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English 110
Assignment Due Date
Report on the Communication in my Field of Study
(FYI: Completing this report will help you find a good topic and broaden your understanding of your program. It will also help you determine who your audience might be for your final paper. You can delete this highlighted note.)
1. Program I am studying:
Example: Sports and Health Sciences OR one that interests you if you have not selected a program yet
2. This is the Research Guide I am using and some of the things I found in it.
Describe some things you found as you looked at the Research Guide for your program. Be sure to state the name of the guide. You don’t have to use full sentences. Words, phrases, and/or a bullet list are fine.
This list might help you:
The types of articles in the field’s journals
The databases I’d use to learn about this field
The types of books in this field
Video sites that talk about this field
Websites that focus on this field
Organizations used by people in this field
Social media sites used by people in this field
3. Here is a closer look at an organization or website used by people in my field.
Important: Be sure that you have chosen a scholarly website. Do not use Wikipedia. Read this page to help you determine if your website is acceptable:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/evaluating_sources_of_information/evaluating_digital_sources.html
4. Describe things you found as you looked at an organization or website used by people in your field. You don’t have to use full sentences. Words, phrases, and/or a bullet list are fine.
This list might help you:
Topics discussed
Intended audience
Language used (formal, informal, complex, jargon, conversational)
Ways ideas are exchanged
Ways people give each other feedback (chat, Zoom, blog, something else)
Images, graphs, charts, photos
Ways to distinguish insiders from outsiders
Things that are distinctive about the users of this organization or site
5. Here are tips for communicating in this field of study.
Based on your review here, write a brief paragraph offering communication suggestions to someone new to this field of study. For example, what kind of advice would you give newcomers to help ensure they know how to talk to and write for the people in your field? Use complete sentences here (and proofread).