Discourse Community

I now understand what you meant when you said this text was going to be difficult to read. Even though I did find myself rereading different parts to try and comprehend his thoughts, I was able to catch a good amount of his key points. Like you said in class, section 2.3 was the most important because it defined the meaning of a discourse community. While reading this part I kept trying to relate the definitions to my own experiences. While I’m still trying to get a better understanding of what makes a discourse community, I believe that I have always been a part of one of the biggest discourse communities on Earth. John Swales says that a discourse community has mechanisms for intercommunication. I belong to many online forums where many people discuss concepts and ideas to improve the future of video games. Now while this may not be the most professional example, I feel that it still fits the ticket. Since, we all have set goals, communicate with each other to meets these goals and like John said, (we don’t have to come in contact with each other) we fit the quality needed to be a discourse community.