Write a one-page introduction to your discourse community. It should be about 250 words.
Discourse Community ______________________________________
Briefly describe your discourse community. What makes your DC a DC? Describe for an outsider the rules of the Discourse Community, how you gain entry (if you can!), the group’s values and beliefs. Is there a unique “identity kit”? Do they have a unique way of communicating? USE the Questions in the Week 3 PowerPoint as a Guide!
What are the broadly agreed upon set of public goals of your discourse community?
What mechanism of intercommunication among its members does your DC use?
What genres help further the goals of your DC?
Describe the specific lexis (specialized language of your DC.
Does your DC have a threshold level of expert members? Explain.