Wardle

Before You Read.

Honestly, it is funny now that I think about this. The reason I say this is because I actually am using phrases that we have learned in English that I haven't used before. Also, I am taking Italian and now i can say sentences that I would have never been able to before. And finally, I am using art terms that I didn't know before. Yes, college is a discourse community and it is where I belong.

Summary.

In Wardle's article, "Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces", she talks about the writer's identity when and through writing and in that person's workplace. She says that it takes a little bit of time to adapt or fit into new workplaces and because of that aren't themselves as much as they should be. She gave an example of how a person didn't fit in because they had to change workplaces and how it took time to adapt.

Synthesis.

One person that this article can be related to is McCloud because I saw that having a mask was necessary for some people to adapt into their new workplaces. A second person that can be related to this is Swales because in that article, it talks about finding a discourse community. Finally a third person that can be related to this article is Porter. Porter also talks about the discourse community which also goes along with what Wardle was saying.

Response	Quotation
To me this is saying that writing is more about just writing; there is a reason for writing. -To persuade people possibly.	“As composition widens its focus beyond academic writing, it is increasingly important to consider what it means to write in the workplace” (522).
We as people may not fully understand how different issues influences other's writing.	“While we recognize the importance of identity and authority issues in the process of enculturating new workers, we do not always fully understand how these issues influence their writing” (522).
We need to understand that workplaces are legitimate and serious work can get done there that can mean something to other people who read work.	“To tease out relationships between identity and writing in the workplace, we need theories that consider the workplace as a legitimate and important influence on subject formation” (522).
New workers need to feel like the belong after learning how to adapt to the new surroundings.	“To fully participate, according to Wenger, new workers must find ways to engage in the work that other community members do, including the writing they do; newcomers must be able to imagine their work-and writing- as being an important part of a larger enterprise” (524).
People know how to speak in different circumstances. Language can be seen very differently be everybody in this world and they can use it as they please even if it isn't the smartest thing to do.	“Conversely, a person can understand clearly how to speak in ways that are acceptable in particular circumstances, but if not endowed with some recognized institutional authority, all the relevant and appropriate words in the world will not command it: “authority comes to language from outside . . . Language at most represents this authority, manifests and symbolizes it” (Bourdieu 109).” (526).
	QD 4.

Personally, yes I do believe that language is usually chosen unconsciously. It really depends on the situation and the person. The reason I say that it can vary is because I do not think about every little thing I say before I do. You're brain would explode if you were processing that much information all of the time and it all just comes natural with time.

Thoughts.

This was a very interesting article. I didn't find it too boring or anything but I am not sure I would read it again. I was however able to learn some new things which I always like. There will always need to be adaption if life to survive.