Running Head: Disclosure community proposal 1 Disclosure community proposal 2 TITLE OF THE PAPER NAME OF THE STUDENT INSTITUTE AFFILIATION Introduction of the discourse community Drug abuse discourse community Drug misuse by the young generation in our community is posing a great challenge that is proving hard to deal with and reduce at the same time. This discourse community proposal is aimed at creating awareness about the misuse of drugs by our community members from both the young and old members to (Bazerman, 2009). This is becoming challenging as we are losing productive people in our community day in day out due to the misuse of drugs which has become very rampant. The discourse community will bring together people from all areas and circles of life with a common goal of eradicating this challenge completely. We will talk about the various causes and impacts of drug misuse. The proposal meets all the requirements and elements of a discourse community. First the discourse has a common goal and all the individuals will live by this set goal which will be to eradicate the use of drugs within our community. The discourse also has all the different mechanisms of intercommunication since we have incorporated various means of communication which will include text messages, video calls, emails, and Facebook too. The participatory mechanism will include several meetings to check on the progress of our members, and regular surprise visits to our members. There will also be hierarchy of members to avoid conflicts and for easier management of the individuals of the discourse community. Secondary discourse The individuals in the discourse community will be obtained through various methods such as orientation, experimentation, transformation, and productivity among others. All of them must have a common goal and means of communication that will bring them together to achieve that goal. The shared goals and resources will be the key to maintain a long and rewarding endeavor that will see them meet the set goal (Yerrick & Gilbert, 2011). The individuals will have a common language that will be used. From the research I carried out, this is one of the major factors that will ease communication and language used by the individual discourse. They must be disciplined all through to avoid conflicts that may delay meeting the goal on the set time. Outsiders will not be allowed anywhere near the individual discourse to avoid distractions and i9nterferance of any kind. I will be personally involved in the discourse to ensure that everything goes as planned especially with communication and how far everything is going. I am one of the recoveries of drug abuse and I know how it feels I was an addict for almost two years and that almost took my life and now I can’t stand seeing another person in the same position especially young generation. I will also find the best languages that will be used to monitor and complete the goals of th.

1. Running Head: Disclosure community proposal 1
Disclosure community proposal 2
TITLE OF THE PAPER
NAME OF THE STUDENT
INSTITUTE AFFILIATION
Introduction of the discourse community
Drug abuse discourse community
Drug misuse by the young generation in our community is
posing a great challenge that is proving hard to deal with and
reduce at the same time. This discourse community proposal is
aimed at creating awareness about the misuse of drugs by our
community members from both the young and old members to
(Bazerman, 2009). This is becoming challenging as we are
losing productive people in our community day in day out due
to the misuse of drugs which has become very rampant. The
discourse community will bring together people from all areas
and circles of life with a common goal of eradicating this
challenge completely. We will talk about the various causes and

2. impacts of drug misuse.
The proposal meets all the requirements and elements of a
discourse community. First the discourse has a common goal
and all the individuals will live by this set goal which will be to
eradicate the use of drugs within our community. The discourse
also has all the different mechanisms of intercommunication
since we have incorporated various means of communication
which will include text messages, video calls, emails, and
Facebook too. The participatory mechanism will include several
meetings to check on the progress of our members, and regular
surprise visits to our members. There will also be hierarchy of
members to avoid conflicts and for easier management of the
individuals of the discourse community.
Secondary discourse
The individuals in the discourse community will be
obtained through various methods such as orientation,
experimentation, transformation, and productivity among others.
All of them must have a common goal and means of
communication that will bring them together to achieve that
goal. The shared goals and resources will be the key to maintain
a long and rewarding endeavor that will see them meet the set
goal (Yerrick & Gilbert, 2011). The individuals will have a
common language that will be used. From the research I carried
out, this is one of the major factors that will ease
communication and language used by the individual discourse.
They must be disciplined all through to avoid conflicts that may
delay meeting the goal on the set time. Outsiders will not be
allowed anywhere near the individual discourse to avoid
distractions and i9nterferance of any kind.
I will be personally involved in the discourse to ensure
that everything goes as planned especially with communication
and how far everything is going. I am one of the recoveries of
drug abuse and I know how it feels I was an addict for almost
two years and that almost took my life and now I can’t stand
seeing another person in the same position especially young

3. generation. I will also find the best languages that will be used
to monitor and complete the goals of the drug abuse discourse
community.
The secondary discourse operates in a manner that all the
members of the group can have a common ground of
communication where they can help and advice each other on
the issues that are causing most of the people to engage in drugs
and drugs abuse. One of them is poverty where many families in
our locality are living below the poverty level and therefore it
becomes easier for them to engage in drug abuse try and ease
the pains and emotional stress they go through. Another cause is
idleness among the young people. Due to lack of jobs and high
cost of living, most of them are turning to drugs.
Conducting this drug abuse discourse community will be
beneficial in providing the discourse individuals with the
relevant support to embark on their correction and rehabilitation
process. Communication is key in this course to ensure that
there is enough transaction and exchange of orders and advices
from one person to another (Flowerdew, 2000). The common
interests of the members of the discourse community will be
essential in designing any constrains that may be used by the
members.
From the drug abuse map, the common values are
prevention and abstinence from drug abuse, motivation, safety,
and progress. The specialized vocabulary in this case will be
drugs, rehabilitation, correction, and drug abuse. The
specialized genres are rehabilitation centre, parks, among
others. The goals are strength, healthy, vitality, and abstinence.
Since I will be personally involved in the discourse community,
it will be easy for me to collect all the texts and emails sent out
and received by the members.
Discourse community
From the research I carried out, some of the young people
in drugs are hard to engage with and therefore a good
communication channel will be used to get their attraction and
engage them productively. Any discourse community is based

4. on communication and how the individual members relate with
each other (Silva & Matsuda, 2013). Operations and orders
follow a certain hierarchy to avoid conflicting ideas and ensure
that all members have the will to abide to the set rules and
goals. This way of operation will also ensure that at the end of
the day all the members of the discourse community meet their
individual goals and that of the group in general.
There are problems that may arise from the secondary discourse.
Some of them include conflicting ideas from the individual
members (Lemke, 1993). Not all the members are of goodwill
and some may try to distract others when they find they can’t
meet the goals of the discourse community. It will therefore be
challenging for the organizers to deal with such people.
The individual members will benefit from the discourse
community through various ways such as how to avoid
temptations on drugs and ways of keeping them busy and earn
some money rather than just stay idle and end up using drugs.
Analyzing all the information received and sent through texts,
emails, and recorded audios will help in knowing which of the
individuals need more personalized help. Generally, texts and
email are the main forms of communication especially when the
members are not together always.
The discourse community will also cause some problems too
being that it is involving people who are completely different.
Although they have a common goal, sometimes it is hard to
control people especially if the means of communication used is
not available to all people. Some people may tem feel left out or
biased.
When the members meet up, oral communication is important to
give each of the discourse individuals to express themselves and
how they feel about it so far. If they are not benefiting from it
then it would only be goo to change the tactics being used and
implement new ones that will see the set goals met easily.

5. References
Bazerman, C. (2009, November 22). Issue Brief: Discourse
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Flowerdew, J. (2000). Discourse community, legitimate
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Lemke, J. (1993). Discourse, Dynamics, and Social Change.
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Silva, T., & Matsuda, P. (2013). Landmark Essays on ESL
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Yerrick, R. K., & Gilbert, A. (2011). Constraining the discourse
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of underrepresented students. Journal of Multicultural
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