English Question

Learning Goal: I’m working on a english report and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

First, select a discourse community that you want to learn more about: either your academic major or an intended career field. (MAJOR is Business Management)

Next, pose a research question related to writing and communication in that community. Explore your question through research, observation, and description. Note: this unit’s discussion and writer’s journal activities will help you define a research question and select appropriate research methods.

Next, identify how your community’s communication practices connect with our readings and discussions on discourse community.

Write an informative report, aimed at your classmates and other interested scholars, that describes what you learned in your research, using IMRaD structure.

Design a visual aid that will help your audience understand your research findings, and include it in your report. NOTE: This must be a visual aid that you designed and created.

Sample topics/research questions include: (THESE ARE EXAMPLES, cannot utilize one of these).

• How do retail managers train and evaluate direct reports?
• What sorts of writing do Social Work majors do for their classes?
• How do librarians use and teach information literacy?
• What do the communication practices of marines reveal about the values of the US Marine Corps?
• What will my Chemistry professors expect out of my written and oral communication?
• What communication techniques are used by Master Gardeners to teach and learn about gardening?