What is writing? Writing is the composition of language to form coherent, written text that advances a purpose. 2. What activities do or do not constitute writing and why? Activities that constitute writing are composing essays, books, poems, and other literary genres (such as texting…

Where were you as a writer at paper 1? When writing my first paper in ERH101-03, I had a solid understanding of essay structure, how to analyze a text, and generally, a good command of language. Regarding citations, I was more used to footnoting sources,…

Write your own definition of “technology,” and provide some examples. What kinds of things count as technology, and what don’t? In my opinion, technology is a piece of equipment or machinery that facilitates the desired processes of humans. Examples of technology range from computers and…

Physics and Economics: How Rick Nelson affiliates with both Economic and Physics Discourse Communities According to John Swales, an expert on linguistics, a discourse community is a group that has a set of common objectives, utilizes various communicative conventions to achieve those objectives, and has…

Physics and Economics: How Rick Nelson affiliates with Economic and Scientific Discourse Communities   According to John Swales, a linguist expert best known for his analysis on communication, a discourse community is a group with a set of common objectives, and utilizes various communicative conventions to achieve those objectives…

Activity 1: Critique student’s execution of paraphrasing Although the student makes an effort in paraphrasing the article, it falls short because the words used too closely resemble the original words of the document. Furthermore, the sentence structures are also identical, making this case of paraphrasing…

What jargon have you noticed in your artifact? My artifact contains jargon that is not only relevant in economics and business fields, but also in engineering and scientific fields as well. The terms used in the article, such as “control variables”, “equilibrium theory”, “frequency and…

According to Gee, a Discourse alone is composed of various social phenomena: valuing, speaking, writing, acting, etc. A secondary discourse, however, is something that is learned through institutions and apprenticeships, and differs from a primary discourse, which is “attained by being a part of something” (Gee…

1. Use your own words to describe six characteristics of a discourse community according to Swales. Can you find examples of each from your own experience? Swales claims the following: • That a discourse community has a “set of common public goals” — the goals…

Swales’ views: Swales defines a discourse community as a group of people who share common goals, have various communicative conventions to achieve those goals, and develop a specific lexis that is recognizable to only that community. Specifically in his book, Swales outlines six key characteristics…