Classify various types of discourse including a new discussion topic, question, and comment Link discussion to Google Maps/Earth by selecting a location related to their comment or providing the …

As we have learned, writing is a social act--an act of connecting with others for multiple purposes. The purpose of this assignment, then, is to examine how your writing is shaped by and shapes the …

To reinforce awareness of word, sentence and macrostructure level elements and monitor performance, a Self Rating Scale is used after each topic is produced. The same scale is used across all genres …

To create a discourse map of a video text explaining about one person’s experiences working with interpreters. In this video, Nyla explains her various experiences working with interpreters.

A Discourse Map represents one or more speaker turns, depending on the segmentation of the underlying discourse. For example, Figure 3 shows a topics X speakers grid of Discourse Maps, i.e., …

Adapted from “Professional Discourse Community Map” (The University of Texas at El Paso Technical Writing, utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/engl1312/discoursemaps3359.htm).

It would have been interesting to incorporate a Venn diagram sort of map to distinguish the similarities and differences between what we chose as our discourse communities.