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Welcome to ENC 1102!Tuesday, August 21st
Write
Tell me about a time when you struggled to fit in. Why did you struggle? What did you do?
New communities?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBAYiBoy43M
Many times, we struggle to “fit in” when we are attempting to join new discourse communities (Swales). We need to adjust to the ways that members of discourse communities talk to each other.
Discourse communities
Remember this from ENC 1101?
Swales’ definition of discourse community
has a broadly agreed set of common public goals
has mechanisms of intercommunication among its members
uses its participatory mechanisms primarily to provide information and feedback
utilizes and hence possesses one or more genres in the communicative furtherance of its aims
has its own specific lexis (terminology, jargon)
has a threshold level of membership (not anybody can participate)
Basically…
Looking at how community members talk to each other may allow you to communicate (or “fit in”) more effectively.
These methods of communication can be understood as Genres
Genres
Genres?
Write…
What communities are you involved in? do people write in these communities? What do these genres say about the group?
This can go in your reading/research journal. This can be electronic or in a physical notebook. I will collect this periodically throughout the semester.
Syllabus
Policies
Schedule
Reading/Research Journal
Homework
Start reading Swales:
http://eng1301-knous.wikispaces.com/file/view/Swales-11.pdf
Take notes in your reading/research journal. I will be reading these. Define any words you don’t understand. Then, write at least 2 paragraphs summarizing what you think the article was about. Due Tuesday.
Find out Facebook group and post introduction
Find us on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/Enc1102Fall2012Martinez
Tonight: Find our Facebook page and post a short intro about yourself. What is your major? Your interests? Where are you from? What do you like to do in your spare time?