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RWS 1301 Discourse Community

Susana Rodriguez

University of Texas at El Paso

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DISCOURSE COMMUNITY

Abstract

I will be telling you about discourse community and how it combines with my RWS 1301

class. But I will also provide some of my research I have done to back up my information, but

also how RWS 1301 is a discourse community. I will be providing u with the six characteristics

of john swales as well.

Discourse community

In this research paper you will see that all six characteristics are followed in RWS

1301 .According to john swales in 1990 he stated that there's six characteristics that must be

followed. This step is as followed, mechanisms of intercommunication within its members, uses

mechanism to provide feedback and information, utilize different ways to communicate its goals

and help its cause, agreed set of public goals, demonstrate a form of lexis, and has threshold of

members that suit the position (swales pg.220-222)

Literature Review

In RWS 1301 the six characteristics apply as followed we can give feedback to each

other when discussion is going on. As, well when it comes to goals and ideas is an agreement we

all have, for example in this class we use (logos, pathos, ethos, rhetoric, reflection) these

examples fall into one of the characteristics of lexis. Another characteristic that we use is

communication among us wither it could in the form for writing, speaking and even reading.
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Methods

Some methods I used for my research where investigation and observation I also included

statements on swales and observations on RWS 1301 class. It also includes some specific items

we use in this discourse community.

Conclusion

As you can see a discourse community is based on a group of people that share a

common idea and are able to express that idea with in conversation and are able to feedback each

other. But also, to be considered a discourse community it has to be consist of the six

characteristics of john swales.

Refences

Swales, J. (1990). The concept of discourse community. Genre Analysis: English in

Academic and Research Settings, 21-32.