Investigating discourse communities online

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Beth Kemp
Investigating discourse communities online
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Key stage
Category
Diversity and change: Sociolects
Resource type
Student activity
A data collection task where students investigate their own experiences of online discourse communities, referring to the work of Swales and Milroy. Includes teaching notes, useful definitions and supporting questions for investigating data, along with a range of individual and group tasks. Could be used as a starting point for language investigations or for exploring sociolects or language change. 

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