effective style, tone, format, and structure for your audience and purpose.
Key points to keep in mind when writing.
effective style, tone, format, and structure for your audience and purpose.
Key points to keep in mind when writing.
ommunicate effectively using the genres of the discourse community of your workplace, and this might mean asking questions of more experienced discourse community members, analyzing models of the types of genres you’re expected to use to communicate
Important to get familiar with now for our future careers.
develop a sense of the types of questions posed in your selected discipline is to read articles published in that field.
How to come up with questions in that topic of discussion
important that you assess your questions according to the discourse community you are writing within
What to keep in mind when writing the discourse community.
shared goals, communication mechanisms, participatory feedback, genre utilization, specialized vocabulary, and a level of expertise among members.
The 6 key criterias to look for.
Linguist John Swales defined discourse communities as “groups that have goals and purposes and use communication to achieve their goals.”
Another way to view discourse community.
people who share basic values and assumptions and ways of communicating their goals
Meaning of discourse community.
determining your rhetorical situation, you are participating in a specific discourse community.
given example of discourse communities.
do not post unrelated idea
Stick to writing about what the teacher is asking.
avoid copying and pasting your classmates’ posts to present as your own.
Another key point to avoid on what not to do.
Avoid copying and pasting your own post
Key point to not do for post.
Make sure you read the required text before posting
Always double check before making a post.
you should avoid text language, capitalize “I”, and check your spelling, grammar, and punctuation before submitting your posts.
More things to double check when writing discussions.
require you to use college English and write in complete sentences.
Requirements when doing a discussion.
address a classmate by name if you are responding to a specific person in a discussion forum.
Keep in mind when responding to a specific classmates post.
you need to ask yourself if there will be one recipient or several.
Go question to ask yourself when writing discussions.
alk away from your computer and return at a later time when you feel calmer.
Ways to handle a stressful writing process.
engage with new ideas by reflecting on them, analyzing them, critiquing them, making connections, drawing conclusions, or finding new ways of thinking about a given subject
What this semester expects from us as students.
communicate, and knowing which tone, style, and genre will most effectively persuade your audience,
Key point to remember when writing.