Swales

Swales

Before you read:
One time I felt out of place was when I went out to lunch with my one friend and all of her family members. The whole time they were talking about family memories and stories. I was not able to interact in the conversation so I had to sit and just listen to all of them reminisce on all the good memories they had together, which made me feel really out of place.

Summary:
n John Swales "The Concept of Discourse Community" he  argues that six distinct characteristics help define discourse communities. Swales talks about how genre is one of the most important characteristics of a discourse community. In his article he also argues what a discourse community is and how it is different from a speech community. His audience is anyone in a discourse community or students who want to learn more about discourse communities.

Synthesis:
Swales article can relate to Gee's article because they both have to do with discourse communities and both discuss the different aspects of a discourse community. Swales article can also relate to Porter's article because he talks about discourse communities just like Gee's. A third article that can relate to Swales is Brandt's article. They both talk about having literacy sponsors and how a sponsor is needed for a discourse community.

QD:

5.  One discourse community I am involved in is my learning community of exploring academic success. Everyone in this learning community have at least one thing in common, which is searching for a major that we like. Everyone in this learning community is undecided and we are all taking similar classes to help us find a major that we like.

6. A discourse community that I resisted was when I played softball. Everyone on the team knew each other because they have played on the same team together since they were little. I didn't know anyone on the team and felt out of place.

Thoughts:
I enjoyed reading this article and learned a lot from it. Some parts of the article were hard to understand, but I got the main idea that Swales was trying to convey. Reading this article will help me with my third project on discourse communities. I know have a better understanding of discourse communities.