My blog posts have a variety of different focuses. First, it’s for us writers in the class to express our emotions and memories through our writings and share it within the discourse community. Also how these three texts What is Literacy? (James Paul Gee), We Are Many (Pablo Neruda), and Our Discourse Community Values speak to the identity of our discourse community.
During my reading on “What is literacy? (James Paul Gee)” it stated that “Discourses are inherently “ideological”. They crucially involve a set of values and viewpoints in terms of which one must speak and act, at least while being in the discourse; otherwise one doesn't count as being in it.” From this quote, I learned that it relates to the identity of our discourse community in many ways. Our discourse community is very similar to this. When we get in groups in class and discuss a topic together as each person shares his or her point of view is being part of a discourse community. When a student posts their blog posts on their website, at least four other people will be able to read it and respond to it by relating, agreeing, disagreeing, or even complementing. That is also being involved in a discourse community. However, if you don't post, you won’t count as being in the discourse community because there is no sharing between you and the community. As I was reading “We Are Many” (Pablo Neruda) The following two sentences stood out to me. “While I am writing, I am far away; and when I come back, I have already left. I should like to see if the same thing happens to other people as it does to me, to see if as many people are as I am, and if they seem the same way to themselves.” This quote shows how important and effective our blog posts. Each student can check another student's work at anytime. This helps the student out significantly. If I get stuck on something while writing, I can go check what my other classmates did and I can do the same in my way. This is a great way to enhance the discourse community and enhance the skills of the writers in the class. The last reading I did was on the text “Our Discourse Community Values” which sets down the basics and gives an example of relatively how the discourse community should be like in the classroom and on our websites. During my reading of the values, this specific value stood out to me the most “Conceptualize discourse communities as social networks that frame the ethics, expectations, and exigencies of stakeholders who use situated languages to bond with others and to make meaning” In other words, a discourse community contains a group of people that are involved with one another and contribute to the community to make meaning. This relates to our class and how each individual takes part in the discourse community by posting blogs, attending class, posting blog assignments, and even communicating through blog comments or verbally in class.
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AuthorMustafa Al-Qaraghuli “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
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