Discourse Communities 22 unread replies.88 replies.
Purpose: To learn what a discourse community is and how they use language to function;
Audience: Classmates; Instructor; Researchers who study discourse communities.
Assignment Instructions:
1) Read “Understanding Discourse CommunitiesLinks to an external site.” by Dan Melzer and then write down a couple of questions you had about the reading.
2) Then define and explain what a discourse community is in your own words.
3) Identify a discourse community you belong to and some of the characteristics of that community.
4) Make sure to use quotes and references from the reading to support your definitions and explanations.
5) Make sure to use a real example of a discourse community to explain what a discourse community is.