The document discusses characteristics that scholars have focused on in discourse community ethnography research, including expertise, lexis, genre, and participation. It prompts the reader to choose which characteristics they will focus on for their own research. It also summarizes the arguments of different scholars, and asks the reader to look for aspects of their partner's data that could form the basis of an argument. Finally, it provides guidance on drafting the methodology section of a paper, including what methods need to be described.

1. Organizing and Analyzing Data Discourse community ethnography