CL 2/6

swales article sucked because he only gave his opinion and points of view without acknowledging the other readers views and beliefs.

swales articles was unnecessarily deep.

Let’s go over the list as to why we didn’t like Swales’s article very much.

Now let’s watch these videos again.

If we take this as true, in your own words describe what you think Swales sees as the gap in this conversation he’s participating in (the conversation described by the editors in the preface to the chapter).
In your opinion, how does this piece fill that gap?
Who do you think is the audience for this essay?
What’s the danger of an essay like this?

Now, let’s share our answers aloud in class.

I believe the gap he is trying to fill is the difference in discourse communities compared to a speech community, and how they effect the way we write and understand what what the author is trying to get across or portray.
Being able to express to our audience through our words the argument we are trying to get across. or in other words our point of view. without totally disagreeing with other point of views. it first tries to teach you how to form an argument then correctly present it.I feel the gap was that there is more then one concept to follow that made up the community. there are 6 discourse concepts that makes up the community.
I would think his targeted audience is someone who is a fan of his. he keeps referencing to other books he has wrote. on the other hand it could be for a young inspired writer.
Dangers for an essay like this could be that your writing to a particular audience who may not be the target audience in the future.Like here in class. but now that you have put it in Language that welcomes a particular community it crosses out other readers.