Discourse Community Definition
My definition of a discourse community is basically any group of people who share similar interest and knowledge about a topic, have some common background or experiences, and share some way of communicating with each other. The student body here at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is my discourse community. The student body and I know how difficult it can be the first few days of college to navigate around campus and find the simple things like where to find the library, computer lab, printers, and most importantly where the classes are. We all attended and graduated out of high school during some part of our academic career where the teachers are more lenient, classes are way smaller, and there are constant reminders on what needs
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We have a common goal of graduating and in order to be successful it is gonna take a lot of effort and time. Our academic backgrounds gives us the same starting point when entering into a college career. Having the same starting point is important because it gives us common ground on what the difficulties are. Common ground is important because it makes it easier to find a solution when there are a lot of minds and input are put together. A very important starting point was the graduation of high school. High school was when you started to do things on your own with someone guiding you. The years in high school is where you find who you are and what you wanna do in life. High school was like a walk in the park compared to how college is like now. In high school everything was basically handed to you. Books, learning materials, school supplies, and sometimes answers were given sometimes without even asking. Our schedule in high school is pretty much have already been made up all we have to do is to follow it. Becoming part of the UTA student body is pretty simple; all you have to do is go to The University of Texas at Arlington and attend classes regularly. Just by going to classes the common goal of every student will be your goal as …show more content…
You just need to recognize where and when the connections are occurring. Establishing which discourse community one belongs to is important because it will give them a sense of belonging and being included. A discourse community can be of many types such as an athletic, academic, religious, automotive, and many more. The discourse community we all joined when we were accepted into UTA was the academic type of discourse community where the students come together as one. We the student body here at UTA know what it takes in order to be successful. Getting good grades, studying, communicating with other students are all of the components of what it will take in order to graduate and is our common goal. This is our common goal because college graduation is the next step in our academic career. Joining can be as simple as registering for classes and going to the classes. You might already be a
We have a common goal of graduating and in order to be successful it is gonna take a lot of effort and time. Our academic backgrounds gives us the same starting point when entering into a college career. Having the same starting point is important because it gives us common ground on what the difficulties are. Common ground is important because it makes it easier to find a solution when there are a lot of minds and input are put together. A very important starting point was the graduation of high school. High school was when you started to do things on your own with someone guiding you. The years in high school is where you find who you are and what you wanna do in life. High school was like a walk in the park compared to how college is like now. In high school everything was basically handed to you. Books, learning materials, school supplies, and sometimes answers were given sometimes without even asking. Our schedule in high school is pretty much have already been made up all we have to do is to follow it. Becoming part of the UTA student body is pretty simple; all you have to do is go to The University of Texas at Arlington and attend classes regularly. Just by going to classes the common goal of every student will be your goal as …show more content…
You just need to recognize where and when the connections are occurring. Establishing which discourse community one belongs to is important because it will give them a sense of belonging and being included. A discourse community can be of many types such as an athletic, academic, religious, automotive, and many more. The discourse community we all joined when we were accepted into UTA was the academic type of discourse community where the students come together as one. We the student body here at UTA know what it takes in order to be successful. Getting good grades, studying, communicating with other students are all of the components of what it will take in order to graduate and is our common goal. This is our common goal because college graduation is the next step in our academic career. Joining can be as simple as registering for classes and going to the classes. You might already be a