Work or Life?
with millions of people working around the world, is it still a job or is it slowly taking over?
The big question is do you own your job or is your job owning you? With jobs come discourse communities which means others within your occupation share lexis, rules and methods of communication that are individually suited to the occupation. These methods of communication are fine when used in the work place but the inclusion of them in daily life seems to give off the impression that your job is taking over and i think these should be left totally separate.
As a person whose occupation is a primary school teacher i often find myself using the same type of language in my every day life whether its communicating with my friends or children. This comes with two disadvantages. The first being i can come across as patronizing to my friends which i totally understand. The tone i use in different situations would bug me honestly and i need to realize talking to Billy in Key stage two (KS2) when hes getting upset because he answered a question wrong is a totally different situation to when my friends are going through a hard time. The second disadvantage is when I speak with same tone to my children. Although they are now at similar ages to who i work with everyday at the moment they will grow up soon and then what do i do? I obviously can not treat them like children all their life.
Respected theorist John Swales
Good structure and level of content so far, although I think that you could introduce the ideas of convergence and divergence as they are so central to what you are talking about. You need to work on a suitable voice as some of this is too academic (discourse communities, lexis) and some is wildly less formal ("bug me") - you can be a little bit flexible but when and how you transition is key - read more opinionated articles from the Guardian opinion section (they don't call it 'comment is free' anymore). Check you are using capital I for the word 'I' as little slips will cost you AO1 marks. Say what kind of theorist John Swales is and why he is useful to know about e.g. that para could start: But there is hope for me to learn when to switch from 'Mr Talbot' to 'Des' or 'Dad'. Respected linguist...
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