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John H. Johnson
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Reflection “A discourse I will mean: a socially accepted association among ways of using language, of thinking, and of acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group or “social network” James said. While we pulled our chairs to seat at the writers’ conference where I met James Paul Gee the author of “What is Literacy” among other great writers. “Does it mean it covers all facets of life in terms of specialization, because my lecturer also explained to us in class that my English composition class is a discourse community” James nodded to affirm the claim as we sat and went on discussing on the subject matter (Our Discourse Community Values). It was very obvious that James knew much about writing as he explained more to me about Our Discourse Community Values. As we went on discussing, another prolific writer and poet Pablo Neruda writer of “We Are Many” joined us in the conversation. “This is Pablo Neruda” James introduced him and vise-versa. Pablo lit up the conversation with jokes and fun but James quickly interjected by telling him that I want to be a writer and to also know more about discourse community values. Pablo was pleased to hear that while he promised to help in whichever way I feel he would be of assistance which I was glad to hear. Some of the values as writers James and Pablo explained were certain guidelines as a writer which they said include ones identity; that I must derive joy in writing; I must also know why and how I am writing; I will need to specify my target audience and lastly, my writing has to be based on past, present and future connection so as to have meaning among other values. Furthermore, Pablo asked if I have ever felt something each time I write and he explained to me how he usually feel using this statement “while I write, 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.” I was quick to answer that the same thing do happen to me when I am writing especially my emotional scenes in my English writing class. That was when James jumped to my question of that as writers we belong to one discourse community because we feel and reason the same way because we are in the writing community with the same value. That was when the discourse community thing really started making meaning to me. James went further to explain it with this follow-up statement “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.” I wanted to be clearer as I asked this question “Which means, one has to be fully involved just the way I am in the English Composition class or as a writer.” I could not thank them enough for these information and the opportunity and privilege given to me to be in their midst. James, finally added that “there are many points one can make about discourse” and he also stressed it that one of the values of being in the discourse community is involvement and commitment depending on where you belong. James, Pablo and myself later joined in the open conference after the 20-minutes interaction with one another which was the opportunity I had to speak with James and Pablo. I also met other writers too at the conference.
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Nadiia
3/25/2019 02:10:07 pm
I like your choice of genre for this blog. I feel like I'm siting at the next table and listening while you are talking.
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Sabatino
3/27/2019 07:12:18 am
I agree with Nadia about your genre choice for this blog. I appreciate how you use a writers’ round-table to have an inter-textual conversation about our discourse community. On a personal level, I enjoyed reading this text—especially because it is a narrative scene that provides insight into your understanding of a discourse community. So thank you.
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