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Based on my limited experience of college, I have been able to understand and become a part of a particular Colgate discourse community. In understanding discourse community, I have learned that the term identifies a grouping of people who share common language norms, characteristics, patterns, or practices as a consequence of their ongoing communications and identification with each other. A particular Colgate discourse community that I can associate with is the Office of Undergraduate Studies (OUS), which I feel has been an advantage because I have had the ability to connect to other students even before the fall semester started. The OUS Summer Institute began on June 26th and ended on August 1st and during that time I received a small preview of what would college be like. Therefore, I was more prepared the first day of college because of my discourse community. The main point I take from my experience with this discourse community is that I was able to better transition, academically and socially, from a high school student to a college student. In addition, OUS is a discourse community because we share similarities, such as being underprivileged students who have overcome many plights in their life but still have managed to reach for success. For example, many of us still managed to be the top student in our classes during high school. …show more content…

Some discourse communities are very formal with well-established boundaries, while others may have a looser construction with greater freedom. Some examples are athletics, clubs, Greek organizations, and classes. In the athletics department there are many Colgate students who belong to a sport discourse community. I am currently one of them. I belong to the women’s rowing team. Our approved channels of communication is also Group Me and

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