Who is the audience?
Considering my genre is a QRG, people only read if they are interested. Therefore my audience will be people at least moderately involved in the speech, language, and hearing sciences community. Either that or they are at least slightly interested in learning more about it. Since this is a school assignment, people other than those in the SLHS world will be reading it. Therefore I cannot include terms specific to this topic without giving at least a basic explanation of what the crap I'm talking about. I feel like this is true for most pieces of writing though..
People interested in this topic may be reading scientific journals about SLHS or things related to that. They might possibly be involved in social media discussions on Speech, Language, and Hearing as well. Specifically, people who read my assignment could possibly be interested in either the study of stuttering, or have a stutter themselves. I feel like those people with a stutter who live in Australia, or have a child with a stutter, will be very involved in reading about this topic.
Since readers could possibly already have formed an opinion on the subject, it will definitely be important to keep my opinion out of the piece. People involved in the political aspect of the actual budget proposal could be reading in order to find out what kind of news is circulating about it. Regardless of their involvement in the budget itself, it would be important for me to include as many facts as possible. Parents want to know exactly what is going on, especially if it affects the education of their child who may have a stutter.
What is my purpose?
Well, aside from the fact that I'm going to be getting a grade out of this...
I want to make sure people understand the importance of the issue. I can't show my opinion, but I can stress exactly the type of impact either result of this situation would have on the community. I want to make sure it is clear who would be gaining in each scenario, and who would be losing. I don't want to sway people's opinions in any way, but I want them to feel strongly enough about the issue to want to form an opinion for themselves.
I want to make sure that the terms of the budget change are clear. If it's unclear exactly what the budget change would entail, then it's not doing the reader much good to read about it. Especially since it's in Australia, so it doesn't really have an impact on American speech pathology research. It won't be changing anything here, but over there it could be a huge difference. The other thing to consider is the fact that the budget has yet to be submitted. The budget for 2014 was submitted in September of 2015. Regardless of whether the department of treasury in Australia has made a decision regarding the proposal, it has yet to be published.
What about the author? (spoiler: it's me)
First of all, I love stuttering. Well, I wish it didn't exist because it makes people's lives difficult, but I'm fascinated by it. I feel like in order to write a good piece of ....well....anything.. you have to be interested in it first. And am I interested in the stuttering treatments in Australia?? You betcha! One of my best friends stutters, and it's been fascinating to be able to see the perspective of someone who stutters, rather than just reading about how researchers feel, especially when I know him as a person, so I know more how he feels about it and how it affects him than other people who might ask him about it. I want to go into speech pathology, so the results of the passing of this budget proposal would affect my career. I am not merely interested in the topic because it sounded like a good topic to write about, I want to know what the world is doing in regards to what I want to do with my life.
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