DISCOURSE

COMMUNITIES
BY
Juan C. Miranda
Aileen Quinones
Matthew Torrez

NAVAJO CODE TALKERS

Discloser Community

ESTABLISHMENT AND
REQUIREMENTS

The Navajo Code Talkers were

established during WWII in
order to relay war tactics
safely across radio
transmission, through the
Navajo unique language.

In order to be part of the Code

Talkers you had to be of the
Navajo decent and speak the
language fluently.

GOALS AND VALUES

OF THE NAVAJO CODE
TALKERS.

Their goal was to send

war tactics over radio
transmission without the
Axis Powers deciphering
what they were relaying,
in order to win the war.

NAVAJO CODE
TALKERS LANGUAGE
AND WRITING

The Navajo Code Talkers

language was called Din
Bizaad.

Wrote incoming and out going

transmissions.

DOG SOLDIERS
(Hotamtaneoo)

Rituals and Entrance

into Group

Born into group

Complicated courtship procedures

Matrilineal band system

GOALS AND RITUALS

Goals and Values

Military Society
Discipline
Protection
Untrusting of the
peace talks between
Cheyenne and U.S.

Talks about defending their people

Influential in countering the peace talks
Contributed to breakdown of Cheyenne tradition

Family oriented

COMMUNICATION AND TOPICS

Cheyenne Dialect
Part of larger Algonquian language group

TEXTS AND LANGUAGE

AP SPANISH CLASS

HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER AND WHAT ARE THE

CONVENTIONS EXPECTED.

How to become a member:

Speak and write Spanish fluently.

Have taken two years of Spanish before

Have been recommended by a previous Spanish teacher.

Been approved by counselor.

Conventions:

Respect each member of the class.

Come prepared to class.

Participate in group discussions.

Speak Spanish most of the time but some English.

Write Formal and informal e-mails.
Write Essays.
Practice correct grammar in writing pieces.
Read Spanish literature.

Read others essays.

LANGUAGE USED AND TEXTS

INCLUDED

Goals:

Pass AP test to get college credit.

Get an A in the class.

Work hard every day.

Values:

Background culture.

Topics discussed:

Different cultures where Spanish language is spoken.

United States, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Cuba.

Religion of those countries.

Art

Salvador Dali and Picasso

GOALS, VALUES AND TOPICS

DISCUSSED

SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

AP Spanish

Navajo
Code
Talkers

L:Spanish

L:Din
Bizaad.

AP
Spanish

Dog
Soldiers

Navajo
Code
Talkers

Dog
Soldiers

L:Cheyenne
Dialect

Differences Similaritie
s

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Differences

Similarities

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Differences

Similariti
es

Time
Period

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Time Period

Involves a
certain
language

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Language/writ
ting

War
relation

Language/
writting

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Language/writ
ting

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Roles in the
war

Tribal

War
Related

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War Related

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Tribal

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Tribal

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Involves
a certain
language

SOURCES
http://navajopeople.org/navajo-language.htm
http://
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/08/14/can-you-crack-navajo
-code-talker-codes-161389
http://filmcatalog.nmai.si.edu/title/1547/