For my project 3 I would like to study the discourse community of a field hockey team. I think it would be really interesting to analyze it from my perspective since I've belong to this community since I was ten years old. I intend to analyzing by comparing my experience during my time playing field hockey in Argentina and the last few months as part member of a team in the USA. I plan on interview Rosario Villagra who is my closest friend and is living the same experience at Old Dominion University. Also I’m thinking about interviewing my coaches to compare their ways of belonging to the discourse community.
Just like Branick explains that american football is a discourse community, I also think that field hockey is a discourse community because I can identify Swales’ six necessary characteristics. 1. Field hockey teams have goals that go from doing a certain number of shots on goal per practice to win the national championship.
2. The team has mechanism of intercommunication that includes emails, group text messages, facebook groups, meetings with the coach, conversations during practice, etc.
3. The team uses a participatory mechanism to provide information and feedback. When you are part of a team, saying that you are is not enough. You have to show up to every practice, meeting or game and do your best.
4. and 5. Field hockey possesses a specific genre and it’s own lexis. People who know nothing about this sport most likely won’t know the meaning of terms like drag flick or short corner.
6. Field hockey has a threshold specially at college level, you have to know how to play field hockey to belong to this community.
Just like Branick explains that american football is a discourse community, I also think that field hockey is a discourse community because I can identify Swales’ six necessary characteristics. 1. Field hockey teams have goals that go from doing a certain number of shots on goal per practice to win the national championship.
2. The team has mechanism of intercommunication that includes emails, group text messages, facebook groups, meetings with the coach, conversations during practice, etc.
3. The team uses a participatory mechanism to provide information and feedback. When you are part of a team, saying that you are is not enough. You have to show up to every practice, meeting or game and do your best.
4. and 5. Field hockey possesses a specific genre and it’s own lexis. People who know nothing about this sport most likely won’t know the meaning of terms like drag flick or short corner.
6. Field hockey has a threshold specially at college level, you have to know how to play field hockey to belong to this community.
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