verbal ways? Can you give examples? If possible, hang out in the halls or the websites of your discourse community and see what messages you get from such things as the flyers on bulletin boards and the images on screens. one-two quality paragraphs:  What kinds of evidence does your discourse community value? That is, how can someone writing in your discourse community establish credibility and authority? one-two quality paragraphs:  What can you learn about writing papers in your discourse community? For this part of the project, you have three choices, though doing all three would be the best way to go. Find actual instructions for an assignment, project, or job in your discourse community and analyze them.  Interview someone teaching in your discourse community,  trying to find out what the teacher’s goals are when assigning a paper and what grading issues and pet peeves the teacher’s students should know about. Find people working in a job related to your discourse community and ask them how much they write, for what purposes, and in what form.  How You Connect to Your Discourse Community    7.  one-two quality paragraphs:  What subjects in your discourse community particularly interest you? Are there issues you’d like to explore that are relevant .

1. Discourse Community Project
You will turn in one-two quality paragraphs for *each* of the
first seven questions and two-three paragraphs in response to
#8.
A discourse community exhibits six characteristics:
members share goals,
communicate with each other, and
provide information and feedback to each other using
specific genres with a
specialized vocabulary. The community
has enough expert members to get started. (Swales)
By such a definition, coin collecting, adoptive parenting, and
women’s lacrosse could all be discourse communities for people
who actively communicate with others about those subjects. But
with this assignment, we’re focusing you on discourse
communities that will be important to your future as a student
and in the work world.
Your Discourse Community
one-two quality paragraphs:
What is the discourse community you’re studying?
What academic majors, departments, and disciplines is it related
to?
What jobs do its members typically hold?
What defines membership in this discourse community?
Where did you find information about your discourse
community?
What larger discourse communities is yours a part of?
What are some of the smaller discourse communities within
yours?
Writing in Your Discourse Community
one-two quality paragraphs:
How does your discourse community communicate? What
forms, methods, media, and genres does it use? (We will learn
more about genres throughout the semester.)
one-two quality paragraphs:

2. How important is writing in your discourse community? Ask
professionals in your area what percentage of their time they
spend writing and how important good writing is to their
advancement.
one-two quality paragraphs:
Does your discourse community communicate in non-verbal
ways? Can you give examples? If possible, hang out in the halls
or the websites of your discourse community and see what
messages you get from such things as the flyers on bulletin
boards and the images on screens.
one-two quality paragraphs:
What kinds of evidence does your discourse community value?
That is, how can someone writing in your discourse community
establish credibility and authority?
one-two quality paragraphs:
What can you learn about writing papers in your discourse
community? For this part of the project, you have three choices,
though doing all three would be the best way to go.
Find actual instructions for an assignment, project, or job in
your discourse community and analyze them.
Interview someone teaching in your discourse community,
trying to find out what the teacher’s goals are when assigning a
paper and what grading issues and pet peeves the teacher’s
students should know about.
Find people working in a job related to your discourse
community and ask them how much they write, for what
purposes, and in what form.
How You Connect to Your Discourse Community
7.
one-two quality paragraphs:
What subjects in your discourse community particularly interest
you? Are there issues you’d like to explore that are relevant to
your discourse community? Could members of your discourse
community benefit from your knowledge? As you research your
discourse community, keep thinking about potential subjects for
your genre experiments later in the semester.

3. 8.
two-three quality paragraphs:
Reflect on the most interesting and relevant information you’ve
discovered about your discourse community. What surprised
you? What have you found that makes communication in your
discourse community similar to or different from that in other
discourse communities? Look particularly for things we take for
granted in one discourse community but do very differently in
another. What resources were most useful to you in your
research? (Be prepared to present to your classmates 2-3
minutes about what you wrote.)
Your paper should have:
Detailed answers
Reflection: what does this process teach you about discourse
communities, genres, and writing in general?
Desired learning outcomes:
Students will understand the concept of “discourse
community” and how it affects everything we write
Students will be prepared to analyze and successfully write in
new discourse communities as they progress through the
university and in their careers
Having highlighted and discussed similarities and differences
between discourse communities, students will know what to
look for and what to change as they move between discourse
communities
Students will find in their discourse community subjects and
genres for their genre experiments
Transfer Skills:
The ability to analyze new discourse communities and prepare
to communicate in them
The ability to choose the most effective genre for a specific
context
You will be graded on:
Depth of research and completeness of answers
Thoughtfulness of answers to question 8
Six characteristics of discourse communities from John Swales,

4. “The Concept of Discourse Community,” Writing about
Writing: A College Reader. Ed. Elizabeth Wardle and Doug
Downs. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011.
make sure to read the instructions and follow them step by step
So, my topic is about Islam religion.
And please type it as a second language not first, like what you
did first time.
THANKS