Discourse Communities

Discourse Communities

1. Sorority

   • 1.The sororities common public goal would be giving back to the community and working with our philanthropies to raise awareness and money to give to them. 2.Our intercommunication would be verbal, text, and our Monday meetings. 3.Our meetings and just going to the different individuals are our ways to provide information and feedback. 4.Our genres would be our social media and our sorority website. 5.Our specific lexis would be: big, little, Pnm, ect. 6.Our range of members would be the new members to the active members to the alum members.

2. Gym

   • 1. In the gym our common public goal is pushing one another to do our best in the activities we take part in and showing support to each other with the different challenges we take part in. 2.Verbal communication is one of the biggest intercommunication devices we use in the gym but we also use text and writing to communicate. 3.Before and after every workout we come together and verbally communicate what we have to do for the day and then we come back together at the end to see how each one of us can improve in our workouts. 4.Our genres we use would be health magizines or even our white board we write on that has our stats. 5.Our specific lexis would be: reps, sets, HIIT, ect. 6.The gym community does have a wide range of individuals from those just joining the gym to those who have gone to the for years.

3. Church Vulunteer

   • 1.Being a church volunteer our common public goal is bringing the best care and attention to all the people that come through the church and ensuring their church experience is enjoyable. 2.The biggest intercommunication device we use is verbal communication because we see that as the most effective way to get everything across. 3.To provide information and feedback we have meetings every other week. 4.For our genres we use social media and our church website. 5.Our specific lexis would be varied due to the areas where we would be volunteering at. 6.Our volunteer crew does have a wide range of members from those just starting out to those who have been with the church for years and are regularly volunteering.

4. Work

   • 1.Being a cashier at the fort bliss commissary our common public goal would be providing our customers with with our best performance and giving them a good experience. 2.The intercommunication we use would be verbal and at times talking through the phone. 3.The ways we are provided feedback and information would be verbally or through meetings with our supervisor. 4.Our genres would be the system that we use to check out the groceries and the system we use to sign in out of work with. 5.our specific lexis would be: baggers, aisle, codes, etc. 6.Our variety of members are the cashiers to the supervisors to the manager of the store.