Soccer

Family
Joining: You are born or married into this group
Goals: Support each other, Help one another grow
to be a better person
Genres: Emails, texts, birthday cards, letters
Conventions: Mostly informal, formal when
speaking to elderly, common language Spanish and
English, sarcasm
Specialized language: Nicknames, Homie, bud, pal,
mija, mijo

Joining: Athletic, coordinated, pass tryouts for the

team
Goals: Supporting one another, succeeding in
practice, and winning games
Genres: Texts between teammates and coach,
setup and plays on dry erase board
Conventions: informal, slang, mostly English
Specialized language: Nicknames, jazz, speedy
etc. field setups 4-4-2 5-3-2, Positions:
goalie striker or forward left-wing/Rightwing mid, defense, sweeper etc.

Jazmine Del Castillo

UTEP Student

Friends

Joining: High school diploma, applying for

acceptance, being accepted into the university

Joining: Earn Friendship, be outgoing and easy to

talk to.

Goals: Expanding knowledge, passing our classes,

receiving good grades, graduating

Goals: Enjoy each others company, have fun,

encourage each other to do our best

Genres: Notes, emails, essays, reports

Genres: Texts, emails, birthday cards

Conventions: Formal with professors, informal with

students, proper grammar, common language
English, some Spanish

Conventions: informal, common languages English

and Spanish, Sarcasm

Specialized language: blackboard, Union, UGLC,

GPA, plaza

Specialized language: Nicknames for friends, dude,

homie, weenie, man, whats up,