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Swales: A Discourse Community Analysis

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Before I read the articles about Swales . I had no clue at all about what a discourse community was, but the idea once was known, was quite simple . A discourse community according to Swales, has six illustrative characteristics . First of all, a discourse community must have a common set of public goals. The community must also have various methods of communication between their members. These methods are used to give feedback and information to its members. Through out these methods of communicating ,there are specific lexis that are used to help describe anything a discourse community. The last way Swales stresses states " A discourse community has a treshold level of members with a sustainable degree of relevant content and discoursal …show more content…

Having a captain is a must to a soccer team. With no team captain at all, there is no conduction on the field. The captain of the soccer team can be compared to a conductor in a marching band. He notices how the team will achieve the best and can encounter the goals of the team very well. He designates the team and makes them work to the very best of their abilities . To differentiate a captain and a player , a intense eye is necesscary . During a soccer match , the captain will be wearing a bright colored leg band or an arm band that says" CAPTAIN" so the public knows who's the commander in control. Analyzing the difference between a player and a coach is clearly very easy . Coaches tend to be a lot older and mature with experience than the group that they are coaching. They know the most acccomplishments and experience and can teach the soccer team on how reach their goals and minimize their misconceptions. Between the captains and coaches , new comers to the community have mentors already teaching lexis and encouragements of the community which they are playing

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