white paper with teal script writing and a clear pen with teal ink inside that reads "ASA Galactic India 2015"
“Asa Stellar Galactic” by John Keogh via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0

Tuesday, February 6

TEXTS

WRITING

Brainstorm ideas to select your discourse community. To select your discourse community, consider some of the following questions:

  • What is your major? Does your academic path have its own set of special words and phrases? What specialized knowledge is required to succeed?
  • Do you have a job that requires you to use specific slang words or phrases that the general public would probably not understand?
  • In your home and family life, are there cultural practices or ways of doing things that are specific to your ethnic background/nationality that outsiders might not understand?

Thursday, February 8

TEXTS

WRITING