For the document I chose, I chose a article from NAMM about the importance of music education and how it can benefit both the students but also the school district as a whole. By implementing music education students are able to gain a sense of community early and branch out within said community. This then…

The discourse community that I have chosen to focus on for the rest of the semester would be the music education and performance community. While most discourse communities are small and possibly meet in a single location, this community stretches across the whole world and involves thousands of people who are constantly collaborating and sharing…

The text described what discourse communities are and how they can give large benefits to the people who are involved within said discourse community. The example that text used was the author joining a local guitar group as a beginner and using the group to flourish and develop into a more skilled musician. The audience…

The community that I have chosen that I personally connect with and hope to be a large part of in the future would be the band and music performance community. I am personally involved in this because I have been playing the saxophone for 9 years and have been in the band program for all…

One language practice that I continue to use in the classroom time and time again is the use of code switching and reinforcement within my reading and writing. Code switching can be defined as altering your dialect and word choices depending on the group of people that you are with. For example a high school…

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