Blog Post 5

I think the data definitely backs the theory that smaller groups are more likely to be a discourse community than a larger group. This also agrees with my personal opinions as well. It is no coincidence that the lowest score is a big group and the highest was a small group

The lowest score for being a discourse community, was in fact all of Kean University. Now its true that people involved have shared goals but there are so may different ones. The students may all be there to get an education, but in what? The science students don't have the same objectives as history or English students. Plus not everyone goes there is a student, you also have to look at the professors who have there own goals as well as the administration, the campus police, the maintenance workers etc. The shared Lexus is similar, but  an English professor certainty cant go into a science class and talk to them the same way, witch also shows the different genres. That's why Kean University is more like many Discourse communities coming together instead on of its own.

On the other hand, something small like our English class is made up of one thing from each of Swale's descriptions. The same goals for every student (to pass) the same requirements of expected work, all studying the same genre, and all share the same ways of communication. So our English class is one of the may discourse communities that make up Kean.